Events + Workshops
AAC Bi-Weekly Office Hours
Office Hours are offered on a bi-weekly basis and are an open virtual space led by rotating consortium members. These drop-in sessions provide a platform for peer-to-peer learning, as well as access to individualized support. These hourlong sessions can be used in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:
AAC services questions
Resource mapping
Real time grant feedback
Project thought partnership
Website, resume, and artist statement review
Quick follow up from previous AAC consultations
Upcoming Office Hours
Every other Wednesday from 12-1 pm
September 9
September 23
October 7
October 21
November 4
November 18
December 2
December 16
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The Fundamentals of Arts & Culture Advocacy
Join MASSCreative and MIDDAY Movement Series for an arts and culture advocacy workshop. During this workshop, we will review the skills and practices that will help you confidently and effectively advocate for your creative community. Emily Ruddock, Executive Director of MASSCreative, will share her expertise about best advocacy strategies and participants will have opportunities to develop these skills through small group breakout sessions.
This workshop hosted by AAC partners Midday Movement in collaboration with Mass Creative. Please contact projects@middaymovement.org with any concerns or questions.
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Booking Readiness and Opportunities for Musicians
Since 2019, Ágora Cultural Architects has worked to support Latin American musicians in Greater Boston and create spaces for their work, leading to the creation of Ágora Bookings. In this conversation, Ágora's leadership will reflect on lessons learned and discuss what it means for a musician to be ready for booking. Key topics include how artists present themselves, approach venues and presenters, and prepare for emerging opportunities. The discussion will also cover the current Greater Boston music scene and strategies for building opportunities beyond traditional venues, such as collaborating with independent promoters, performing in non-traditional spaces, and developing long-term partnerships.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston in collaboration with Ágora.
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Power of Websites
Whether you have an existing site or you’re developing one for the first time, this workshop led by Jessica Burko covers essential principles of design, organization, and usability for boldly sharing your work with the world.
This workshop is best-suited for 2D & 3D visual artists. 40 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Non Profit Inc. Seminar
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or interested in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced attorneys specializing in nonprofit law.
In this online classroom (using the Zoom platform), we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
Click here to register!
Intro To Community and Relationship as Activism
This workshop introduces dance artists and educators to activism grounded in relationship-building, offering practical tools for organizing, coalition-forming, and community care. The trust and connection dance artists cultivate in their communities is organizing work, not a precursor to it. Using MIDDAY's "keystone artist" framework, it shows how individuals in dance spaces already hold this power, and offers practical tools for deepening those relational networks to confront systemic violence. Participants leave seeing their everyday community-building as sustained, ongoing activism.
This workshop hosted by AAC partners Midday Movement led by Zaquia Mahler Salinas. Please contact projects@middaymovement.org with any concerns or questions.
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Get on board!
Serving on a nonprofit board offers a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change, and organizations are seeking individuals like you to help them thrive.
Learn to leverage your expertise to support the causes that matter most to you. Ideal for professionals seeking the right organization, administrators looking to strengthen board management, and those onboarding new or prospective board members.
This live, interactive workshop—held via Zoom—will provide you with the essential knowledge for impactful leadership, covering board structures, fundraising and strategic planning, member roles, responsibilities, and legal obligations. You’ll also receive tools to identify the organization that best aligns with your skills and passions.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Debt Management for Creatives
Typically posed as a solution to momentary financial struggle, when not managed debt can transform into a burden and cause even larger financial concerns. This lecture-style workshop offers a clear, practical framework for understanding, managing, and eliminating debt faster.
Akeem Davis is a Barrymore Award-winning actor and non-profit administrator with the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, a death penalty sentencing resource center.
Suitable for creatives of all disciplines. 50 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Collective Works: Creative Entrepreneurship Summit
Collective Works brings together creative entrepreneurs and small business owners from every discipline across Massachusetts for one day of conversation, connection, and shared strategy. From solo artists to studio owners, fashion designers to brand founders, this summit gathers people building businesses rooted in creativity — and gives them a room full of others who actually get it. The specific challenges of running a creative business rarely show up in standard entrepreneurship advice, and there's no substitute for learning from people who've built something similar from the ground up.
