ArtBox Institute, a nine-month professional development
program for artists.
Length of time you’ve been in business: We will welcome our
first class in January 2014.
Why did you get into your industry? What is your
goal/mission? Laura Kelly, the ArtBox project director, has interviewed
artists, researched arts incubators, held forums, sent surveys, confabbed with
community partners--all in an effort to see how Flagstaff Cultural Partners
could better serve artists. What she came away with: Art is food and art is
business. Artists have lamented that they wish they could learn how to be more
successful as entrepreneurs. They've talked about how to acquire the business
savvy necessary to sell their art. And so the ArtBox Institute has been created
to answer that need. It's a nimble and valuable program that calls on all kinds
of professionals both in Flag and in the region, to teach skills like public
speaking, financial literacy, branding, visioning.
Your specialty – the reason people choose you: We’ll be
different from other business courses in town because the ArtBox is geared
toward artists. We'll have a class of 20 that will go through the ArtBox
together and our courses are all skills based, which mean
the participants will be put to the task of practicing what they are learning.
Your favorite part about doing business in Flagstaff:
Flagstaff is a luscious city in so many ways: natural beauty, an educated
population, a vibrant arts scene and a real tangible civic pride that laces
through daily life.
Who is your favorite local non-profit or charitable
organization? Why? Hmmm. Have to say Flagstaff Cultural Partners because of the
work they do to foster and bolster the arts.
Do you have any special events coming up? What are they? Our
special event will be welcoming our first class to the ArtBox in mid-January.
Are you hiring? We're recruiting participants. Our website
has all the details: www.culturalpartners.org/artbox
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