WORKSHOPS

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
At the core of Creative Capital’s Professional Development Program since 2003 is the Weekend Workshop, an intensive two and one-half days described as a “crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising and promotion.” Based on a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum, the workshop format employs lectures, peer critiques, interactive exercises, handouts and written assignments to introduce business skills. The lectures are interspersed with presentations of the participating artists’ work, and followed by focused break-out sessions in each of the topic areas and one-on-one consultations. Participants are given a handbook and workbook as well as handouts on practical, how-to information. More than 1,500 artists have participated in this workshop to date and it is offered to Creative Capital grantees as part of their artist services package. Weekend Workshops are available for groups of up to 24 artists.
Cost: $23,000 - $27,000

ADVANCED WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
The Advanced Weekend Workshop is a follow-up workshop for alumni of our core Weekend Workshop. It provides advanced tools within our topic areas of PR/Marketing, Strategic Planning and Fundraising with a special emphasis on communications and marketing tools. The needs of the individual participants are evaluated through a survey to inform the content of the Workshop. Advanced Weekend Workshops are available for groups of up to 24 artists.
Cost: $23,000 - $27,000

ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS
The One-Day Workshop is an intensive immersion workshop that focuses on Strategic Planning, PR/Marketing or Fundraising as individual topics or all three topics covered in one day (other Special Topics are listed below.) In addition to lecture presentations, participants are given interactive exercises and the opportunity to meet with leaders in smaller work groups. The participants may receive handbooks, workbooks and/or handouts, which provide practical information, and exercises on the specific topic area. One-day Workshops are available for groups of up to 60 artists.
Cost: $2,500 - $17,000 (Cost varies depending on location, number of participants, and number of Workshop leaders.)

EVENING WORKSHOPS
The Evening Workshop is a three-hour workshop that provides an in-depth introduction to one of our topic areas: Strategic Planning, PR/Marketing, Fundraising, or Verbal Communications. In addition to lecture presentations, participants are given interactive exercises and the opportunity to meet with leaders in smaller work groups. The participants may receive handbooks, workbooks and/or handouts, which provide practical information, and exercises on the specific topic area. Evening Workshops are available for groups of up to 60 artists.
Cost: $2,000 - $13,000 (Cost varies depending on location, number of participants, and number of Workshop leaders.)

SPECIAL TOPIC ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS
One-day Workshops that provide additional or expanded learning opportunities are:

Verbal Communications
Designed and facilitated by a communications specialist with extensive experience training artists in public speaking and leadership skills, the Verbal Communications workshop includes lectures, small group activities and hands on exercises to improve interpersonal communications and public speaking skills. It covers such topics as how to be authentic and comfortable talking about your work in social situations such as gallery openings, and how to successfully pitch your work or ask for money in meetings with presenters and funders. Participants identify their goals and objectives in order to more effectively and accurately represent themselves and their work. During the Workshop, they have an opportunity to give a short presentation in order to work on content, verbiage, physical behavior and body language.  This Workshop is available for groups of  up to 24 artists.
Cost: $2,500 - $5,000

Fundraising from Individuals
Fundraising From Individuals helps artists determine whether and how to start raising money from individual contributors, who now account for more than 75% of all the money given to non-profits in America. The topics covered include: working with a fiscal sponsor; forming an advisory board; preparing the right materials for the right donors; how to take advantage of new technology; translating the language and methodology of individual contribution drives for organizations to individual artists of all disciplines; and how to work with and around presenting venues. The workshop will include information on how to organize fundraising events, e-mail campaigns, cultivation and individual appeals. This Workshop is available for groups of up to 24 artists.
Cost: $2,500 - $13,000 (Cost varies depending on location, number of participants, and number of Workshop leaders.)

Currently in Development
These new workshops are currently in development, with the aim to be available in 2009. Costs will be determined as the workshop development proceeds.

Expanding Your Network: Using the internet to build community, promote your work and increase administrative effectiveness
This weekend workshop will help participants expand their online presence and learn to harness the power of internet tools such as social networking and media sharing sites, e-commerce, promotional websites and blogs. Beginning with an overview of internet terminology and applications, the workshop will explore how these resources can be used to build audience, expand community, amplify marketing and extend administrative resources. Participants will develop a step-by-step, holistic strategy to use these applications to move towards specific career goals.  Additionally, the workshop will help artists' expand their thinking to quickly recognize and implement the possibilities of new technologies as they develop.

Literary Artists Workshop
A module tailored to the needs of literary artists is currently in development.  This Workshop will be available for groups of up to 24 artists.