Whether you're an artist, designer, musician, writer, shop owner, brand founder, freelancer, student, or running any kind of creative small business — if your creative work is your livelihood, or you're building toward that, this summit is for you. Come exchange ideas with fellow creators, pick up practical strategies from entrepreneurs who've done it, and connect with key support organizations at our resource fair.
The Arts Action Consortium is pleased to offer live consultations for individual artists during the Resource Fair! Our team of experts is equipped to cover a wide range of topics, including portfolio and website review, fundraising, touring, production, artistic visioning, and more. If you are early in your career and unsure of your questions, a consultant can help you build towards your first or next step. Each session will be about 20 minutes, with the option to sign up for free follow-up consultations!
The Resource Fair portion of the event is free to attend, and artists wanting to attend the entire summit can use the code 'aac' for 50% off. If you do not have the means to pay for this opportunity, email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com for a special 100% discount reserved for 10 artists in financial need.
Beyond Arts Grants: Creative Solutions for Project Support
After this introductory-level workshop with Yara Liceaga-Rojas, participants will better understand how they can define the work they are already doing as a fundable project, how to talk about that work with stakeholders, how to integrate care practices when developing a project, and tips for securing the necessary funding.
This workshop runs November 9 + 16.
November 9: Project Development & How to Find Partners — Participants will learn about developing an appropriate project for the appropriate partner and where and how to search for opportunities.
November 16: Creating a Proposal + Building a Project Budget — The second session will tackle the project summary and project budget you might be asked to share with partners for grant applications, cold calls, and other partnership conversations. Participants will discuss how to set artist fees, taking into account the barriers – financial trauma, the devaluing of the arts, and systemic inequities – that come into play when we build our own project budgets. We will also discuss how to persevere through rejection. Participants will leave empowered to fight for their worth and prepared to take advantage of creative opportunities.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines. 25 participants max. Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Education as Program Design
Learn how to create empowering and culturally responsive programming to uplift your classrooms, communities and organizations. Pulling from various educational pedagogies, learn how to create empowering and culturally responsive programming to uplift your communities and organizations.
This is an in-person workshop hosted by AAC partners Dunamis Boston and led by J Cottle. See accessibility information here. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
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Skill Building Clinics: Media Editing
The Arts Action Consortium’s Skill Clinics are a series of accessible, hands-on workshops created for Boston artists who want to build the practical skills that support their creative work and careers. The clinics focus on the everyday tools that can make an artist more independent, confident, and sustainable—from shaping how your work is presented to understanding how your money moves.
Across Media Editing, Artist Statements, Website Building, and Budgeting & Budget Tracking, artists will learn foundational skills they can immediately put into practice. The goal isn’t to turn artists into professional marketers, web designers, or accountants. It’s to demystify the systems surrounding an artistic career and make sure artists have enough knowledge to participate in those systems on their own terms.
Each session includes a lecture or demonstration in one key skill, followed by work time to work on your own materials and receive real time feedback from experts.
Join us for an exciting in-person skill clinic led by Vim Mawilmada designed to empower artists! This workshop will provide you with the basic tools needed to confidently and easily edit and create reels, videos, and photos. Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your media editing skills, this clinic is the perfect opportunity to learn, practice, and elevate your creative projects with expert guidance. Don’t miss out on gaining the confidence to bring your artistic vision to life!
Intro to Copyright
What is copyright? What does it do? Why have I been told to “copyright” my work? Do I “own” copyright? Why does this matter?
Copyright is a fundamental legal protection that gives creators the power to control access to their work. In this workshop, we’ll explain basic principles of copyright: what it is, what it protects, what protection entails, and how you can be proactive in securing copyright protection for your own creative work. This workshop is appropriate for creatives of all disciplines and career stages!
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Gallery Representation
Join Paige Roehrig, Executive Director, and Nina Mollo, Associate Director of the Copley Society of Art, as they share their experience working with both Boston artists and galleries. In this live workshop, explore the principles, best practices, and mindsets that enable artists to thrive in their partnerships with galleries.
