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Getting Your Sh*t Together Workshops in New Orleans

My proposal is to teach a weekend workshop in New Orleans to each of the artists awarded a grant from Transforma, plus New Orleans artists.
  • Status: Active
  • Submitted: Mon May 04, 2009   |   Last updated: Mon May 04, 2009
  • Location(s): Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany all of New Orleans
  • Topics(s): Community development, Education, Environment, Health care, Housing, Transportation, Other
  • Tag(s): Professional practices, Business Skills, Do it yourself
  • Views: 628   |   Comments: 2

Details

Artists who are taking a DIY approach to their work are to be celebrated, but many artists don't have all the tools necessary to carry out these projects. A weekend workshop jam packed with information for artists on how to negotiate, do budgets, fundraise without writing grants, approach donors, how to articulate the content of your work, approaching venues, and much, much more.

Project Scope: Vision, Aim, & Objectives

Why this project is being done:
My current art practice is making life better for artists. I am committed to sharing everything I know about negotiating the art world on your own terms.
Who or what this project would impact:
30 Artists in New Orleans
Project intends to address:
I share my experience of being an artist both in the white box system as well as DIY projects in a variety of venues. I have also started and run nonprofit orgs, an artist run business, curatorial projects, publishing, public art and more.
Included or excluded:
I would like to distribute the Getting Your Sh*t Together (GYST) software to the workshop participants. It is downloadable for free trial at www.gyst-ink.com/buy/buyonline.php

Project Timeline

The workshop will take place for two days, but the information learned will help the artist for a lifetime.

Project Plan & Participants

Other people and/or organizations involved in this project:
I would like to include all organizations in New Orleans to get the word out to participants. If there are more than 30 artists who want to participate, I could repeat the workshops another time.
Plan for implementing this project:
The workshop will be tailored to the artists of New Orleans and work specifically with the projects the artists are working to complete.

Help or Additional Resources Needed

Materials needed (wish list):
Meeting space, digital projector, copies of handouts, participants
Help needed from other people:
Artists who collaborate, approach projects with a DIY approach, who address social practice issues. The idea is to come away with a very practical approach to their projects with a lot of new ideas on how to proceed.

Comments

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Re: My proposal is to teach a weekend workshop in New Orleans to

Submitted by Isabely on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:09am.

Thanks for sharing this, its really a big help.