Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI)

AEI is an artist-focused course of study designed to assist individual artists (visual and performing) by cultivating and advancing their business skills. The AEIcourse covers all aspects of developing an artistic business, and helps musicians and artists identify and develop their personal brand, develop strategies for communicating with their target market, raise capital and identify a variety of tools for protecting their work legally, to business planning, the artistic journey and setting priorities.

Presented on consecutive Saturdays at ArtServe, Inc., 1350 East Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI) will be offered as a series of 18 classes convening over three full-day trainings on June 2, 9, 16, 2007 (9:00AM- 6:00PM), with a “Business Plan Clinic” on June 23, 2007 (9:00AM- 1:00PM). Registration is $100.00 per person, for all four Saturdays including the AEI course book and light refreshments. 

Register online at www.broward.org/arts and click on ‘workshops,’ or call 954-357-7502, James Shermer, Grants Administrator, or for more information e-mail: jshermer@broward.org

 

Broward Cultural Division Launches  

Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute in June 2007

A series of full-day sessions to be offered on four consecutive Saturdays, Starting June 2, at ArtServe Inc., 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Broward County Commission’s Cultural Division announces The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI) for South Florida visual, performing and literary artists to be presented in June 2007 at Artserve, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Broward County Commission’s Cultural Division announces for South Florida visual, performing and literary artists to be presented in June 2007 at Artserve, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The AEI is an artist-focused course of study designed to assist all artists (visual, performing, literary) by cultivating and advancing their business skills. Presented on four consecutive Saturdays, AEI will be offered as 18 classes convening over three full-day sessions (9:00 am – 6:00 pm) on June 2, 9, and 16, 2007, and a Business Plan Clinic on June 23, 2007 (9:00 am – 1:00 pm). Registrants will receive an AEI course book, an indispensable resource for artists. Developed by CPAC, the course book features exercises and readings to prepare for each session, and is tailored to the specific needs of artist entrepreneurs. “Artists are the most important ingredient for a creative economy and healthy cultural ecosystem” says Mary A. Becht, Cultural Division director. “The Cultural Division, ArtServe, Inc. and the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC), Cleveland, OH, in partnership, are investing in the professional development of our artists.” 

Broward County Commission’s Cultural Division announces for South Florida visual, performing and literary artists to be presented in June 2007 at Artserve, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Designed to help visual, performing and literary artists operate in the marketplace more effectively, the AEI course curriculum covers all aspects of developing an artistic business. It helps artists identify and develop their personal brand, develop strategies for communicating with their target market, raise capital and identify a variety of tools for protecting their work legally. “It’s really been gratifying to hear from artists about how much the course has meant to them,” said Megan Van Voorhis, CPAC’s senior director. “They are taking away lessons that are helping them launch successful small businesses, and we’re working to make sure that the course provides them with every opportunity to do so.” AEI is led by a premier faculty composed of leading business practitioners and artists familiar with arts and culture from the South Florida region and from Cleveland. Faculty members instruct artists through a series of lectures, panels and discussions on business topics ranging from accounting to marketing to business planning, the artistic journey and setting priorities.  Participation costs $100 and includes light refreshments and free parking. For more information about the history of the course and its success in Northeast Ohio, please contact, Megan L. Van Voorhis, senior director, Community Partnerships for Arts and Culture, in Cleveland, OH, at 216-575-0331; E-Mail: mlv@cpacbiz.org.  Register online at www.broward.org and click on ‘Workshops,’ or call or Broward Cultural Division Grants Administrator James Shermer at 954-357-7502: E-mail: jshermer@broward.org for other information and scholarship support.  or Broward Cultural Division Grants Administrator James Shermer at 954-357-7502: E-mail: CPAC, program founder of the AEI, has provided comprehensive business training to more than 300 artists; this service is made possible by the generous financial support of the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), Dominion, with additional support by the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the Kulas Foundation and the John P. Murphy Foundation.  

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