Hear from Paige and Nina as they discuss the Co|So model, providing insights to help you navigate relationships and expand the reach of your creative practice.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Fundraising Through The Fire
Fundraising Through the Fire is a practical, honest workshop led by Eliza Malecki, who brings nearly ten years of experience working in nonprofit fundraising and securing support for arts projects. Together, participants will explore pathways and realities of fundraising in challenging times, brainstorm unconventional approaches to resourcing their work, and reframe fundraising as an opportunity to not only raise capital, but build lasting community, meaningful relationships, and long term networks of support.
This workshop is aimed toward dance artists but is broad enough for artists of all genres.
The CEI is ADA accessible with automatic doors and elevators available. Please contact projects@middaymovement.org with any concerns or questions.
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Skill Building Clinics: Artistic Web Design
The Arts Action Consortium’s Skill Clinics are a series of accessible, hands-on workshops created for Boston artists who want to build the practical skills that support their creative work and careers. The clinics focus on the everyday tools that can make an artist more independent, confident, and sustainable—from shaping how your work is presented to understanding how your money moves.
Across Media Editing, Artist Statements, Website Building, and Budgeting & Budget Tracking, artists will learn foundational skills they can immediately put into practice. The goal isn’t to turn artists into professional marketers, web designers, or accountants. It’s to demystify the systems surrounding an artistic career and make sure artists have enough knowledge to participate in those systems on their own terms.
Each session includes a lecture or demonstration in one key skill, followed by work time to work on your own materials and receive real time feedback from experts.
Join Christina Balch for an inspiring online session on December 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time)! This event is perfect for artists eager to create a digital home that truly reflects their unique style. Learn the basics of website design tailored specifically to help you build a site that feels and looks like you. Don’t miss this opportunity to develop your online presence with expert guidance in a fun and supportive environment!
Artist Residencies 101
Curious about artist residencies? In this workshop led by Yasmine Ameli, we will go over different art residency models and what they have to offer, from artist communities to DIY and micro-residencies.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines. 25 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Artist Statements for Graduate Applications
An artist statement is a piece of writing by you, that in collaboration and application materials, helps the audience access or understand your artistic work and potential. In this workshop, learn how to gain a greater sense of confidence in representing your own ideas, understand how to reach your audience, and find just the right words to express your ideas.
Join Lennon Hernandez Wolcott, Artist and Arts Administrator, with years of Graduate Art Admissions experience, to learn more about understanding your graduate art application journey.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Skill Building Clinics: Artist Statements
The Arts Action Consortium’s Skill Clinics are a series of accessible, hands-on workshops created for Boston artists who want to build the practical skills that support their creative work and careers. The clinics focus on the everyday tools that can make an artist more independent, confident, and sustainable—from shaping how your work is presented to understanding how your money moves.
Across Media Editing, Artist Statements, Website Building, and Budgeting & Budget Tracking, artists will learn foundational skills they can immediately put into practice. The goal isn’t to turn artists into professional marketers, web designers, or accountants. It’s to demystify the systems surrounding an artistic career and make sure artists have enough knowledge to participate in those systems on their own terms.
Each session includes a lecture or demonstration in one key skill, followed by work time to work on your own materials and receive real time feedback from experts.
Preparing for grad school or fellowships? This workshop will help you polish your artist statement to one that will endure the test of time!
An artist statement is a piece of writing by you that, in collaboration and application materials, helps the audience access or understand your artistic work and potential. In this workshop, learn how to gain a greater sense of confidence in representing your own ideas, understand how to reach your audience, and find just the right words to express your ideas.
Join Lennon Hernandez Wolcott, Artist and Arts Administrator with years of Graduate Art Admissions experience, to learn more about understanding your graduate art application journey.
Board Workshop: For Profits Meets Nonprofit
If you're a for-profit business owner and you're considering establishing a charitable "arm," then this workshop is for you. This session will introduce the numerous regulatory considerations of building related for-profits and nonprofits, including handling conflicts of interest.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Understanding an Artist’s Personal Finances
This is a 4-part series held THURSDAYS, DECEMBER 10 + 17, 2026 and FRIDAYS, JANUARY 8 + 15, 2027. Artists are welcome to attend all or select sessions.
