VIRTUAL: ARTrepreneurship: Making the Cut
Start + Grow Your Business
Learn the best practices to get accepted into art and craft fairs, markets, exhibits, and for art grants.
When you apply to a juried show, market, or grant opportunity, you’re competing with dozens of other small artists, so your application must be on-point. What are some practices and techniques you can incorporate into your submission or application to increase your chances of making the cut?
Join us in conversation with regional market organizers, jurors, and planners to learn their top tips for acceptance success.
Presented in partnership with 40 North.
About the Panelists:
Anna Gutsch is the co-owner of NORDEN German Design Studio and Pipapo, a whimsical and sustainable jewelry design business. She is a co-organizer of the Mistletoe Market CU.
Mariah Madison is the owner of Champaign-Urbana’s Premier Babysitting Service and Nanny Agency, Nannyville, LLC, as well as HeadStart Marketing which offers affordable business consulting, web design, and social media marketing. She is also the founder of BuyBlackChambana.com, which is home to C-U’s First Black-Owned Business Directory, and organizes the Urban Market Pop-Up Shop.
Rachel Lauren Storm is an administrator serving as the Arts & Culture Coordinator for the City of Urbana Community Development Department and manages the Urbana Arts & Culture Grant program.
Kelly White is the Executive Director of 40 North | 88 West, an organizer of the Boneyard Arts Festival and the Crystal Lake Park Art Fair, and an Art History instructor at Parkland College.
Start + Grow Your Business Workshop Series:
- Feb 3, Small Business Taxes 101, 12 pm
- Feb 7, Writing to Persuade, Live Webinar, 7 pm
- Feb 21, ARTrepreneurship: Making the Cut, 7 pm
- Feb 24, Q&A with The Brand Hub, 12 pm
Starting or growing your business? We can help. Champaign.org/launch
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