On Thursday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m., join the Arts Council and Casey McCormick of Emma Email Marketing for our latest workshop Stylish Email Design and Strategy . This workshop covers the basics of email marketing. We'll share best practices and strategies for building a permission-based list, an overview of what folks are sending, and some discussion of statistics and response numbers and how they're used. There will lots of example emails, with plenty of time along the way for your thoughts and questions. Specific items to be covered include:

• How do I inspire people to join my list?
• How do I focus my email strategy?
• What should I send?
• How do I add style to my campaigns?
• What do those response numbers mean, anyway?
• Plus your questions!

Stylish Email Design and Strategy
Thursday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m.
Circle Room, Hotel Le Cirque
#2 Lee Circle, New Orleans, LA
Free, but please RSVP

Please RSVP to 504-523-1465 or email Gene Meneray.

Can't join us in person? Stream the live workshop over the web!
Click here for live streaming.

Your support helps keep workshops free. Make a donation today!

This workshop is funded with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

 

On Wednesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m. Join Tim Ryan, Executive Producer of New Digital Media Group and former Executive Director of NOVAC, As he demonstrates how the individual artist or arts organization can use web based video to communicate their message. Issues Tim will address include:

• Examples of how others use Internet video for website content enhancement.
• Basic shooting, sound, lighting techniques with Internet viewing in mind.
• Basic editing techniques.
• Basic techniques for how to use Internet video within your PR, emails and website.
• Plus lots more!

Internet Video Production w/Tim Ryan
Wednesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m.
University of New Orleans
Milneburg Hall, Room 319
Click here for Campus Map. Milneburg is building 24.

Please RSVP to 504-523-1465 or email Gene Meneray.

Your support helps keep workshops free. Make a donation today!

This workshop is funded with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

 

On September 29th at 6:00 p.m., join the Arts Council and Allison Petit for our latest workshop Basic PhotoShop for Artists. Designed for newcomers to PhotoShop, and tailored specifically for artists, this workshop will demonstrate:

• Overview of interface and tools.
• Editing an image (selecting, cropping, manipulating...)
• Working with layers.
• File sizes and formats.
• Plus your questions!

Basic PhotoShop for Artists
Wednesday, September 29th at 6:00 p.m..
University of New Orleans
Milneburg Hall, Room 319
Click here for Campus Map. Milneburg is building 24.

To reserve your spot, please RSVP via email and include 1-2 images (no bigger than 1024x768 pixels) w notes about what they want to do with them.

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This workshop is funded with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.  

Registration begins August 31

The New Orleans Writing Institute at the Arts Council (formerly the Loyola Writing Institute) will offer a twelve-session workshop in writing fiction and creative nonfiction taught by the widely-published writer James Nolan. The workshops meet from September 15-December 8 on Wednesday evenings between 6:30-9:00 at the Arts Council at 818 Howard Ave, Suite 300. TUITION: $495. For more information contact James Nolan at jnolan77@bellsouth.net or (504) 522-5934.

For a complete breakdown of the program, and a registration form, please click here.  

The Arts Council's latest webinar, All About Boards is now available for free streaming on demand. The webinar is about 18 minutes, and covers items such as:

• What's expected of a non-profit board.
• Having the right board.
• Attracting new board members.
• Solutions to problems with your board.

Please click here to stream the webinar.

Your support keeps this information free. Please join or renew today!

This webinar is made possible by support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the RosaMary Foundation.  Continued »

The Arts Council's latest webinar, Making Money with your Music is now available online for free streaming. Presented by ELLA Project supervising attorney Ashlye Keaton, this webinar covers:

• Maximizing your revenue streams.
• The importance of owning your music.
• Making money from digital downloads.
• Music in film and television.
• Much more

The webinar runs about 20 minutes, and you can pause, rewind, and fast forward from your computer. To watch it now, please click here.

Additionally, many aspects of this webinar trace back to our more detailed webinar on copyight. If you missed the copyright webinar, or just need a refresher, please click here.

Your support keeps this information free. Please join or renew today!

This webinar is supported in part by funding from the RosaMary Foundation.  

Listen to Aimee Adatto Freeman, the Arts Council's Director of Development talk about The Big Event: Fundraising Galas and how you measure success.

Stream this discussion free over the internet. The full audio, and audio highlights are available below...  Continued »

On May 19th, 2010 artists Kyle Bravo, Tami Curtis Ellis, and Steve Martin joined the Arts Council to present "Having an Artist Run Gallery." The Arts Council is happy to now be able to offer an audio recording of this workshop for free streaming.

Items discussed include:

• Taking the plunge to open your own space.
• Financing your art gallery.
• Finding the right location.
• The workings of an artist co-op.
• Marketing your artist run gallery.
• Planning gallery openings and events.
• And more!

To listen to the audio, please click here.

Find this information helpful? Then please consider contributing!

Funding for this event was provided in part by grants from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.  

Make it all new at this year’s National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference in San Jose, CA, November 12–15, 2010. From new preconferences geared just for you to workshops on technology, revenue generation, and audience engagement, this year’s NAMP Conference covers everything you need to know to help your organization thrive.

For more information, please click here.  

As the Arts Council plans it's calendar of business development workshops, we want to hear from you, our clients. Please let us know if there's a workshop you'd like to see, or what topics, presenters, or other ideas you have on Arts Council workshops in the next six months.

Please email your suggestions to Gene Meneray