The Business of Art 2024
February 10, 2024
The Romain Arts and Culture Center – ART, Inc.
ART, Inc. is located inside The Romain Arts & Culture Center (The RACC). The RACC sits in the former Greeley School-a 50,000 square foot school building located at 919 NE Jefferson St, Peoria, IL 61603.
9:00am | Check-In & Wake Up!
9:30am | Welcome & Crafting your Elevator Pitch
10:15am | All-Conference Session (CEFCU Auditorium) – Business Foundations: Experts Answer Questions about Taxes, Protecting Your Art, Getting Started, and Managing Your Business
11:30am | Morning Breakout Sessions (Various Rooms)
12:30pm | Lunch & Conference Keynote Address by Alex Carmona (CEFCU Auditorium)
1:45pm | Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Various Rooms)
3:00pm | After Hours Mixer & Networking (CEFCU Auditorium) – Meet with business experts, take a tour of ART, Inc. or just relax and connect with other attendees and presenters!
9:00 AM
Check-In & Wake Up!
Coffee/Bagels
9:30 AM
Welcome & Introduction to Networking
What You Will Learn: Have you ever been asked “What do you do?” and struggle to find a quick, precise way of describing your artwork? In this session, you will learn how to create an effective elevator pitch.
Session Speakers: Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright and Megan Pedigo
10:15 AM
All-Conference Session
Business Foundations: Experts Answer Questions about Taxes, Protecting Your Art, Getting Started, & Managing Your Business
Every business owner needs to address certain basic functions to have a successful business. Getting established correctly, handling taxes, managing your business and legally protecting your art are mandatory for every business. This session will address those aspects on a high level. This session will either reassure you that you have done the correct things or open your eyes to areas that you need to focus on to make your business thrive.
What You Will Learn: We have local experts including Josh Herman, partner at Miller, Hall & Triggs; Eric Sampson, Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Bradley University; Kevin Evans, Economic Development Specialist; and Bob Parkhurst, Chief Financial Officer at Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, Inc. These experts will each address a specific core aspect of business and then be available to answer questions for the benefit of the entire audience.
Morning Breakout Sessions
12:30 PM
Lunch & Conference Keynote Address by Alex Carmona
Artist: Unveiled
The simplicity of a single solitary line is where my campaign begins.
When multiplied by the power of pattern, the foundations of a cohesive yet complicated war map has been laid out, revealing the beginning of a thought provoking battle through the jungles of visual tonality. The treacherous terrain of interwoven fibers can only be navigated with a thorough understanding of species and gouge.
An uncompromising coordination of tactical maneuvers transforms each individual line until the landscape has just enough information to tell the crucial tale of value. A value that ranges from the darkest trenches of your nightmares, to the blinding brightness of victory on an overtaken hill.
This unwinnable war consists of infinite battles. Paradoxical battles that can never be won. Instead, these battles are meant to instill an unrelenting resolve of growth.
This war has but one enemy – The limitation of the mind. This ever-changing enemy has one goal – Incarceration of creativity.
This is my art, my life, my struggle.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
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