Professional
Development Workshops Offered by Cedar City Arts Council Board Member
CEDAR CITY - Debbie Drake, Board Member and
Director of Professional Development for the Cedar City Arts Council, will
offer a series of workshops for artists in the visual, performing, and literary
arts over the next three months at the Cedar City Aquatic Center. Drake, who is
a multi-media artist and Business Technology Program Coordinator at the
Southwest Applied Technology College, said, "Many artists have not been
prepared to approach their art form from both the business and creative side,
and therefore wonder why success eludes them."
The first workshop on Saturday,
February 8 from 10:00a.m. until noon will focus on "How to Write Artists'
and Vision Statements." Artists' Statements are directed toward the
viewing public's understanding of the artist, the work, and the intentions
behind the work. Vision Statements communicate artists' ultimate goals in
working in their field.
The second workshop on Saturday,
March 8 from 10:00a.m. until noon will address "Creating Artwork as a
Business." Most artists are not prepared to invest time in marketing,
public relations, resource management, and record-keeping, yet most successful
artists report up to 50% of their time is spent in these critical areas.
The third and final spring workshop
will take on Saturday, April 12 from 10:00a.m. until noon, focusing on
"The Critical Keys: Finances and Profit." Drake will take an in-depth
look at costs, inventorying, profit margins, how to price one's expertise, and
strategies for staying in the black on the ledger book.
The workshops will take place in the
conference room of the Cedar City Aquatic Center at 2090
Royal Hunte Dr. (phone 435.865.9223). Admission is free to members of the Cedar
City Arts Council; non-members pay $10 per session. Anyone in Southern Utah or
beyond is welcome to attend.
The
Arts Council Board has recently rewritten its mission statement to focus on
Advocacy, Appreciation, Education, and Support for all artists, arts
organizations, and arts business in Iron County. Toward that end, the
Professional Development series will continue next fall. Drake plans to develop
an Arts Incubator Certificate Program for those who wish to bring their
creative ideas and energies to fruition in the expanding arts scene in Southern
Utah. For further information, please call Debbie Drake at 435.463.1546 or
email her at ddrake1546@gmail.com.
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For Public Service Announcements: Who? Debbie
Drake, Director of Professional Development, Cedar
(Radio, TV, Internet) City Arts Council Board Member
(435.463.1546;
ddrake1546@gmail.com)
What? Professional
Development Workshop Series
When? February
8, March 8, April 12, 2014 from 10:00a.m.
until noon
Where? Cedar
City Aquatic Center, 2090 Royal Hunte Drive
Why? To assist artists in the
visual, performing, and literary arts, arts
organizations,
and arts business in skill-building toward
economic
viability
Costs? Free for Cedar City Arts
Council Members; $10 per session for
non-members
Cedar
City Arts Council, P. O. Box 2655, Cedar City, Utah 84721 -
www.cedarcityartscouncil.org
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