Accelerate Your Creative Career – Deadline to Apply for On-Ramp is January 4th

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Accelerate Your Creative Career – The deadline to Apply for On-Ramp is January 4th

The On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program includes a three-day intensive entrepreneurship and community engagement workshop and the chance to apply for up to $2,000 to put the lessons into action. Cohorts become incredible networks of support and collaboration. Don’t be surprised if you leave feeling like you’ve just met your long-lost family.

The program and workshop were designed by Elaine Grogan Luttrull of Minerva Financial Arts and teaches entrepreneurship to artists and creative professionals by focusing on a portfolio career, a community-engaged artistic practice, and key business concepts, including:

  • Defining value
  • Identifying customers
  • Communicating with customers (marketing strategy)
  • Identifying allies and partners
  • Communicating with allies and partner
  • Identifying key resources
  • Protecting assets and creativity
  • Managing expenses
  • Generating revenue
  • Planning for uncertainty

The deadline to apply for the 2024 Cohort is January 4th, 2024. Learn more and apply for On-Ramp. 

Artist Business Insurance Guide from the Craft Emergency Relief Fund

What if…

  • A lightning strike or electrical fire burned your studio to the ground one night, or
  • Heavy winds caused a tree to fall on your studio, destroying expensive tools and work in progress, or
  • Your art show display collapsed, destroying the work in a neighboring booth or severely injuring a child?

Here’s a quick guide to the insurance you should consider for your art business to keep you afloat no matter what comes your way. Disclaimer: CERF+ is not an insurance provider, but gathered the resources below for you to consider when selecting a provider.

Access the Artist Business Insurance Guide. 

Your Art, Our Earth Student Poster Competition

On April 22nd, 1970, the very first Earth Day saw 20 million people take to the streets to advocate for environmental protection. Since then, EARTHDAY.ORGhas stood as a champion for the planet. Each year, a billion people worldwide engage in various Earth Day activities, including participating in cleanups, signing petitions, and supporting our initiatives. EARTHDAY.ORG’s Your Art, Our Earth poster competition for Earth Day 2024 is underway and open to student submissions until January 22, 2024. Learn more and complete a poster competition submission. 

Careers in the Arts Toolkit from the NEA

Every day, people with disabilities add significant value and talent across the spectrum of arts careers. They are performers, visual artists, teaching artists, cultural workers, administrators, and more. Yet, historically, people with disabilities have not had access to the same career opportunities as people without disabilities.

In this spirit, the Careers in the Arts Toolkit from the National Endowment for the the Arts empowers individuals with disabilities to explore arts careers and access resources to support their success. It also educates arts employers, educators, and grantmakers about the critical role they play in fostering disability inclusion and the resources available to help them successfully do so. Learn more about the toolkit.

Free Legal Assistance for Artists and Small Arts Organizations

Pro Bono Indiana’s (IndianaLegalHelp.org) Lawyers for the Arts project provides legal assistance at no cost to artists and small arts organizations. To obtain help, please call 812.402.6303. Calls from artists and small arts organizations are taken on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Central Time). Support for this service is provided by the Indiana Bar Foundation.

Dates and opportunities to keep an eye on:

Job Opportunities:

Stay creative and awesome!

Jordan Adams

Artist Services Program Manager
Indiana Arts Commission

joadams1@iac.in.gov

 Jordan Adams

 

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