Over the course of four sessions led by Akeem Davis + Amy Smith, this workshop will demystify concepts and introduce fundamental financial tools to help participants—including those who “hate thinking about money”—make informed financial decisions for their long-term futures. Participants will leave empowered to make prudent financial decisions, with an abundance mindset.
SESSION 1: Our relationship with money, and setting financial goals.
SESSION 2: How to value one’s time to build toward savings and retirement.
SESSION 3: Budgeting for your life and credit/debt management.
SESSION 4: An intro to investing, with an eye toward handling the unexpected and long-term planning.
This workshop is suitable for artists of all disciplines, at any point in their career, who are interested in learning or reviewing basic concepts of personal finances. 40 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
Click here to register!
Skill Building Clinics: Budget & Budget-Tracking
The Arts Action Consortium’s Skill Clinics are a series of accessible, hands-on workshops created for Boston artists who want to build the practical skills that support their creative work and careers. The clinics focus on the everyday tools that can make an artist more independent, confident, and sustainable—from shaping how your work is presented to understanding how your money moves.
Across Media Editing, Artist Statements, Website Building, and Budgeting & Budget Tracking, artists will learn foundational skills they can immediately put into practice. The goal isn’t to turn artists into professional marketers, web designers, or accountants. It’s to demystify the systems surrounding an artistic career and make sure artists have enough knowledge to participate in those systems on their own terms.
Each session includes a lecture or demonstration in one key skill, followed by work time to work on your own materials and receive real time feedback from experts.
Join J. Cottle for an inspiring session all about mastering your money and making it work for you! This in-person event will empower you with practical skills to take control of your budget and track your finances effectively. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and boost your financial confidence!Skill Clinics 101: Budget & Budget-Tracking
Intro to VLA for Creatives
If you’re an artist or creative worker, an arts educator or administrator, or a mix of creative roles, there’s support for you! Whether you need help with a particular situation or even just the day-to-day business of being a working artist, the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is here to help! Learn more about the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts service that’s available to the arts and culture sector across Massachusetts. Learn how the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts program supports arts groups with legal advice, education, and services.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Radiant Thriving: Bold Writing for Boundless Artists
As artists, we are called to draft artist bios and statements, project proposals, blurbs, email inquiries, grant applications, and more to build a thriving career. In this workshop, participants will practice developing a radiant, bold, unapologetic writing voice that centers their values and identities.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines. This is a two part workshop taking place from 5:45-7:45 pm on October 27 and 28.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Spiritual Wellness As Artistic Foundation
Learn the importance of a spiritual (non-religious) practice and how to create a personal routine to unlock your artistic power and identity.
This is an in-person workshop hosted by AAC partners Dunamis Boston led by Deshaun Gordon-King. See accessibility information here. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
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Project Management
Working on an artistic endeavor, event, or production and not sure where to start? Get an introduction into the basic building blocks of planning, executing, and monitoring a project, no matter the size. Ana Tinajero is an award-winning Afro-Latin dance artist, entrepreneur, and performing arts curator who loves engineering spaces for community connection through the arts. In this workshop, she will cover the fundamentals of crafting a blueprint for success.
Assets For Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
Essentials of Digital Marketing
In this workshop, Francesca will cover the basics of digital marketing for artists, including the importance of branding, audience building, effective social media, SEO optimization, and website best practices. Suitable for all artists who already have a basic understanding of social media.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Info Session #2
The Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship (CEF) is designed to accelerate the careers and practice of a diverse group of artists and creative solopreneurs. CEF is a customized professional development experience for 8-10 individuals who are selected through a competitive application process. The program kicks off in December 2026 and runs through June 2027.
Applications for the 2026 Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship are now open! If you are a solopreneur, entrepreneur or artist working to build a creative professional practice, sign up to our Information Sessions to learn more about our CEF program, eligibility, and the application process. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. This information session will take place virtually through Zoom.
Applications for this fellowship will close on October 13th.
