Visiting Artists Program

Dear Visiting Artists,

You are registered for the Arts Business Institute’s Visiting Artists Program held in Philadelphia, PA. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Visiting Artists Program is held in partnership with the Buyers Market of American Craft.

When you arrive at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, please enter using the Market Street and Arch Street entrance. Take the escalator and follow the signs to the Buyers Market of American Craft located on the second level. Registration will be set up in the foyer in front of Hall A. The Visiting Artist Registration will be held at Exhibitor Will Call. At registration you will receive your badge and a binder with supplemental information provided by the faculty to reinforce the topics that they will be presenting.

All of the workshops will be held in Room 201A of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Visiting Artist Lounge will be in room 303AB on the third floor. The lounge will have resource materials as well as a wonderful view of the show floor.

To see if you registered in time to receive a mentoring session, please check the list at the ABI Blog at the bottom of the page. The time slots are subject to change, so please confirm on site at the Visiting Artist Lounge. Please be prepared for your mentoring session 5 minutes before your scheduled time.

At the request of many artists attending the BMAC we have found discount parking! If you would like to get a discount on your daily parking please use either of these parking lots.
1. Parkway Parking
12th & Arch Street
2. Expert Parking Garage
11th and Arch.
Please bring your parking stub to the Buyers Registration to get your validation to receive your discount .
**The discount will NOT apply for any over night parking.

As you can see we have a busy schedule ahead of us! We’re glad that you’re attending, and we hope this weekend will help you Grow Your Business of Art.
Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Meghan D. Bunnell
Executive Director
Art s Business Institute
877.ABI.5771
www.artsbusinessinstitute.org

Visiting Artist Schedule
Friday, February 15th
10:30am-Noon……………………………….……………....Wholesale 101, Bruce Baker, Room 201A
Noon-1:00pm…………………………...……………………………...........................Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30pm…………………………………………………..Booth Design, Bruce Baker, Room 201 A
2:40-3:40pm……………………………………………Group Mentoring Session with Wendy Rosen
3:50-4:50pm…………..Mentoring Sessions with Experienced Gallery Professionals, Room 303AB
5:00-6:00pm……………………………………………………………Tour of the Buyers Market Floor

Saturday, February 16th
10:30am-Noon….…..……………………………..Pricing and Production, Bruce Baker, Room 201A
Noon-1:00pm..…………….…………………………………………...........................Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30pm……...…………………………Marketing and Promotion, Stacy Simbrom, Room 201A
2:40-3:40pm……….…..In and Outs of the BMAC, Panel Discussion with BMAC Staff, Room 201A
3:50-4:50pm…………..Mentoring Sessions with Experienced Gallery Professionals, Room 303AB
5:00-6:00pm…………………………………………………………...Tour of the Buyers Market Floor
9:00pm-Midnight……………………………………………………………...........................BMAC Party

Sunday, February 17th
10:30am-Noon………………..………………..Relationships with Galleries, Nancy Markoe, 201A
Noon-1:00pm…….……..……………………………………………...........................Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30pm…………...Creation and Evolution of a Product Line, Milon Townsend, Room 201A
2:40-3:40pm……………………………Insiders Guide to Galleries, Panel Discussion, Room 201A
3:50-4:50pm………….Mentoring Sessions with Experienced Gallery Professionals, Room 303AB
5:00-6:00pm……………………………………………………………Tour of the Buyers Market Floor
6:00-9:00pm………………………………………………...NICHE Awards Reception and Ceremony Reception sponsored by the Arts Business Institute

Monday, February 18th
10:30am-Noon…..………Impacts of Wholesale, Panel Discussion with Experienced BMAC Artists
…………………………………………….……………….......................................................Room 201A
Noon-1:00pm…………………………………………….………………......................Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00pm…………..Mentoring Sessions with Experienced Gallery Professionals, Room 303AB
2:00-3:00pm..……………………………………………………….....Tour of the Buyers Market Floor

Mentor Session
Please arrive 10 minutes early for your mentor session. During this time you will be able to set up your materials.

Please bring a portfolio of your work, marketing materials and anything you would like the mentors to look at. Printed images are suggested; we will not have slide lights so slides will be very hard to read. We prefer that you bring images and not the actual pieces.

Click here to downlaod the mentor schedule
Mentor Schedule

*Your Visiting Artists badge does not give you unlimited access to the Buyers Market floor. You will receive a one hour tour the Buyers Market floor each day you registered for.*

TACA 2008

Dear Artist,

The Arts Business Institute's Art Business 101 in Nashville Tennessee held at the Scarritt-Bennett Center is right around the corner! Art Business 101 will be held in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists on February 1, 2008 at 10:00a.m.

Registration will open at 9:00a.m. and the registration table will be set up in the lobby of Room C in the Laskey Building, located on the Scarritt-Bennett Center campus. At registration you will receive your badge for the workshop and a binder with supplemental information provided by the faculty to reinforce the topics that they will be presenting. All of the workshops will be held in Laskey Building, Room C of the Scarritt-Bennett Center. Here, you will also find an information and resource table with periodicals and art related information.

