Local Artists Get Prepped ?Business of Art? Retreat PDF Print E-mail
APRIL 23, 2007 PRESS INVITATION:

“Business of Art” Time in Bay Area: Survival Skills for Creative Personalities
WHAT: Business & Arts Journalists invited to retreat on the “Business of Art.”

While “the business of art” runs counter to the stereotype of creative personalities, it is becoming a necessary survival tool for individual artists and is now the subject of a training retreat offered to Bay Area artists across all disciplines through the sponsorship of the East Bay Community Foundation and The San Francisco Foundation.

Twenty-five local artists who have received support from the two foundations will attend the retreat covering arts marketing, financing, business planning and legal and intellectual property issues. The four-session retreat will be conducted by the Center for Cultural Innovation, a nonprofit incubator of knowledge and financial services for artists. For the first time, the sessions will be conducted in the Bay Area. More than 300 artists have attended the retreat throughout the nation.
WHERE & WHEN:
1. Session 1: Saturday, April 28, 9 am – 5 pm at the East Bay Community Foundation’s James Irvine Foundation Conference Center, 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland.
2. Session 2: Saturday, May 5, 9 am – 5 pm at The San Francisco Foundation, 225 Bush Street, Suite 500, San Francisco.
3. Session 3: Wednesday, May 16, 7 pm – 10 pm at The San Francisco Foundation.
Session 4: Wednesday, May 23, 7 pm – 9:30 pm at the East Bay Community Foundation’s James Irvine Foundation Conference Center.
WHY: As the cultivation of art continues to depend on the thriving of individual artists, knowledge of the business of art – marketing, finance, and legal issues – are of growing influence on public recognition and economic success. Members of the press wishing to attend any of these sessions should reserve a seat through contacting John Pachtner, contact information above.

The East Bay Community Foundation (www.eastbaycf.org ) serves as a catalyst for change in Alameda and Contra Costa counties connecting community needs with individuals, families and organizations interested in charitable giving -- and through leadership of initiatives designed to improve the quality of civic life.As the first public foundation in Northern California, formed in 1928, the East Bay Community Foundation is a leading resource on charitable giving and community needs, stewarding more than 400 charitable funds and endowments.

The San Francisco Foundation (www.sff.org ) is the community foundation serving the Bay Area since 1948. Through the generosity and vision of our family of donors, The San Francisco Foundation awarded grants totaling $68 million in fiscal year 2006. Bringing together donors and building on community assets through grantmaking, leveraging, public policy, advocacy, and leadership development, The San Francisco Foundation addresses community needs in the areas of community health, education, arts and culture, neighborhood and community development, social justice, and the environment. The San Francisco Foundation serves San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo Counties.