Art as Business education program set Jan. 23 in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. - Jan. 18, 2016 - PRLog -- Mobile, AL. Do you dream of creating a sustainable lifestyle doing what you have a passion to do? The Art as Business: Professional Development Model education workshop series will be offered by the Mobile Museum of Art starting on Saturday, January 23 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm for artists and entrepreneurs in any creative arts area: visual, literary, performance, sculpture, painting, film, or multi-media combination. Workshop fee is $65.

This intensive hands-on program focuses on creating and sustaining a successful career in the art business.  Knowledge of business fundamentals, as well as the creation and implementation of a business blueprint,that work for each artist’s individual management and creative lifestyle are the keys to an artist’s success.

Renowned artist and Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) Fellowship recipient Curtis Benzle of Benzle Porcelain (Huntsville) presents All Artists Making a Living (Module 1). This is an intensive two day weekend workshop on Saturday and Sunday, January 23 and 24. Benzle is devoted to providing all artists with business knowledge and a plan for creating self-sustaining career income. Workshop topics include “Creating and Selling Your Art”, “Product Development” and “Teaching Art in the Community,” as well as offer professional advice and guidance for attendees.

The Art of Success: Taking it to the Next Level (Module 2) provides an interactive hands-on 6-weeks program for the artist entrepreneur to develop vision and mission statements, a business blueprint that the artist will be able to visualize, understand and implement, resulting in a successful ROI (return on investment). Module 2 begins Thursday, January 28 and continues for six weeks (February 4, 18, 25, March 3, 10). Topics include “Moving from Chaos to Clarity,” ”My Story Board: Vision and Mission” and “Setting Your Artistic GPS.” National business and training experts Sher Graham of Synergy Solutions Communications (Mobile) and Pat Scanland of Scanland Consulting (Daphne) will facilitate this module providing small group and one-on-one guidance for workshop participants.

The Art as Business workshop series is funded in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and through a partnership of the Mobile Museum of Art and the Mobile Arts Council.

All classes will be at the Mobile Museum of Art, 4850 Museum Drive, Mobile. For information, contact: Susie Bowman, (251) 208-5200 or susie.bowman@cityofmobile.org. Register online at http://www.mobilemuseumofart.com/event/art-as-business-professional-development-for-artists/. (http://www.mobilemuseumofart.com/event/art-as-business-pr...)