Cost: Free

Eligibility: Arkansas artists

Age Requirement: 18+

Location: Virtual

Total Workshop Hours: 9 hours

Homework Hours: 1 hour

Workshop Size: 25 Artists, 3 Facilitators

Materials Provided: Artist INC Express Workbook and Welcome Packet

Workshop Dates & Times:

• Day 1: Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:00pm – 9:00pm CST
• Day 2: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:00am – 1:00pm CST
• Day 3: Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12:00pm – 3:00pm CST

Preferred Registration Deadline (to receive hard copy workshop materials via US mail): Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 5:00pm CDT 

Registration Deadline (digital workshop materials via email): Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 5:00pm CST

Partner Organization: Arkansas Arts Council .

DESCRIPTION

Artist INC Express helps artists, of any discipline, develop the building blocks for a thriving and enduring arts practice.

Led by a team of experienced, working artists, this hands-on workshop helps artists like you address specific needs and challenges that you’ll face throughout your career. Through discussions, activities, and hands-on exercises, your artist-facilitators, and your new network of peer artists, will help you set goals for your practice, write about your work, and build a personal brand. 

Artist INC Express is a slimmed down, yet still highly active, version of the popular eight-week Artist INC Live program , which has been completed by more than 2,000 artists since 2009. Artist INC Express explores those same core concepts of how to build a lasting arts practice in a shorter, more flexible format, to help reach a broader audience of artists.  

If you sign on for Artist INC Express, you are asked to commit to the entire workshop, as exercises build on one another and participants develop deep relationships with their fellow artists over the sessions. Be ready to participate throughout in group discussions, hands-on exercises, and small group work. 

And just know, it’s not over when it’s over. Right away, Artist INC Express activates a network of artists in your community, leading to more peer-to-peer resource sharing, collaborations, and support long after the workshop concludes.

SCHEDULE

Artist INC Express virtual workshops are divided into three, 3-hour sessions.

Session 1 – Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:00pm – 9:00pm CST

• What Works
• Success Inventory
• ADEP Analysis

Session 2 – Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:00am – 1:00pm CST

• SMART Goal Setting
• Marketing
• Branding
• Elevator Speeches
• Building Long-Term Relationships 

Session 3 – Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12:00pm – 3:00pm CST

• Artist’s Toolkit (bios, artist statements, resumes/CVs)
• Funding a Practice

Artist INC Express Agenda (Virtual – 3 Days)

ARTIST PEER FACILITATORS

All Artist INC Express workshops are facilitated by a team of experienced, working artists. Artist Peer Facilitators for this workshop are: Ben Grimes, Chris Long, and Anna Zusman. 

REGISTRATION 

All registrants must register individually. There is no application process or participation fee. Registrants must meet the eligibility requirements identified above. Participants who register by the preferred registration date will receive a welcome packet with a hard copy of the Artist INC Express Workbook via USPS mail. Participants who register after the preferred registration date will receive a digital copy of the Artist INC Express Workbook via email. Workshops fill quickly. More emails with additional details will be sent from M-AAA’s Artist Services email, artistservices@maaa.org. Please add the Artist Services email to your address book. Artist INC Express is brought to you in collaboration with Arkansas Arts Council . 

QUESTIONS?

Please contact artistservices@maaa.org.

Artist Services Team