Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Reminder: Career Helps for Visual Artists

Updated Details for visual artists planning to attend Central for Creatives Weds. Dec. 18, 4-5:30 pm. at Central Library's 1st floor Creative Experience digital maker space:
  •  Sue Greenberg of VLAA will present and discuss her list of Top 10 Books about the legal and business aspects of promoting your visual work, 
  • G&FC librarian Kim Parks will show how to quickly search for Foundation Grants to Individuals on the Foundation Center database and also distribute a list of free websites offering funding opportunities and info to individual artists,
  • Fine arts subject specialist Mary Frechette will discuss the range of arts marketing resources available in the visual arts collection at Central,
  • Andrea Johnson, Creative Experience specialist, will demonstrate how to use  Adobe Creative Suite 6,  and how to access the normally proprietary tutorials available free in the Creative Experience through Lynda.com. 
  • Artists may also bring their own laptops to display their screens on the room’s large screen monitors. 
 Cosponsored by Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts. Call 314-539-0357 or email cexp@slpl.org. to sign up.