Business of Being an Artist Series

Twice a year Visual Art Exchange presents its Business of Being An Artist (BOBAA) series of lectures and panel discussions designed to educate professional visual artists and provide them with tools to become savvy small business people. This spring VAE will partner with Meredith College to offer three informative and engaging talks on a range of topics. All talks will be held at Carswell Concert Hall in the Wainwright Music Building at Meredith College and start and 7pm. FREE for VAE members, full-time college students with valid ID and faculty/staff of Meredith College. $5 per evening for non-members.
Click here to register on-line!
If you have questions or trouble with on-line registration, contact Rachel Berry at rachel@visualartexchange.org or 919.828.7834, ext. 4.
Spring 2010 SeriesPart One. MARCH 25
- Social Media & Technology-Based Marketing Strategies. Speaker: David Millsaps, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of NewRaleigh.com
Fast & Easy Web-sites. Speaker: Sarah Powers, VAE Executive Director
Photographing Your Art. Speaker: Mary Kay Kennedy, manager of The Mahler Fine Art
Part Two. APRIL 1
- An Introduction to the North Carolina Arts Council Speaker: Jeff Pettus, Senior Program Director for Artists and Organizations, NC Arts Council
How to Approach a Gallery. Speaker: Rory Parnell, owner of The Collectors Gallery & The Mahler Fine Art
Pricing & Presentation. Speaker: Mary Kay Kennedy, manager of The Mahler Fine Art
Part Three. APRIL 8: MAKING ART ON A BUDGET
- Ways to Use Technology Inexpensively. Speaker: Josh Frank
Keeping Your Framing Costs Down. Speaker: Shonna Greenwell, owner of Rebus Works and pH Seven Fine Art Framing.
Cheap Art Supplies. Speaker: Kevin Kelly, President of Jerry's World of Art
Cheap Print Materials & Marketing Ideas. Speaker: Rachel Berry, VAE Programs Director
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