Learn more and register here!
BCC Grant Review Sessions
10/2 Update: These sessions are completely full! Please check out our office hours for a chance to have your grant reviewed.
The Boston Cultural Council (BCC) distributes general operating grants annually to small and mid-sized arts and cultural organizations whose work strengthens Boston and its communities.
The grant supports nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored groups, including artist collectives, with annual operating budgets under $2 million. General operating funding provides flexible support for an organization’s overall mission, operations, and capacity building.
⏳ The deadline to apply is Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Click here to view the application
AAC is offering free, 20 minute review sessions for applicants on October 1 between 1-4 pm and October 8 between 12-3 pm.
An Introduction to Cooperatives in the Arts
Participants will learn about the fundamentals that define cooperatives and how they differ from other types of collectives, explore case studies of cooperatives in the arts and culture sector, and brainstorm how a cooperative could meet their needs and the needs of their communities.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines. This is a two part workshop taking place from 6-8 pm on September 30 and October 1.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Budgeting & Bookkeeping for Dance Artists
This workshop will encourage early and advanced-early career dancers and choreographers to build an annual operating budget and will go over bookkeeping basics. By acknowledging artists as entrepreneurship and small businesses, this workshop will help individual dance artists and those leading collectives, small organizations, or other entities to learn to use budgets and bookkeeping as tools to plan, track, and scale their work through practices that encourage equity and sustainability.
The CEI is ADA accessible with automatic doors and elevators available. Please contact projects@middaymovement.org with any concerns or questions.
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Project Planning for Dancers
This workshop will support early and mid-career dance artists to develop an important but underutilized phase of project management: project planning. Workshop participants will learn how to use research, time management, and other simple systems to encourage spaciousness, responsiveness, and joy in our projects.
The CEI is ADA accessible with automatic doors and elevators available. Please contact projects@middaymovement.org with any concerns or questions.
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The Sound Ritual: Changemakers
Enjoy a nourishing Sound Ritual led by Díjí Kay followed by a workshop discussing community care and social change.
This is an in-person workshop hosted by AAC partners Dunamis Boston. See accessibility information here. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
Click here to register!
Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Info Session #1
The Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship (CEF) is designed to accelerate the careers and practice of a diverse group of artists and creative solopreneurs. CEF is a customized professional development experience for 8-10 individuals who are selected through a competitive application process. The program kicks off in December 2026 and runs through June 2027.
Applications for the 2026 Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship are now open! If you are a solopreneur, entrepreneur or artist working to build a creative professional practice, sign up to our Information Sessions to learn more about our CEF program, eligibility, and the application process. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. This information session will take place virtually through Zoom.
Applications for this fellowship will close on October 13th.
Learn more and register here!
Non Profit Inc. Seminar
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or interested in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced attorneys specializing in nonprofit law.
In this online classroom (using the Zoom platform), we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
Click here to register!
Driving Web Traffic That Matters: Using Search, Ads & Analytics to Market Your Work
In this workshop, Francesca Olsen, discusses what is happening behind the scenes of your website and provides strategies for how to make it work for you. Through a combination of lecture and interactive activities this workshop will cover the basics of search engine optimization (SEO), including how it works, recent changes, and how to conduct a simple SEO audit. Participants will learn how to research and use keywords effectively, improve how their work is presented online, and understand digital advertising options that can help them reach the right audiences. This workshop will include time for Q&A so come with questions and leave with strategies to better connect your work with the audiences you want to reach!
Francesca Olsen is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and consultant with more than 15 years of experience in marketing and communications, from branding to digital strategy.
This workshop is best suited for artists of all disciplines who have already spent some time exploring web-based marketing tools and have a stand-alone website or sell their work on a web-based platform.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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Art of Licensing
Allison Cole is an award-winning illustrator, artist and surface designer who never stops creating. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked with a wide variety of clients that span many different industries, including stationery, wall art, giftware, apparel, home furnishings and bolt fabric. In this workshop participants will learn about the industry of surface design and art licensing, and discover how artists can get their designs on a wide variety of products by partnering with different companies. They will learn about marketing and branding their work, reaching clients and setting achievable goals.
