Artisan Focus Newsletter

September/October 2012



INNOVATE:
Events to Help Your Business Innovate

"Art Business Management with

Jeffrey Gibson" Webinar     

Creative Capital 

Wednesday, September 17, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  

Online Webinar 


Led by artist Jeffrey Gibson, this 90-minute webinar covers all aspects of managing your practice, including managing relationships, hiring employees, contracts, negotiation, budgeting, cash flow, time management, space organization, marketing, and business etiquette.
Jeffrey Gibson is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His paintings and sculptures have been shown nationally and internationally at museums, galleries and art fairs. 
Cost: $25.  Register now.  
 
 

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Annual Fall 2012 Arts Education Conference: "Opening Minds to the Arts" 
NH State Council on the Arts
Friday & Saturday, October 19-20, 
AVA Gallery, 11 Bank St, Lebanon 
 

The conference brings big thinkers to New Hampshire for an exchange of ideas among school administrators, arts educators, teaching artists, arts advocates, scientists, parents and community arts supporters.
Conference highlights include keynote speaker Sandra Ruppert (Executive Director, National Arts Education Partnership) speaking about ArtsEdSearch, the nation's first online arts education research and policy clearinghouse. 
Presentation & media arts workshop with Colleen Macklin, Associate Professor, Design and Technology, Parsons the New School for Design and Design Director of PETLab, a project of Games for Change and Parsons, supported by the MacArthur Foundation 
For more information and how to register, click here. 

CONNECT:
Events to Help You Connect To Artisans & Other Experts

PSNH Reading with Kyle Potvin & Bob Crawford 

Poetry Society of New Hampshire 

Wednesday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.   

Gibsons Books, 27 S. Main St., Concord 


Join the Poetry Society of New Hampshire for a poetry reading with PSNH; an open mic follows the reading. The Poetry Society is a non-profit membership organization that promotes poetry through the publication of books, a quarterly magazine, The Poets Touchstone, open mics, workshops, contests, a monthly calendar of events, collaborations with other artists, and assisting the Governor in selecting the State Poet Laureate. Last year we sponsored or supported events in libraries, art galleries, parks, theaters, and on the radio. We welcome all poets and lovers of poetry. For more information, click here. 
 


Artistas 
Sharon Arts Center 
Friday, September 21, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
Sharon Arts Center, Sharon 
 
SAC's "Artistas" an all women's artist group, meets on selected Fridays to create a support forum for creative ideas, inspirational conversation, sharing of ideas for local arts venues and events. For more information, call 603-924-7256 or email info@sharonarts.org.
THRIVE:
News & Resources to Inform & Inspire
 
SMART Planning for Artists
Originally Posted on 
Arts Business Institute

When you have SMART goals in place, you have a sense of where you want to go. Now create your road map.
Have you developed your vision, set your big goal, and broken it down into smaller goals? Plan how to reach them.