Clowning Around in Business Class...?!

The Artist Business Class invited me to come to their final session last week to watch their project presentations. In most Business Classes, one would expect to hear about cash flow projections, profit and loss statements and, of course, the balance sheet in a final summation... but an Artist Business Class, is no typical business class!

It was clear that in the past 4 weeks, these artists spent some serious time becoming fluent in business jargon, but more important, they grappled with melding what seemed to be vastly different worlds: art and selling it. The final presentations invoked a sense of joy as the artists described exactly what they needed to move forward. They were empowered by their new knowledge that laid the groundwork to tell their art story to a patron or navigate tough next-step decisions. I laughed and cried as I listened to their journeys and by the end, I was inspired by these creative souls who realized their art could be fully incorporated into every aspect of their life - including the financial side. They boldly took on business classes - and succeeded!

A special thanks to Mike Lattery, our golf course artist from the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund who collaboratively hosted this class with GMAC.

On another business note, GMAC has new hours: Everyday 9 am - 4 pm! Thanks to grants from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation and the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, we were able to hire Gary Atwood, marketing and volunteer coordinator, and extend our hours! Stop by and see us soon!