Best suited for visual artists. 30 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
Click here to register!
Staying Authentic While Marketing Your Work
They say 80% of life is showing up. How one shows up determines the rest. Whether it’s an interview, Google search, Pinterest post, TED talk or a conversation over tea, making sure the impression one leaves leads to interest, opportunity, and growth for both you and your audience is crucial. In this workshop, participants will learn some strategies and apply practical know-how to promote themselves and their services with excellence and authenticity in both in-person and online spaces. Participants will leave the workshop with a fuller understanding of themselves and some tried-and-true methods for presenting and pitching their art and their practice.
Daniel Callahan is an award-winning transmedia artist, designer and filmmaker. In addition to running his own multimedia production company and art practice, he teaches film and video at Emerson College and The Institute of Contemporary Art.
This is an introductory level marketing course best suited for visual and media artists. 50 participants max.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
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The Sound Ritual: ATLANTIS
An artistic guided meditation program weaving oceanic soundscapes, music and poetry featuring DeShaun Gordon-King and Jacquinn Sinclair
The Sound Ritual: Atlantis presented by DeShaun Gordon-King and Jacquinn Sinclair is an offering that weaves the soundscapes of the Ocean and the tenets of therapeutic music & sound medicine with chamber & global music, spiritual jazz & improvisation, electronics, guided meditation and poetry to create a healing and activating atmosphere.
This is an in-person workshop hosted by AAC partners Dunamis Boston. See accessibility information here. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
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Intro to Taxes for Artists
In this workshop, tax professional Akeem Davis, will delve into the basics of taxes, with emphasis on the specific intricacies of filing as a creative professional. Topics will include separating personal and artistic finances, filing a Schedule C, self-employment versus outside employment, and tracking deductions. This workshop will have a particular eye toward artists’ current financial challenges and helping artists navigate updates to tax law.
Akeem Davis is a Barrymore Award-winning actor and non-profit administrator with the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, a death penalty sentencing resource center.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
Click here to register!
Nonprofit Inc. Seminar
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. In this online classroom (using the Zoom platform) we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
This workshop is hosted by Luke Blackadar and run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
Click here to register!
Power of Websites
You are more than social media. While socials are the place for dialogue and networking, having a dedicated website for your work is essential for comprehensively presenting your art and your story. Whether you have an existing site or you’re developing one for the first time, this workshop covers essential principles of design, organization, and usability for boldly sharing your work with the world. With planning and preparation, you can make a powerful home to showcase your work, and yourself, in a way that engages viewers and increases opportunity. A vibrant, user-friendly, and visually dynamic website is what makes you stand out from all the rest and increases cross-platform engagement.
Assets for Artists workshops are open to artists in MA, CT, RI, and ME. As part of the Arts Action Consortium Boston artists receive priority access to all A4A workshops.
Grant-Writing
A workshop to help demystify the grant application process! Join us for an informative session on grant-writing led by J. Cottle and hosted by the Dunamis and the Arts Action Consortium. Whether you're a seasoned grant writer or just starting out, this event is perfect for anyone looking to hone their skills and secure funding for their projects.
This is an in-person workshop hosted by AAC partners Dunamis Boston. See accessibility information here. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
Click here to register!
Open Doors Residency: Black and Bold Presents: Rhymes and Reckonings
Zakiyyah presents her first-ever live event combining immersive activations with the powerful impact of music, the essence of civic engagement, and the thought-provoking innovation of a TED talk. Come experience sounds from her debut album, African Import, and explore an event where the arts and changemaking come alive!
Get your tickets here!
Accessibility note: There is a ramp at the Sanctuary entrance (351 Boylston St). Email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com with any accessibility questions.
Open Doors Residency: Mar Parrilla | Brasa/Ember
With Brasa/Ember, Mar Parrilla presents an evening-length dance theater work that integrates movement, live music, and ritual to explore memory, resistance, and ancestral knowledge.
Get your tickets here!
Accessibility note: There is a ramp at the Sanctuary entrance (351 Boylston St). Email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com with any accessibility questions.
