AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Subject: FREE ARTS TUNE UP - INFORMATION FOR ARTISTS & SMALL BUDGET ORGANIZATIONS
We are pleased to announce an "Arts Tune Up" event for individual artists and small budget organizations. This free event is designed to put you in contact with arts consultants, working artists, and administrators who can provide information and answer questions on a variety of topics, including fundraising, how to market and publicize your art, information on new loan fund programs for artists and organizations, benefit opportunities for artists, training programs for artists and organizations, board development for arts organizations, arts education resources, and much more.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11: Claremont
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Claremont Graduate University
East and Peggy Phelps Galleries
251 E. 10th St.
Claremont, CA 91711

HERE IS HOW THE ARTS TUNE-UP WORKS!
There will be several tables set up with an arts expert/consultant located at each table.

Locate the table that has the topic you want to learn more about and join that table. Each table discussion will last for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes an announcement will be made, indicating that that session is over. Then rotate to another table with a topic you want to learn more about as the sessions repeat. There will be a series of 5 round-robin sessions of 25 minutes each.

You are welcome to come by for an hour or stay for the entire session.

Schedule:

Check-in: 10:00 to 10:15

Round 1: 10:15 to 10:40

Round 2: 10:45 to 11:10

Round 3: 11:15 to 11:40

Round 4: 11:45 to 12:10

Round 5: 12:15 to 12:40

Networking: 12:45 to 1:00 p.m.

Topics for Artists:

Artists Studios, Housing, and Residencies

Arts Loan Fund

Benefit Opportunities for Artists

Best Foot Forward

Business Training

Legal: Contracts, Copyright, Trademarks and Collections

Financing Your Project

Fundraising

Getting Your Music Recorded, Heard, and Sold!

How to Get Hung (for Visual Artists)

Internships

Intro to Public Art

Marketing and PR for Performing Artists

Marketing for Visual Arts

Promoting and Publicizing Your Performance

Tax Tips for Artists

Working in Arts Education (K-12)

Topics for Organizations:

Arts Education In-School Resources (K-12)

Arts Loan Fund

Board Development

Business Training

Contracts, Copyright, and Collections

Financing Your Project

Fundraising

PR and Marketing

And more . . .

There will be lots of basic information for individual artists and small arts organizations. While seasoned artists, arts administrators and board members are welcome to attend, the information is geared more toward those people who are earlier in their careers and are looking for some basic ideas to help them with the business side of their work.

The Arts Tune Up is free, but you do need to REGISTER through SurveyMonkey by clicking on this link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=109398450E39077

The Arts Tune Up is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and Claremont Graduate University in collaboration with the Center for Cultural Innovation.

Directions to Claremont Graduate University:

The most convenient access is either from the San Bernardino (I-10) freeway or the Foothill Freeway (FW - 210).

From the 10

Exit at Indian Hill Blvd. and make a left (north) and go up several signal lights. Once you pass Harrison Ave., you will make a right onto Tenth St. Travel down Tenth Street past Dartmouth Avenue. The building for the Claremont Graduate University Art Department and the East and Peggy Phelps Galleries is directly on the left side.

From the 210

Exit at Baseline/Padua and travel west, turn left onto Monte Vista.
Travel down Monte Vista until you reach Foothill Blvd. Turn right onto Foothill and travel one mile until you reach Dartmouth Avenue., turn left onto Dartmouth and make a left onto Tenth St. The building for the Claremont Graduate University Art Department and the East and Peggy Phelps Galleries is on the left side at the corner of Tenth and Columbia.

Parking:

There are several parking lots on the Claremont Graduate University Campus where you may park your car. The most convenient one can be found on the corner of Tenth and Columbia OR at Eleventh Street and Columbia Avenue, OR in the middle of Twelfth Street and Dartmouth. You may also park anywhere on the street where no parking permits are required.

Andrew Campbell
Director of Organizational Development
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
500 W. Temple Street - Room 374
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.lacountyarts.org
213/974-1343
Please note my new e-mail address:
acampbell@lacountyarts.org

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