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Artist Residency Programs and Artist Retreat Centers
When was the last time you had the privilege of devoting a block of time solely to your art?
If now is your time to focus on your work, we encourage you to seek a meaningful and appropriate Artist Residency Program. Also known as artist colonies or artist retreat centers, these wonderful places often charge little to nothing for your stay. Competition can be fierce, but that by no means should hold you back from applying. Whether you are a painter, writer, printmaker, potter, film maker, composer, dancer, a multi-media artist, or you defy categorization, there is a place for you.
As promised during the recent Josh Simpson - Scott Prior talk on the Creative Economy, we are pleased to share with you a few of the many listings of residency programs available in the United States, Canada and overseas. If you find a particularly good site, or have had a great experience at a colony/residency program, please let us know, and we will add it to our list.
United States-based artist-residencies and residential art centers: Alliance of Artists Communities, Artist Help Network, Washingtonart.com
Worldwide network of artist-residencies and residential art centers: Res Artis, International Listings
Arts Extension Service appears on the UMass Online Blog
University Without Walls Announces Online Creative Economy course!
Maren Brown believes in the power of the creative economy to positively transform communities. The Arts Extension Service (AES), which she leads, is a national leader in creative economy training and research. The string of creative economy firsts is astonishing: just last year, AES published the nation’s first workbook on creative economy planning to complement a series of first-in-the-nation training programs on how to create, sustain and evaluate creative economy programs.
UWW's Arts Administration Program Represents a Degree of Progress
Business West
April 14, 2008 by Laura DeMar
What do a mural and a balance sheet have in common? Ask an artist, and he may scratch his head. Ask an accountant, and he’ll probably compare costs of supplies versus profit from the sale of the piece. For some artists, it’s all about their passion for a chosen medium, whether it be theater, paint, glass, or design. But what happens when their creativity becomes something more than just a whim, perhaps even a moneymaker? For some, the idea of balancing the accounting books and figuring out grant applications can be a daunting task, but that’s where the UMass Amherst University Without Walls program comes into play.
With a new Arts Administration focus area, artists and those interested in working for organizations, ranging from museums and nonprofits to personal businesses, can learn how to turn their creativity into a viable, sustainable company and earn a degree they’ve always coveted.
For complete article, please click here Creative Thinking.
Maren Brown and Craig Dreeszen appearing at the ArtsME - conference
Workshops and lectures:
- Maren Brown on Website Design
- Maren Brown on Target Markets
- Maren Brown on Surveys
- Maren Brown on Audience
- Craig Dreeszen on Strategies for Board Development
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