Art in Community – Navigating and Building Creative Networks
Join the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston and The Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship for an exciting discussion on the power of creative community and collaboration. This panel brings together artists, arts organizers, and creative entrepreneurs to explore how local networks, shared spaces, and collaboration can help sustain creative work and strengthen resilience in current creative and cultural landscapes.
This panel discussion will feature leading arts professionals sharing insights on building and sustaining creative communities, leveraging local connections to grow creative businesses, and fostering opportunities through collective support and shared resources.
Panelists include Christine O’Donnell of Showup Gallery, Amor Diaz Campos of The Triennial and HerSector, as well as Payal Thiffault and Michelle May of Atelier ID Global and Juniper Rag.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Artist Resource Fair
Join the Arts Action Consortium, the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, and Spark Bostonfor a citywide Artist Resource Fair at Boston City Hall May 30 for an afternoon dedicated to connecting artists with Boston’s vibrant network of resources and support. This free public event will connect artists with resources and information to build a thriving creative career in Boston.
The fair will feature a free art supply swap; access to city agencies including housing, transportation, arts and culture, and health and wellness; resources from arts service organizations; and local businesses. Alongside resource sharing, the event will invite creatives into an open dialogue space focused on what artists need to thrive in Boston - from affordable studios and venues to sustainable career pathways. By bringing artists, advocates, and city agencies into conversation, the AAC Resource Fair aims to strengthen Boston’s creative ecosystem and help shape a more sustainable, artist-centered city.
Whether you’re an emerging artist or an established creative, this is a unique opportunity to build connections, gain valuable knowledge, and deepen your engagement with Boston’s arts community. Don’t miss your chance to discover the tools, resources, and relationships that can support and elevate your artistic journey!
Accessibility and Transportation
This is an in person event. Please use the main entrance to the building off of City Hall Plaza. Please expect to go through metal detectors and avoid bringing any sharp objects.
For information on accommodations we can offer, please check out our accessibility page. If you have any questions please email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com.
Click here for information about getting to City Hall by car, foot or public transit
Legal Issues with Generative AI
In this session covering generative AI in the arts, attorneys and staff from the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts will present an overview of the current generative AI law landscape. Presenters will summarize the law on AI as interpreted by the U.S. Copyright Office and the federal courts today, and explain the arguments and positions in some of the major pending lawsuits. This presentation is appropriate for artists in all creative disciplines.
This workshop is run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the “Contact Info” pane on the right of the BPL’s webpage. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.
Nonprofit Inc. Seminar
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. In this online classroom (using the Zoom platform) we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
This workshop is hosted by Luke Blackadar and run by AAC partners Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
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Self Producing Act 2- showtime
This workshop, led by Andrea Sala, will be moving into the production side, the "doing" side, of your project. We will look at production timelines, venue types and what to look for when picking a venue, ticketing, schedules for production and performance, how to communicate with your design team, documentation of your work, and many more! As a group, we will walk through a process from first rehearsal to final bow, keeping your "guiding light" at the center of the work.
This workshop is hosted by AAC partners Midday Movement.
BCA Martin Hall is ADA accessible with automatic doors and elevators available. Please contact eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com with any concerns or questions.
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Self Producing Act 1- Planning
This workshop, led by Andrea Sala, will be focusing on the pre-planning phase of your project. We will work through elements like producing timelines, creating a budget, marketing strategies, where does the money come from, creating and reading through different types of contracts and building your dream team. This working will also provide you with examples/templates of each element that we as a group will work through together. The goal is to be able to work through all these elements while keeping your "guiding light" at the center of the work.
This workshop is hosted by AAC partners Midday Movement.
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Open Doors Residency: Matthew Lau | New Model Asian
New Model Asian is an interdisciplinary work combining percussion, live electronics, and generative visuals to explore identity and representation. Matthew Lau and collaborators challenge norms and celebrate diversity through a groundbreaking sonic and visual experience.
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Accessibility note: There is a ramp at the Sanctuary entrance (351 Boylston St). Email eliza@bloomartsstrategy.com with any accessibility questions.