{"id":981,"date":"2017-01-24T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:00:00","slug":"business-of-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/practitioner-taught-courses\/business-of-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Term Practicum in the Business of The Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lead Instructor: Sara Juli<\/h3>\n

Course Overview: <\/strong>This practicum examines the practical and administrative aspects of a profession and life in the Arts (performing, visual and other). Topics include: speaking articulately about your work, budgeting basics, marketing your work, building a sustainable fundraising program that fits your artistic practice, cultivating relationships with key industry professionals, pitching your artistry, among other topics.\u00a0Guest Artists and Arts Administrators from Boston, NYC and Southern Maine will join us with informative presentations that shed light on the practicalities and realities of being a professional artist. \u00a0<\/span>Please note that the principles of this class are applicable to students interested in pursuing the arts both full-time and part-time, and\/or would like to generate sustainable income from their artistic practice.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0Over the course of the five weeks, students will construct a hands-on plan\u00a0and accompanying budget focused on developing and executing a plan for a life in the arts. \u00a0By the end of the course, participants will be better prepared to perform the business tasks expected of arts professionals aimed at promoting your work, funding it and growing artistically within the larger arts landscape. \u00a0<\/span>Please note: This class is applicable to those students interested in pursuing a career in the Arts full-time, however, if you\u2019re considering a \u201cday job\u201d in a separate field, but want to pursue your artistry part-time with some level of professionalism, then this class is also for you!!!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Sara Juli was named the 2017 Maine Fellow for the Performing Arts<\/a> by the Maine Arts Council, and is a recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Touring Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This course will help students achieve the following five learning objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Understand the key principles around promoting and networking within and outside a competitive artistic environment.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Build\u00a0and maintain a financial budget geared towards artistic success over the long\u2013term.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Develop writing skills around a craft, and apply those skills to grant, fellowship and residency opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Understand the realities, challenges and opportunities of pursuing a life as an artist.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Design an actual plan, complete with budget, on how to build forward artistic momentum both creatively and administratively (designed to fit students\u2019 pace for pursuing art alongside a second career).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    “The Money Conversation” by Sara Juli. Photo credit Rachelle Roberts<\/p><\/div>\n

    Course Products \u2013 Students will:<\/b><\/p>\n