Creative Alliance of New Orleans and Moving Stories Dance Project present the Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop March 9-11, 2012 at the Joan Mitchell Center. Twenty-four artists from around Louisiana have been selected by a committee of leaders in the New Orleans’ arts communities. Creative Capital is a nationally distinguished organization that acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. Creative Capital is committed to working in partnership with the artists whom it funds, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project. This is an amazing opportunity for our local arts community. Workshop leaders are national leaders in their field who present the best practices throughout the nation of artistic management.

Also, for Art Home ticket holders a free lecture will be held Saturday, November 19^th at 11am. Come listen to Jonathan Ferrara, Dorian Bennett, Marcel Wiznia and others discuss how they began collecting and why they continue to purchase art.

Art Home New Orleans introduces participants to the depth and quality of art collectors in New Orleans. On November 19^th and 20^th from 12 to 5.30pm, selected homes will open up to the public to exhibit their local collections. Art Home’s true mission is to have art collectors educate participants on the individuality of art collections and encourage them to go one step beyond appreciation, to the actual purchase of art.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1059321459

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Thank you to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana for their support.

Art Home New Orleans is part of the 3^nd annual arts+gardens+new orleans fall festival. arts+gardens+new orleans is a four-month long festival of events that highlights parks, gardens, and cultural venues, performances and exhibitions all over town, including major museums, theater groups, musical venues, neighborhood cultural venues and sites.

Tickets are $15/day and $25/weekend and can be purchased online at cano-la.org or at Eventbrite or by calling 504.218.4807. Tickets can also be purchased on the day of at the House on Bayou Road at 2275 Bayou Road.

The Creative Alliance of New Orleans aims to increase investment in the creative sector of the New Orleans economy, promote the creative products and presentations of New Orleans visual, performing, design, media and culinary artists, and help New Orleans become internationally  renowned as the important international cultural center that we know it is. Thanks to the City of New Orleans for their support and to our partner, the New Orleans Museum of Art.



Creative Alliance of New Orleans and Moving Stories Dance Project will be presenting Creative Capital’s Core Curriculum Workshop 5:30-8:45pm Friday, March 9th, 8:30am-5pm Saturday, March 10th, and 8:30am-5pm Sunday March 11th. This one of a kind opportunity has been described as a “crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising and promotion” for artists of all creative genres. The Creative Capital Workshop takes artists on a two and one-half day retreat led by nationally renowned arts professionals. The experience is limited to 24 artists from Louisiana. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee with the goal of assembling a very diverse group of artists from varied artistic genres and cultural backgrounds. Applicants must create original works. We encourage visual artists, composers, filmmakers, choreographers and all other mediums to apply. This is the first time that Creative Capital’s workshop will be held in New Orleans. While many different forms of art are flourishing in New Orleans, it is still tough for local artists to create a sustainable income for themselves. The Creative Capital Workshop intends to change this situation.

Some of the skills that will be taught are:·

·financial planning basics, including choosing financial partners, best practices for savings and retirement planning, options for reducing debt and acquiring property.
·the essentials for operating your art as a small, independently run business, including employment, contracts, negotiation, decision-making, budgeting and cash flow
·strategies for funding your work and revenue-generating, including improving your fundraising materials; working in partnership with venues, donors and funders, building a base of individual contributors; and knowing the real cost of your work so you can communicate it to funders, presenters and other partners
·how to consider promoting your work as an integral, natural part of the creative process
·the best practices for artist websites, blogs, social media and communications
·how to identify and reach new audiences for your work

The Creative Alliance and Moving Stories believe that this program presents an opportunity for Louisiana artists to learn new methods in improving their professional careers in the arts. This program is able to be presented thanks to the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Creative Capital, National Performance Network and in kind support from the Joan Mitchell Center. Thank you!

• Improve their quality of life.
• Encourage creative activity.
• Create community identity and a sense of place.
• Revitalize local economies.

With support from its Our Town grant, the City of New Orleans will create the Claiborne Corridor Cultural Collaborative Plan (C4 Plan). The C4 Plan will be developed as a cohesive cultural plan that integrates arts and culture into the ongoing revitalization of New Orleans’s historic and major thoroughfare, Claiborne Boulevard. The C4 Plan will serve as a model for creative place-based planning by guiding the strategic integration of arts and culture into the corridor’s infrastructure, streetscapes, transportation, housing, and community facilities planning. The City of New Orleans and Arts Council of New Orleans will lead the development of the C4 Plan in collaboration with Creative Alliance of New Orleans, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Merchants and Business Association, Sankofu Community Development Corporation, Xavier University, and Artspace Projects, Inc. The C4 Plan will benefit 70,000 residents that live in underserved New Orleans neighborhoods with higher than average poverty, blight, and vacancy rates.

Visit the New Orleans page on the NEA website here.

By Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune

January 20, 2010

Photo by nola.com

Each of the 12 New Orleans mayoral and City Council candidates at the Contemporary Arts Center news conference expressed support for the Cultural Election Coalition for New Orleans’ 21-point platform.

A coalition of more than 60 local arts and culture organizations announced a platform Wednesday for developing the city’s cultural economy, which supporters say could not only spur economic growth but also reduce crime and improve the city’s quality of life.

Though celebrated, New Orleans’ culture has been underserved and underfunded by city government, coalition representatives said, resulting in inadequate housing and health care for artists and musicians, a dearth of in-school and after-school arts programs and a failure to restore and capitalize on many of the city’s cultural landmarks.

While “study after study” has identified the creative industries as a top priority for economic development, New Orleans, “the mecca of indigenous, original culture in America … really has not picked that up as it should,” said Jeanne Nathan with the Creative Alliance of New Orleans.

Twelve New Orleans mayoral and City Council candidates attended a noon news conference at the Contemporary Arts Center, and each expressed support for the Cultural Election Coalition for New Orleans’ 21-point platform in remarks following the presentation.

Mayoral candidate John Georges, who attended alongside fellow contenders Rob Couhig and Nadine Ramsey, praised the group’s agenda, saying the city’s culture has “been viewed as a hospitality tool for too long” and “needs to be an economic engine tool.”

The coalition proposes the creation of a city office or agency dedicated to “cultural and creative affairs and economy.” The agency would buttress the efforts of the Arts Council of New Orleans, a nonprofit that serves as the city’s arts agency, as well as dozens of other arts and culture nonprofits.

In addition, the arts groups want the city to identify a dedicated financial source for cultural programming, marketing and organizations, which now must compete for dollars from the general fund, said Gene Meneray, director of arts business programs for the Arts Council.

To view the coalition’s platform, visit www.cano-la.org or www.artscouncilofneworleans.org .

Molly Reid can be reached at mreid@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3448.