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The Iowa Arts Council Presents: No More Starving Artists: A conference for visual and performing artists

No More Starving Artists!
A Conference for Visual and Performing Artists
Saturday, June 2, 2007
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
State Historical Building

Attending this day long conference artists will learn negotiating tactics, contract writing skills and tips on how to work with the media.

Afternoon workshops will cover:

Kids Menu - obtaining success as a Teaching Artist and working in the field of Arts in Education

Got Art? - branding and marketing yourself and your work

Hunting and Gathering - hear from peers how to find and create your own opportunities

Registration is $25.00 and (of course) includes lunch.

Parking for the conference is located at the corner of Grand and Pennsylvania Avenues.

Click here to register


Also being offered:

Write a Grant for the Iowa Arts Council—at least a first draft! Free workshop for conference registrants only! Limit 15!

Friday, June 1, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Classroom A, State Historical Building

You don’t need to be a professional grant writer to write an Iowa Arts Council grant! Please have some concrete ideas for a grant (individual artist, folk and traditional arts, arts in schools and communities) from an individual. You must bring with you a 50-word project description (a draft is more than fine) as well as an outline, bullets, or even a draft of the narrative questions. You should also have some ideas for your budget. We’ll go through the basic information provided in an IAC grant writing workshop (overview, review a real grant, and tips for grant writing) in the morning. We’ll break for lunch (on your own) and spend the afternoon writing, reading, and giving feedback to each other. You should leave this workshop with at least the draft for an IAC grant!

What to bring:

  1. 50 word project description

  2. Outline, bullets, or draft of narrative question responses for IAC mini: http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/e_grant/assets/MiniAppExample.pdf or major grant: http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/e_grant/assets/MajorAppExample.pdf
  3. Budget ideas

  4. Writing implement and lots of paper or a laptop (the building has free wifi)

Before you come:

Register here