Please arrive 40-50 minutes early to register.

If you registered in time to receive a mentoring session, please check the schedule at the information table to confirm your time slot. Please be prepared for your mentoring session 5 minutes before your scheduled time.

Lunch and refreshments will be offered in the Susie Gray Dining Hall.

You will be able to park in lots A, B & C on the Scarritt-Bennett campus. Additionally, metered parallel parking is available on 18th Ave., Edgehill Ave. and Grand Ave.

Attached to this letter are maps of the location.
Map of Scarritt Bennett Center
Map of Downtown Nashville
Map of Scarritt Bennett Center
Map of Scarritt Bennett Center

If you have any questions about the program, please contact us at:
info@artsbusinessinstitue.org or 877.ABI.-5771

As you can see we have a busy schedule ahead of us! We’re glad that you are attending, and we hope this weekend will put you on your path to Mastering the Business of Art.

Enjoy!

Schedule

9:00-10:00am.........................................Registration
10:00-10:20am.......................................Opening Remarks: Hannah Cofer, TACA, Meghan Bunnell, Arts Business Institute
10:20-11:30am.......................................Wholesale 101, Bruce Baker
11:40am-12:30pm..................................Trends, Bruce Baker
12:30-1:15pm.........................................Lunch
1:15-2:20pm...........................................How a Jury Perceives Your Images, Bruce Baker
2:30-3:40pm...........................................Salesmanship, Bruce Baker
3:40-4:00pm...........................................Question and Answer, ABI Q&A, Meghan Bunnell
4:00-5:00pm...........................................Contract Basics: Presented by TNVLA
4:00-5:00pm...........................................One-on -One Mentor Session

Mentor Session
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early for your mentor session. During this time you will be able to set up your materials.
Please bring a portfolio of your work, marketing materials and anything you would like the mentors to look at. Printed images are suggested; we will not have slide lights so slides will be very hard to read. We prefer that you bring images and not the actual pieces.

North Dakota, Wholesale 101

9/29/07

Location:
North Dakota State University
NDSU Downtown
650 NP Avenue
Fargo, ND 58105

We are very excited that you will be attending the Arts Business Institute’s Wholesale 101 at the North Dakota State University (NDSU). Wholesale 101 is held in partnership with the Art Up initiative focused on assisting North Dakota artisan businesses in pursuing new sales channels to increase sales.

Schedule
8:30-9:00am..............................Preregistration and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am..............................Opening Remarks: Milon Townsend , Dawn Keeley and Nichole Derenne
9:30-12:00pm............................Marketing, Pricing and Promoting Your Work, Milon Townsend
12:00-12:30pm..........................Lunch, (provided)
12:30-2:40pm ...........................Design, Display and Sales, Stacy Simbrom
2:50-3:50pm..............................Creation and Development of a Product Line, Milon Townsend
4:00-4:30pm..............................Question and Answer Conference Wrap Up, Meghan Bunnell
4:45-6:20pm..............................One-on -One Mentor Sessions
4:45pm......................................Post Conference Reception

Registration: The registration table will be set up in the lobby of NDSU. At registration you will receive your badge for the workshop and a binder with supplemental information provided by the faculty to reinforce what they will be presenting. All of the workshops will be held in room 114 of NDSU. Here, you will also find an information and resource table with periodicals and art related brochures.

Breakfast, Lunch and Refreshments will be provided.

Mentor Session: The mentoring sessions are an evaluation of your product line and/or business plan. They are not critiques. You will get a professional evaluation of what is successful about your business and tips on how to improve. What you need for your mentor session:

• Your portfolio
• Images of your work (please do not brings slides we will not have a slide table)
• Actual prices of your work

Parking: Parking for the NDSU Downtown is available on the street.

Wholesale 101 is a part of a larger Art Up initiative focused on assisting North Dakota artisan businesses in pursuing new sales channels to increase sales. More information on the Art Up initiative can be found at www.ndsbdc.org.

Sponsored by the Arts Business Institute the programming includes educational seminars designed specifically for artists, guided marketplace tours, individual mentoring sessions, and the opportunity to ask questions and network with ABI faculty and staff and other artists.

You'll leave Fargo energized and ready to implement new strategies for your handmade arts business!

