Professional Development
Professional Development Workshops
Arts Council for Long Beach provides encouragement and training to area artists and arts and cultural organizations through professional development workshops in arts management, administration, grant writing, marketing, public art, and arts education throughout the year.
Check this page often for new workshops hosted by the Arts Council for Long Beach and other regional arts organizations. To view a list of local, regional, state and national organizations, venues, exhibitors and events, visit our Resourceful Links.
Arts educators should visit our Arts Learning pages, Arts and Cultural Education (A.C.E.) Directory, and consider joining our Arts Education listserve for updates about upcoming events and Arts Education Roundtable meetings. Email us to join the listserve.
Upcoming Workshops
The First Annual West Coast Theatre Producing Weekend
Hosted by CTI (Commercial Theater Institute) West Coast
Date: February 26 & 27, 2010
Time: 9 am to 6 pm
Location: Brentwood Theatre, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073
Cost: $300
CTI, a project of Theater Development Fund (TDF) and The Broadway League, provides dedicated training for the next generation of commercial theater producers. Now in its 29th year, CTI is offering our program on the West Coast for the very first time. Open to anyone interested in producing, co-producing or investing in the commercial theatre - not only in California but on Broadway, Off Broadway, Touring Broadway, and elsewhere, the program will offer practical and actionable information for mounting shows.
Session Topics to Include: Why Produce at All?; The Care and Feeding of Investors; Legal Aspects of Producing; Production Budget Analysis & Royalty Pools; Artist Relationships and more.
Click here for more information or call CTI at (212) 586-1109.
2-Day Workshop: Essential Grant Skills
Hosted by The Grantsmanship Center
Dates: March 17-18, 2010
Location: The Grantsmanship Center, Los Angeles, California
Cost: $445. Click here to register. To ensure personalized attention, class size is limited.
Essential Grant Skills gives you an overview of the entire grants process, with in-depth emphasis on the key areas where even experienced grant professionals often stumble. Essential Grant Skills is interactive and includes practical exercises. The agenda for the 2-day Essential Grant Skills workshop includes: A sound orientation to the art of grants work. An in-depth examination of the four core elements most likely to make or break a grant application--the same areas where even experienced grant professionals can falter.
Click here for more information about this workshop, or call (800) 421-9512 (outside California); (213) 482-9860 (within California).
Click here for more information about The Grantsmanship Center.
Selling Your Art, Selling Yourself, and How to Feel Comfortable Doing Both
Hosted by the Center for Cultural Innovation
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm
Location: Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro Street, in Little Tokyo near Downtown Los Angeles
Cost: $35 (BOA / CCI members), $40 (Non-Member)
Is your portfolio ready to show to galleries? Do you know which galleries to approach? Do you know how to approach them? Learn how to best represent yourself, your work, and determine the right course for your art career in this intensive practical workshop. As an artist, curator, art writer, and former gallery director, Ashley McLean Emenegger has an in-depth knowledge and insider perspective of the Los Angeles art world. In her workshop, Ashley will help guide visual artists through the process of preparing themselves to promote their work and develop the relationships necessary to advance their careers.
Click here for the Center for Cultural Innovation's workshop information.
Where did the time go? Time Management for Artists
Hosted by the Center for Cultural Innovation
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm
Location: Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro Street, in Little Tokyo near Downtown Los Angeles
Cost: $35.00 (BOA / CCI members), $40 (Non-Member
Time Management for Artists is designed to help you recognize and perhaps reconsider your personal concept of time. During this workshop you will gain a clear understanding of how you currently use your time in order to best determine how you really want to spend those hours available within any given day. You will receive practical management methods, skills and techniques for identifying key time wasters, setting boundaries, managing frequent distractions and interruptions, and prioritizing yourself and your artwork.
Click here for the Center for Cultural Innovation's workshop information.
Business of Art™
Entrepreneurial Training for Artists
Hosted by the Center for Cultural Innovation
Date: Tuesdays starting April 6, 2010 through Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Location: Japanese American Community and Cultural Center, 244 S. San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cost: $210 (Non Member) / $185 (BOA/CCI Members) The fee includes the Business of Art™ Workbook and The Business of Art: An Artist's Guide to Profitable Self-Employment. Early Bird Special: Register by March 1st and Save $20.00!
Artists and creative entrepreneurs who take CCI's signature program, Business of Art ™ learn key business skills that provide them with the knowledge and resources to help advance their art, develop their ideas and increase their financial independence. Business of Art ™ classes are taught by a variety of business leaders with experience in both corporate and non-profit entities. Students learn key concepts involved in goal setting, strategic planning, marketing and self-promotion, money management, legal issues and project financing. In addition to classroom training, all Business of Art ™ students participate in counseling sessions with leading arts and business professionals.
Click here for the Center for Cultural Innovation's workshop information.