A Laboratory of Artistic Collaboration
A Laboratory of Artistic Collaboration
transformative arts business
Artists and creative entrepreneurs should make a dignified living out of their practices.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Our commitment to equity and accessibility has opened the need to create partnerships with Cultural Centers and Direct Service organizations and institutions to cater our content to the specific needs and goals of their communities.
In 2023, Arts.Co.Lab partnered with Bayview Opera House to offer the first cohort of Transformative Art Business (TAB), offered through their Tools of The Trade Program, designed to help the community of the Bayview in San Francisco, develop their projects for grants, fellowships, and other applications.
Open House pitch night
Closing with an Open House event, our first 3 cohorts of TAB are focused on developing an individual artist pitch to be presented live in front of potential funders, sponsors, clients, and the community at large.
Through our shared journey, artists were honored for their unique skills and challenges, including conceptualizing, producing, curating, engaging the community, and publicizing their work. As part of this workshop, participants explored how their projects contribute to community growth and the advancement of their art practices.
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It also creates a space where artists can showcase their work and empowers us to develop strong work samples for their continued professional and artistic development. Additionally, we have a professional photographer in situ to create headshot portraits of the participants.
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
We are looking for partners (local, regional, and national).
Through resource sharing, mutual feedback, awareness-raising, and cross-pollination, the coaches provided an environment where artists could strengthen and receive support for their creative visions. They also had a supportive and creative container in which they could learn how to pitch their projects creatively, and how to leverage their relationships by identifying their needs and asking for support for their projects.
We look forward to supporting more artists and organizations in further defining who they are as artists approaching their artwork, generating powerful narratives, and cultivating their artistry businesses in the community in upcoming cohorts.
Our content goals
Our community effort was created as a response to the challenges of gentrification and the health crisis of 2020, therefore, all our content is an iterative process, meaning that we seek to understand the needs of our students and improve it better every new time we put a cohort together. These are the principles by which we develop our content:
Testimonios
Our amazing community of art enthusiasts has shared their experiences with us, and we couldn’t be more grateful!
Arts.Co.Lab is a BIPOC led and centered space and everyone who can commit to the required commitments is encouraged to apply.
Go to our Calendly, and schedule a 30-minute exploratory call:
We are committed to supporting artists in getting through the bureaucracy of the system, we are looking forward to supporting your vision, let’s talk!
The training will be led by Coaches Arturo Méndez and Therese Davis, with the support of other Emerging Arts Professionals. All artists and producers are committed to our communities focused on equity and social justice. Find more about us on our websites, and social media.
We are committed to supporting artists in getting through the bureaucracy of the system, we are looking forward to supporting your vision, let’s talk!
The training will be led by Coaches Arturo Méndez and Therese Davis, with the support of other Emerging Arts Professionals. All artists and producers are committed to our communities focused on equity and social justice. Find more about us on our websites, and social media.