If you have any questions regarding the Wholesale 101 workshop please contact:

Arts Business Institute

877.ABI.5771

info@artsbusinessinstitute.org

Industry Fundamentals: Arts Business Courses

Location:
City Arts Factory
29 South Orange Ave
Orlando, FL 32801

Dates: September 7-9, 2007

Time:

• September 7, 8:30am-5:15pm
• September 8, 8:30am-6:30pm
• September 9, 8:30am-2:00pm

Schedule Thursday September 6th 6:00-7:30pm Reception Celebrating the Inaugural Orlando Arts Business Institute Mayor Dyer and the City of Orlando welcomes you to join us on September 6, 2007 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm for the opening reception for the inaugural Orlando Arts Business Institute conference. Location: The Gallery at Avalon Island 37 S. Magnolia Avenue Orlando, FL 32801 Friday September 7th 7:30-8:30am Registration 8:30-9:00am Opening Remarks, Wendy Rosen & Bruce Baker 9:00-9:45am Keynote Address, Bruce Baker 10:00-11:30am Salesmanship, Bruce Baker 11:30-12:30pm Lunch 12:45-2:15pm Wholesale 101 2:30-4:00pm Promotion, Bruce Baker 4:15-5:15pm Downtown Arts District Master Plan Charrette Saturday September 8th 8:30-9:00am Breakfast/Networking 9:00-10:30am Pricing, Nancy Markoe 10:45-12:15pm Relationships with Galleries, Nancy Markoe Effective Booth Design, Bruce Baker 12:15-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:00pm Relationships with Galleries, Nancy Markoe How a Jury Perceive Your Slides, Bruce Baker 3:15-4:45pm Developing a Product Line, Bruce Bake Finding Your Market, Nancy Markoe 5:00-6:30pm Mentoring Sessions Sunday September 8th 8:30-10:00am Merchandising, Bruce Baker Relationships with Galleries, Nancy Markoe 10:15-11:15pm Developing a Product Line, Bruce Baker Finding Your Market, Nancy Markoe 11:15-11:45pm Closing Remarks 12:30-2:00pm Mentoring Sessions

Mentor Session
The mentoring secessions are an evaluation of your product line and/or business plan. They are not critiques. You will get a professional evaluation of what is successful about your business and tips on how to improve.

What you need to be prepared for your mentor secession:

• -Your portfolio
• -Images of your work (please do not brings slides we will not have a slide table)
• -Actual prices of your work

The Arts Business Institute provides artists from all levels the opportunity to explore the benefits of an ABI seminar.


All Arts Business Institute programming is designed to provide you with the information you need to take your arts business to the next level.


SUCCESS STARTS HERE.

The Industry Fundamentals: Arts Business Courses workshop is sponsored by the City of Orlando, the Downtown Arts District and the CityArts Factory.

In This Issue:

Exciting Opportunity to Mentor with Wendy Rosen!

Saturday August 4th at 2:15pm

and

Sunday August 5th at 2:15pm

Each day Wendy Rosen will present a group critique with one selected artist from the Visiting Artists program.

If you would like to apply please email five images at 300DPI to info@artsbusinessinstitute.org.

Two artists will be selected.

Mentor Session Please arrive 10 minutes early for your mentor session. During this time you will be able to set up your materials. Please bring a portfolio of your work, marketing materials and anything you would like the mentors to look at. Printed images are suggested; we will not have slide lights so slides will be very hard to read. We prefer that you bring images and not the actual pieces. Events During the BMAC Saturday Aug. 4, 8-Midnight Buyers Market Party Location: National Constitution Center Free Shuttle Provided at 12th & Arch Sunday, Aug. 5, 6:00pm Top Retailer Awards Ceremony Location: Convention Center Auditorium Room 114 For more information about these and other events please visit: BMAC Schedule

Events During the BMAC Saturday Aug. 4, 8-Midnight Buyers Market Party Location: National Constitution Center Free Shuttle Provided at 12th & Arch Sunday, Aug. 5, 6:00pm Top Retailer Awards Ceremony Location: Convention Center Auditorium Room 114 For more information about these and other events please visit: BMAC Schedule

July 20, 2007
Wholesale Survival Essentials: Visiting Artist Program

Visiting Artist Program Update

As the Visiting Artist Program approaches

I want to touch base with everyone.

The program starts at 11:00am on Saturday. We recommend arriving 20-30 minutes early (Note: You will not be allowed on the show floor until the scheduled time). When you arrive at the convention center, please register and pick up a badge holder and packet of information at the Exhibitor Will Call. Keep your badge in view at all times.
The workshops will be held in room 201A. The Visiting Artist Lounge will be in room 303AB on the third floor. The lounge will have resource materials as well as a wonderful view of the show floor.

• If you registered before 7/12/07 you should have received your badges in the mail.

• If you registered before 7/12/07 and have not received your badges, please contact me at Meghan@artsbusinessinstitute.org.

• If you registered after 7/12/07, you will need to pick up your badge at Exhibitor Will Call.

The mentoring session times will be posted at the Visiting Artist workshop and will not be confirmed until the show.

For a complete listing of events please visit www.artsbusinessinstitute.org

CONVENTION CENTER ADDRESS
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Btwn 11th and 12th

I look forward to seeing you at the show.

Sincerely,
Meghan D. Bunnell
Executive Director Arts Business Institute