Grand Strand artists: got plans Saturday?
Create! Conway is inviting you get to know each other
Visual artists, mixed media artists, photographers, musicians, poets, performance artists, actors, any and all creatives, and lovers of the arts: CREATE! Conway wants to get to know you!
Come and network! Talk about what you're creating. Share some of the benefits and challenges of being an artisan in the Grand Strand. Or, just hang out and get to know one another.
We would love to see you and grow the community, not just in Conway, but in all of the Grand Strand!
- Saturday, March 30
- 4-7 p.m.
- Conway Glass (708 12th Avenue)
- Bring a dish to pass and your own beverage of choice
Register today! Statewide Arts Conference registration is $50 through July 21
Special anniversary pricing of $50 is valid through July 21.
Fifty years? Where did the time go? Half a century can fly by when you’re busy making your state a thriving place for the arts.
The 2017 Statewide Arts Conference will celebrate the S.C. Arts Commission’s 50th anniversary with a focus on the future. Keynote presenters include National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu and Center for the Future of Museums Founding Director Elizabeth Merritt. Sessions will cover topics of interest to artists, arts organizations, arts educators and community partners.
The conference kicks off at the S.C. State Museum in Columbia September 14 with an evening plenary and the opening reception for the 50th Anniversary State Art Collection Retrospective and continues September 15 with a full day of sessions and museum experiences.
Take advantage of special anniversary pricing! Registration is only $50 through July 21. After July 21, registration is $75 per person ($65 per person for two or more participants who register at the same time.)
Find out more and register today!
Thank you to Wells Fargo, our Statewide Arts Conference sponsor.
Network and Knowledge workshop in Conway for arts leaders and artists
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The South Carolina Arts Commission, in partnership with Conway Glass, will host an engaging and interactive gathering for arts leaders and artists of all disciplines on Thursday, June 23, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Conway Glass, 209 Laurel Street in Conway.
Join us and offer your ideas about the kinds of support needed for the arts in Horry and Georgetown counties and surrounding communities. You'll also have opportunities to network and share knowledge with other participants.
This gathering is free but space is limited! Please RSVP by June 21, 2016 at this link.
For more information, contact Joy Young.
Sessions for everyone at the Statewide Arts Conference!
Update: Richard Evans' session (mentioned below) is now full. Conference registrants will receive information about the waiting list.
The Statewide Arts Conference taking place Sept. 18 at the Columbia Conference Center is chock full of opportunities to learn from experts and network with colleagues. For less than $100, you'll have access to the kind of high-quality professional development usually found at regional and national conferences -- and you don't even have to leave the state!
The conference features not one, but two highly sought-after keynote speakers. National Book Award-winning poet and S.C. native Nikky Finney will kick off the conference, and Richard Evans of EmcArts will talk about adaptive change and innovation during lunch. Richard will also present a daylong session targeted at arts organizations and the complex changes we're facing. Space is limited in this interactive session and seats are going fast; everyone who registers for the conference will receive details about signing up for Richard's session.
Registration is just $98 per person, or $88 per person if you and a colleague register at the same time.
Session highlights (find complete details online.)
For artists:
- Making Your Life as an Artist: A Guide to a Balance, Sustainable Artistic Life
- Practical Legal Tips for the Creative Person
- A Life in the Arts: 10 Big Ideas on Career and Financial Success
- Roundtable discussions/short sessions with Artists U facilitators
For everyone:
- Creating and Cultivating the Agriculture and Art in Your Community
- The Arts and Social Change
- Creativity + Community: Leveraging Change for Good
- Developing Community Partnerships for Arts Education
- Everyone Tells Our Story But Us - Toward Authenticity in Artistic Presentations
- Now Tweet This: Online Marketing is Here to Stay
- Accessibility and New Audiences
Plus, explore program and funding opportunities from South Arts and the Humanities CouncilSC and get technology assistance through our curbside consultant.
Read more details about the sessions and register today!
Young professionals group wants your input
Founded in 2011, the South Carolina Young Professionals Arts Network (SCYPAN) is designed to bring together young professionals (ages 21-35) working in South Carolina's arts industry for networking, discussion and collaboration.
SCYPAN invites members and nonmembers, plus anyone interested in the group's potential, to give input about what SCYPAN should offer in the future. Think about other groups you belong to and the member benefits, events, programs, outreach, information and training provided. What can SCYPAN learn from those groups and their offerings? Take a short survey and let SCYPAN's leaders know what you think.
Take the survey and/or find out more about SCYPAN.
The survey will be available until the end of June.
Related: SCYPAN"s next networking event for members is May 24 in Charleston on opening day for the Spoleto Festival. Find out more.
Via: SCYPAN
