Winter Workshops for CT, RI & MA Artists Assets for Artists is announcing their FREE Winter 2021-2022 business and finance workshops before the snow flies. Their workshops remain online, so you won't even have to shovel to attend! Enrollment is limited, so register early! Read more for workshop details and registration "Photographing Your Artwork" w/ Mercedes Jelinek … [Read more...]
Professional Development
Crowdfunding and Membership Platforms as an Artist
Let's say you have an in-progress creative project (a film, music album, graphic novel, etc.) and you want funding so you can realize your vision. Or let's say you have a steady output of work (a bi-weekly publication or a new song a week) requiring resources to continue making and sharing. Traditional grant programs (such as our Artist Fellowships or Local Cultural … [Read more...]
Making Portraits: Chanel Thervil
June 8: Chanel Thervil: Portraits with Purpose. Celebrating Character, Resiliency, Strength, and Joy Artist Chanel Thervil's vivid portraits celebrate the essential character and spirit of her subjects. Hear how she uses a combination of conversation and mixed media to develop an image that captures personality and life experience as well as a likeness.Thervil will talk about … [Read more...]
Boosting Artists Careers: Online Workshops This Spring/Summer
Mass Cultural Council is thrilled to announce a partnership with MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists program to present a series of webinars and workshops for artists, Spring and Summer 2021. With the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists (A4A) has redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with … [Read more...]
Self-Employed Artists/Creatives: Info about PPP Loans
Assets for Artists, an artists service organization based at MASS MoCA, posted a useful and informative article about how individual artists/self-employed creatives may be eligible to apply for the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program for potential forgivable loans to keep businesses afloat amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. From Assets for Artists: The … [Read more...]