VDA Workshops.

VDA Workshops are free and/or low-cost capacity-building workshops for self-producing artists/musicians, arts organization staff, and event curators in all disciplines. Attendees learn new skills, gain new resources, and meet and connect with other local artists.

Workshop Catalog

annual project planning

• - Identify your goals for the upcoming year and break them into achievable tasks
• - Plot your tasks on a timeline or calendar for the upcoming year
• - Create a plan to keep yourself accountable

​fundraising beyond grants

• Learn about six different categories of fundraising (including, but not primarily, grants)
• Brainstorm more than a hundred methods for resourcing your work
• Create a simple budget that will help guide your fundraising choices ​

grant writing - beginner

• Learn the language and process of grant writing
• Identify tools you can use to discover funding opportunities
• Read actual grant proposals to identify key proposal components

grant writing - ​INTERMEDIATE ​

• Review aspects of a good grant proposal
• Practice writing an actual grant
• Receive extensive feedback on your completed proposal

​taxes for artists

• Learn about which expenses you can deduct on your taxes
• Find out how and when to send out 1099s
  
• Get your individual questions answered
  

budgets & finance for artists

• Learn why and how to use budgets for personal and project use
  
• Look at sample budgets and learn how to interpret the story behind the numbers
  
• Create a simplified budget tailored to your goals for this year

​website design basics

• Learn about different software and platforms you can use to design and host your website
  
• Plan the basic building blocks of your website
  
• Look at other artist websites to learn what aesthetic appeals to you​

​somatic practice for artists

​Facilitated by Lee Fogel of The Visioning Body

• Connect with your body to support emotional well-being and clarity through all your badass work!
• Learn to sustain your energy by following your body's needs and timing
• Organically awaken to your creativity and visions by listening to your body and heightening sensory awareness

creating an artist statement

• ​Brainstorm new ideas about your work and meet other artists
• Develop an understanding about what makes a good artist statement 
• Practice writing or editing your own statement

social media & marketing

• Identify marketing techniques for building and keeping an audience
• Talk about the advantages of using various social media channels
• Troubleshoot issues with audience development that you may have had in the past

crowdfunding

• Learn how to tell if crowdfunding is right for your project
  
• Discover the pros and cons of  crowdfunding platforms
  
• Hear from a panel of artists who have run successful crowdfunding campaigns​

business & organizing models for artists

• Discuss the pros and cons of various organizational structures; pool experiences and get new ideas
  
• Clarify your mission to determine the structure that best suits your practice
  
• Sole-proprietor, LLC, 501(c)3: understand the structures and how your projects fit into them

The Rotunda Workshops

**ALL VDA / ROTUNDA WORKSHOPS ARE NOW ONLINE***
All workshops in the series are FREE and OPEN to the public. However, you must pre-register to receive a link to the webinar.  Scroll down for links to each event. 

Summer 2020 Workshops

Somatic Practice for Artists (Monday June 8, 2020)
Facilitated by Lee Fogel, The Visioning Body
- Connect with your body to support emotional well-being and clarity through all your badass work!
- Learn to sustain your energy by following your body's needs and timing  
- Organically awaken to your creativity and visions by listening to your body and heightening sensory awareness

Community Conversation: The Future of Philly Arts: Funding Your Organization & Practice (TBD)
Facilitated by Brittany Campese
- It's  a different world out there. Let's gather to talk about strategies for funding your art through the coming months. 
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​Website Design Basics (Thursday July 23, 2020)
Facilitated by Rana Fayez
-Learn about different software and platforms you can use to design and host your website
-Plan the basic building blocks of your website
-Look at other artist websites to learn what aesthetic appeals to you

Creating an Artist Statement (Monday August 10, 2020)
Facilitated by Michele Kishita
- Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and potential threats of a new project
- Think through the components of your project and its goals
- Hone in on the details of your program or project and begin a draft project plan

“Thanks for having these sessions. I have been retired for five years, ...and these sessions are bringing me back to my GAME."  
--Vernoca, Workshop Attendee

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I made a budget for this grant using the template and realized how incredibly useful the workshop I attended was! It made creating this program budget a breeze and I really felt like I understood how to do it to tell the story we were trying to convey in the grant. So YAY Culture Works workshops!
- Cara, "Creating a Project Budget" Workshop Attendee

CONTACT
​info@visiondrivenconsulting.com