Cost: Free

Eligibility: Artists living within a 75 minute radius of Monticello, Arkansas.

Age Requirement: 18+

Location: Caucus Room, University Center, University of Arkansas at Monticello, 346 University Drive, Monticello, AR 71655

Total Workshop Hours: 10 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: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00am-3:00pm CST
• Day 2: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 12:00pm-5:00pm CST

Registration Deadline: Thursday, March 6, 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 ten-hour, 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 1,500 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 ten-hour workshop, as exercises build on one another and participants develop deep relationships with their fellow artists over the two 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 workshops are divided into two 5-hour sessions.

Session 1 – March 8, 2025, 10:00am-3:00pm CST

• What Works
• Success Inventory
• Eulogy
• ADEP Analysis
• SMART Goal Setting
• Funding a Practice

Session 2 – March 9, 2025,  12:00pm-5:00pm CST

• Marketing
• Branding
• Elevator Speech
• Formal Tool Kit (biography, artist statement, resume/CV)
• Building Long-Term Relationships

Artist INC Express Agenda (In Person – 2 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, Azalia Molina, and Amos Cochran.  

REGISTRATION 

All registrants must register individually. There is no application process or participation fee. Registrants must meet the eligibility requirements identified above. All supplies, lunch, and snacks will be provided at the workshop. 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