Self Employment in the Arts

Most of the faculty members involved in this course took a trip to Chicago in February to attend the annual Self Employment in the Arts conference. The conference website tells you more about that conference, and also has links to other, similar conferences, to artists' blogs, conference videos, and other resources. This was the conference program. The conference is for art students, and features independent artists who make a living as an artist. Some of the sessions we went to were: the Angry Filmmaker  on guerilla marketing, Victoria Lyman, owner of Allegro Dance Boutique, on turning your passion for the arts into retail, and Elizabeth Russell on legal issues for artists.  The conference takes place every year.