If you are passionate about the arts
and have an idea for a business, or are already running a business you wish could become more successful, enroll in Boost Camp! We will help you shape and transform your idea into a viable business concept and give you the boost you need to thrive as an arts entrepreneur.
What is the Boost Camp?
The Creative Enterprise Boost
Camp (CEBC) is an intensive 2 week course that will introduce you to the process of starting a business in the arts and/or the creative sector.
CEBC will teach you the fundamentals of creative business development and help you to understand the relationship between intelligent planning and ultimate success. The course is designed for artists and creative professionals who aspire to launch and run a creative business of their own.
What will I learn?
At Boost Camp you will learn from these four essential subject areas:
Determining the Business Potential of a Creative Idea
In this module, you will learn how to assess the viability of your entrepreneurial idea before committing vast amounts of time and/or money to such a new venture.
In this module, you will discover the unique selling proposition of your creative enterprise. You will learn how to define your target market, research your competition, perform industry analysis and develop a marketing strategy and communication plan for your unique enterprise.
Management and Operations
You will learn about the various legal structures available to you and decide which is the most appropriate for your creative enterprise. You will learn how to effectively communicate about your organizations management and operations. You will create a description of key positions within your enterprise, how your enterprise is organized and an organizational flow chart.
- In this module, you will learn how to create a profit and loss statement, balance sheet, a start- up budget, and a cash flow statement. You will learn about potential funding sources for your start-up as well as how to communicate financial information to potential funders in a professional way.
What will I experience?
Participants will study and learn under the guidance of experienced instructors. The intensive training will engage participants through group discussions and practical exercises. Methodical professional guidance and mentoring will be a part of this process. In addition, participants will have opportunity to visit arts enterprises in the city, interact with successful creative entrepreneurs, and “pitch” their ideas to potential funders. Creative thinking, intelligent planning, and interaction with recognized experts are at the core of the entire CEBC experience.
PAUL GUISE is a cultural consultant, conductor and music educator living in Winnipeg, Canada. His primary research interests include cultural enterprise education, arts education policy development, curriculum analysis, and the group dynamics of the musical ensemble, with a particular emphasis on small choirs. His doctoral dissertation is entitled, "Music Business Education in Canada: a census and developmental template." Dr. Guise has presented papers and workshops in Canada, Iceland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States; has published numerous reviews in Canadian Folk Music and columns in Listening In; and has engineered or produced audio recordings for over 100 clients. Paul is currently working on two major projects: The ICE Initiative is a multi-year project to establish a post-secondary Institute for Cultural Enterprise and Cultural Enterprise Education in Canada that seeks to create a pool of benchmarking data to assist in the development of cultural enterprise courses/programmes, such as the ICE Initiative. Paul is a lecturer at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
DAN J. MARTIN is an Associate Professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and Associate Dean at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy, where he is responsible for the academic administration of the School's four full-time graduate programs. Dan joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1992 to serve as director of the Master of Arts Management Program, a professional graduate degree program. Under Dan's leadership, Carnegie Mellon's activity in the area of creative enterprise management grew. In 1996, Dan established the Center for Arts Management and Technology, a research training center devoted to the investigation and implementation of computer and information technology in the arts management process. In 2002, he founded the Arts and Culture Observatory, a research initiative that provides objective and meaningful analysis on the internal and external conditions of non-profit creative enterprises in the Pittsburgh region. Most recently, Dan developed the Master of Entertainment Industry Management Program, a new graduate degree program providing management training focused on the for-profit entertainment sector. The Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises, under Martin's direction, administers these four units for the university.
J. DENNIS RICH is the co-founder of The Center for Creative Enterprise and Chairman Emeritus of The Arts, Entertainment and Media Management department at Columbia College Chicago, where he was Chair for more than eighteen years. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and continues to work independently as an Arts Management Consultant. Previously, Rich was a Marketing Director for a number of national arts organizations, including the Atlanta Ballet and Studio Arena Theatre.
ANNA BERNADSKA is co-founder of The Center for Creative Enterprise and the Boost Camp Director. Ms. Bernadska has over thirteen years of professional experience in non-profits arts organizations, government, grant making foundations and educational institutions. She has worked with various cultural organizations in the Ukraine and held positions ranging from a producer of documentaries to program officer at the George Soros Foundation in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the Foundation, she was responsible for grant giving and program development in the area of Arts and Culture. Since 2003, Ms. Bernadska resides in Chicago and has worked primarily in an academic setting. Teaching at the undergraduate level, Ms. Bernadska has designed courses as well as built international student exchange and seminar programs. Her expertise lies in the areas of fundraising, grant proposal writing, arts entrepreneurship and arts advocacy. She holds a MA degree in arts management from Columbia College Chicago and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Public Administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
What will I get at the end of Boost Camp?
Participants will complete the CEBC course with:
A clear understanding of the specifics of an arts enterprise
The steps involved in the start-up process
A core business plan
Connections with industry professionals and potential funding sources
What do I need to apply?
Applicants to the CEBC should have:
When is Boost Camp?An idea for a new arts-related or creative enterprise
An existing business that needs a boost
Experience in the arts and creative sector
Engagement and enthusiasm for culture and the arts
Motivation to work intensively for the duration of the course
Monday, July 26th, 2010 through Friday August 6th, 2010
Location
Flourish Studios 3020 N Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL
$1,200 tuition includes all study
materials and certificate of completion.
1) Online - Please fill out our online application form.
2) By Phone - Call 773-756- 2163 to register by phone. Our friendly Program Coordinators will be happy to assist you and answer your questions.
3) By E-Mail - Send an e-mail
with your application form attached to AnnaBernadska@TheIAE.com and we will reserve your slot and
send your Confirmation Packet.
Housing
While we do not offer housing through our program, please E-mail for information on nearby locations.