{"id":5461,"date":"2019-07-10T19:25:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2019-07-10T19:25:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:25:21","slug":"the-clark-hulings-fund-for-visual-artists-announces-virginia-art-business-conference-november-7-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=5461","title":{"rendered":"The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists Announces Virginia Art-Business Conference November 7-9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists<\/a>\u00a0is excited to announce\u00a0that it\u00a0will be hosting an Art-Business Conference at the University of Mary Washington November 7-9.<\/p>\n

The conference will kick off Thursday, November 7th, with a Thriving Art Exchange event featuring working artists and other industry stakeholders including municipal, college, and nonprofit arts administrators, collectors, gallerists, retailers, and others on Thursday, November 7th, from 12 – 5:30pm, at the Belmont estate, which was the home and studio of famed American painter\u00a0Gari Melchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Noted organizational change leader\u00a0Shem Cohen,<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0president of\u00a0Change Events, Inc<\/a>.,\u00a0will facilitate the event. His strength is creating a collaborative journey of discovery and learning. He helps groups achieve shared meaning, make well-informed decisions, and energize their system around possibility, vision,\u00a0and hope. The purpose of\u00a0the Thriving Art Exchange is to examine the art industry\u2019s current reality, dynamics, and trends, and foment discussion and ideas to shape a flourishing local arts economy that serves all of its members. This interactive process will involve spirited inquiry\u00a0and dialogue, as the group works towards the discovery of shared goals, values, and strategies.<\/p>\n

Cohen notes,\u00a0\u201cWe are especially looking forward to delivering this program and\u00a0being part of building a sustainable ecosystem of artist-entrepreneurs. The arts contribute\u00a0almost $17 billion to Virginia\u2019s economy, over 3% of the state\u2019s GDP, and employ over 76,000 people in almost 17,000 business. We are excited to bring the stakeholders of this vibrant economic engine together to plan for the future growth of visual art in Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Programming for\u00a0the following two days\u00a0of the conference will be held at the University of Mary Washington\u2019s\u00a0Stafford Campus, from 8 am\u00a0to 5 pm, and consists of high-level presentations and interactive sessions designed to educate and support artists in becoming self-sustaining entrepreneurs. Topics include setting a viable business objective and action plan, honing a brand story, understanding sales channels, and\u00a0effective pricing, developing\u00a0sales strategies,\u00a0and building a dynamic peer network.\u00a0The program will\u00a0be led by\u00a0Elizabeth Hulings<\/strong>, CHF director and co-founder;\u00a0Carolyn Edlund<\/strong>, CHF sales director, and events manager; and\u00a0Daniel DiGriz,<\/strong>\u00a0CHF\u00a0education director.<\/p>\n

The Art-Business Conference is presented by The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists, the Stafford County Virginia Department of Economic Development and Tourism, the University of Mary Washington, and the Fredericksburg Department of Economic Development and Tourism.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0event manifests\u00a0CHF\u2019s\u00a0assertion\u00a0that \u201cArt is a business\u00a0and\u00a0artists should run it.\u201d\u00a0With the\u00a0art market undergoing\u00a0rapid and significant change\u2014not\u00a0only\u00a0with regard to technology but also\u00a0HOW art is marketed, bought, and sold\u2014artists\u00a0need to\u00a0reclaim their rightful position\u00a0at the center of the\u00a0industry. The\u00a0Art-Business Conference\u00a0will help them to take charge of their careers,\u00a0captivate\u00a0their audience, and maximize the extraordinary professional advantages they already\u00a0possess\u00a0tosell their art effectively.\u00a0With the inclusion of an industry-wide exchange, CHF provides a powerful opportunity for all sectors of the arts community to work together toward developing a stronger ecosystem\u00a0in which artists can thrive.<\/p>\n

The event fee is $795, but CHF is offering an early-bird price of $295 until September\u00a08th. Tickets and info are available\u00a0here<\/a>. In addition to\u00a0conference\u00a0admission,registrants\u00a0will\u00a0gain automatic access\u00a0to\u00a0CHF\u2019s Digital Campus and Learning Portal<\/a>, a comprehensive online learning and community resource for working artists.<\/p>\n

About The Clark Hulings Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 2013, The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that equips professional visual artists to be self-sustaining entrepreneurs. Because they are self-employed, visual artists are necessarily entrepreneurs, but like all business owners, they need training and real-world experience to achieve financial prosperity. CHF equips working artists with critical entrepreneurial skills, business tools, technology, and networks of peers and experts. We make it possible for artists to thrive and ensure collaboration among artists, collectors, other members of the industry, and the wider world of which they are part. A healthy social ecosystem is one where all of its members can connect, and artists are the key to building these vibrant communities. Without artists, we\u2019re all left culturally stranded. When artists flourish, we all flourish.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit\u00a0<\/a>https:\/\/clarkhulingsfund.org<\/a>. For press needs, please contact Susan von Seggern\u00a0at\u00a0susan.von.seggern@clarkulingsfund.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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