More Upcoming Events!
Workshops
Offered
Bear
Creek Art Studio in Woodinville WA is sponsoring 2 free workshops taught
by Bitsy Bidwell of the WA State Arts Commission, on Saturday,
March 31.
"The Business of Being an Artist" will be held from 10-noon and was
previously advertised. It is full but there is a waiting list for those
who are interested but not yet registered.
The afternoon workshop is "Program Management" (see description below).
It will run from 1-3pm.
Please RSVP to Lisa Sheets at matts@matts.seanet.com
to register, or for more information, as space is limited.
Both workshops will be held at Bear Creek Art Studio, 13931 Bear Creek
RD NE, Woodinville WA 98072.
Project
Management is aimed at those groups that want to present an arts
event, but do not have an established organization to provide structure.
The workshop will cover event planning, legal issues, administrative
recordkeeping, finances, and evaluation/documentation. Particularly
helpful for new groups, or those seeking to use another organization
as their fiscal agent for granting purposes, this workshop is also an
excellent refresher for established groups or those with changing leadership.
An
extensive workbook will accompany the workshop and assist start-up groups
by providing forms that can be copied and used without additional effort.
This workshop is a great introduction for those who want to provide
arts to their communities, have a great idea, but don't know how to
start.
Bitsy
Bidwell is the Community Arts Development
Manager for the Washington State Arts Commission in Olympia, a position
she has held for the past 13 years. She considers herself a generalist
with information on a broad range of topics and a specialist at synthesizing
that information to provide appropriate and relevant assistance for
local arts councils and commissions, arts producing and presenting organizations,
artists around the state, and others.
She
regularly offers workshops on grantswriting and nonprofit organizational
development to constituents within the state and has presented workshops
to national and international audiences. Her program, Community Arts
Development, handles all requests for technical assistance and information
and referral. Bidwell teaches only what she knows firsthand, whether
as a grantwriter, a fundraiser, a promoter or an educator.
Bidwell
has successfully written grants to federal, foundation, and corporate
sources over her 26 years in arts administration. As a volunteer she
has raised funds through direct mail, through one-on-one solicitation,
and through a variety of fund raising events. Her stories of what works
and what doesn't work come from real life and provide a true picture
of working in the nonprofit arts community.
Life
Drawing Sessions
There
are weekly life drawing sessions taking place at the Bear Creek Studio,
Lisa Sheets' new studio, each Wednesday night from 6:30pm until 9:30
pm.
It is a lively group and all are welcome... it is an open drawing session
with no instruction. For more info, please contact Lisa Sheets at matts@matts.seanet.com
or 425-376-1066
National
WCA Conference
February 28-Mar 3, 2001 Chicago
Plan to attend! Get all the conference details at: http://www.info@nationalwca.com/.
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