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Business Skills for Artists – Classes at Carver County Libraries

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The Carver County Library System is doing a selection of programs from Springboard for the Arts “Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists” professional development curriculum designed to teach business skills to artists in all disciplines- visual, performing and literary arts. Registration is required for these classes, link below.

Program Location
Carver County Libraries, Chanhassen and Waconia

Date/Time
Series of Saturdays, 10:30am to 1pm

Chanhassen Library Saturday, September 15, 10:30am to 1pm
Portfolio Kit
Your portfolio is the core of your promotional material. Focus on the essential elements: sharpening your artist statement, tailoring your artistic resumés, and selecting and formatting your work samples.

Waconia Library Saturday, September 22, 10:30am to 1pm
Pricing
Discover an analytical approach to defining key elements that will help you calculate the
costs and prices of your art for a variety of markets. Please note that this class will also be offered again in our winter program season in early December at Chanhassen Library.

Chanhassen Library Saturday, October 13, 10:30am to 1pm
Marketing
Define your product, discover your target audience, make decisions about how you sell your work, and identify a budget and strategy for your artistic business.

Waconia Library Saturday, October 20, 10:30am to 1pm
Time Management
Discover analytical and tool-based approaches to tackle hurdles related to efficiency, flexibility and your work-life balance.

Chanhassen Library Saturday, October 27, 10:30am to 1pm
Promotions
Identify communication tools to fit your needs, craft engaging messaging, and build a basic promotions strategy with actionable steps to get the word out.

Waconia Library Saturday, November 3, 10:30am to 1pm
Social Media Basics
Using Facebook and Twitter examples, learn core functionality, best practices and exercises to help you build an online strategy for your artistic business.

Chanhassen Library Saturday, December 8, 10:30am to 1pm
Pricing
Discover an analytical approach to defining key elements that will help you calculate the costs and prices of your art for a variety of markets.

To Register
http://melsacarver.evanced.info/signup/list?df=list&dm=html&nd=360&kw=business+skills+for+artists

Contact Person
Chanhassen Library or Waconia library
mwilbur@co.carver.mn.us
952-227-1500