About the Panelists:

As Attack Theatre's Marketing and Education Manager, Rebecca Himberger has successfully run over a dozen marketing campaigns for Attack Theatre's Pittsburgh performances and national tours, launched a new website, designed ads and print pieces and coordinated their award winning in-school programs through partnerships with Gateway to the Arts, AEC, and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Prior to her work with Attack Theatre, Rebecca served as Director of Dance at Camps Airy and Louise, a Media Rep for Oceana's Mercury Campaign/Sierra Club, and as choreography intern for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 2005. She currently serves as co-chair of the Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders committee. Rebecca holds a BS in Psychology with a minor in dance and a certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. When she doesn't have her face behind three different monitors at work, she can usually be found arguing with someone about the future of the arts in Pittsburgh or at a dance party.

Diane Wuycheck is a veteran Pittsburgh public relations professional with more than 30 years of experience. She has worked with Highmark and Equitable Resources, Pedal Pittsburgh (Community Design Center of Pittsburgh), Penn's Colony, Butler Count Convention and Tourism Bureau, Just Harvest's Harvest Celebration Dinner, HEARTH (formerly North Hills Affordable Housing), and many others. She also conducts spokesperson coaching and training, initiates editorial board visits, and manages press conferences, successfully showcasing the capabilities of the client and its business units, successfully placing stories with local and trade media.

Free.

Registration requested.

Presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Co-Sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

5:30-6:30 pm – Keeping It Clear: Artist/Dealer Contracts
Jeffrey T. Morris, Esq., The Cook Law Group
Whether you are an artist or a gallery owner, contracts form the bedrock of your business relationships. This session teaches you the essentials of every artist/dealer agreement, including limited/exclusive agency; territory of consignment; price, commission & payment; insurance; artistic control and more.

6:30-7:15 pm – Pittsburgh Art Galleries: An Overview
Christine Whispell, Nicole Capozzi, moxBox Consulting
This overview helps you understand Pittsburgh art galleries, from the small-and-scrappy to the long-established. You’ll also learn some best practices for approaching galleries with your work, including portfolio preparation and marketing tactics.

7:15-8 pm – Marketing Yourself as an Artist
R. Weis, Artist
Learn from your peers in this moderated discussion about marketing yourself to galleries and the media. Along with his thoughts as a working artist, R. Weis brings to this discussion his experience in journalism and public relations.

To register visit www.proartstickets.org keyword "relations" or call 412.394.3353.*

*After you register, staff will contact you to book your timeslot for an attorney consultation, if desired.

Artists, musicians, writers, dancers, poets, performers, and arts administrators are invited to stop in, enjoy complimentary refreshments and talk about projects, plans, ideas, and interests. Often the key to unique opportunities is discovering who is doing what and interacting regularly with a circle of colleagues who are working creatively.

This month Lea Donatelli, Program Manager, Office of Public Art will present information on the Pittsburgh Artist Registry and demonstrate how to create your own artist profile. The Pittsburgh Artist Registry is a free on-line database of visual, literary, and performing artists in southwestern PA. It is free to join and free to browse!

Last Days Cafe also provides a forum through which Pittsburgh's creative community can become more familiar with the resources available to them as they create new work, consider forming a new organization, or think about how, when and where to show their work.

Please RSVP by email to dsciranka@aol.com

Come get information about the 2009 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts project grant application! Whether you are an individual artist, a small arts organization or someone with an idea for a community arts project in Allegheny County, this session is for you. Grant postmark deadline is June 19, 2009. All applications must be submitted through eGrant. For details visit pittsburghartscouncil.org/papartners.htm

FREE monthly networking and information-sharing event

Artists are an important factor in economic development. Vibrant artistic communities are a draw for tourists, employers and talented employees.

This month’s guests are artists who have created their own studio or gallery or are renting space to other artists to support their creative endeavors. They will share their journey and the logistics that go along with such an undertaking.

This event is FREE. Please RSVP to Debi.

Artists, musicians, writers, dancers, poets, performers, and arts administrators are invited to stop in, enjoy complimentary refreshments and talk about projects, plans, ideas, and interests. Often the key to unique opportunities is discovering who is doing what and interacting regularly with a circle of colleagues who are working creatively.

This month focuses on Workspaces for Artists with guests from Dance Alloy Theater, the Brew House Association, and Artists Image Resource. Don't miss this FREE monthly networking and information-sharing event!

Please RSVP to Debbie Sciranka at dsciranka@aol.com

Artists, arts administrators and arts presenters are invited to attend a FREE MCAI grant workshop featuring information about MCAI funding opportunities and the new application process presented, followed by a Grantwriting 101 presentation that will give you the basics of writing a successful proposal! Also, information will be presented on the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project via an Online Application Training.

For information or to register, please contact MCAI or 412.394.2654.

Registration Through: ProArtsTickets

Pricing: $20 ($15) $30 ($25)

This is the first of series of workshops in which Reed Smith attorneys will assist the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council supporting and promoting the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts program.

Chatting with friends and enjoying good food is the art of life. November's Last Days Café provides a forum for artists and friends to get together and share ideas and their signature dish. We encourage you to bring along your recipe and we will make copies to share with the group. Bring a main dish that serves 6-8 people. We supply drinks, desserts and set-up. Like minds should meet …and eat!

Artists, arts administrators and arts presenters are invited to attend one
of the FREE MCAI grant workshops. You'll learn about funding opportunities and a new application process for MCAI. You'll also learn the basics of writing a solid grant proposal, and you'll hear some strategies for successful project planning. Those attending the November 12 event will receive a tutorial in filling out online applications through the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project.

Artists, arts administrators and arts presenters are invited to attend one
of the FREE MCAI grant workshops. You'll learn about funding opportunities and a new application process for MCAI. You'll also learn the basics of writing a solid grant proposal, and you'll hear some strategies for successful project planning. Those attending the November 12 event will receive a tutorial in filling out online applications through the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project.

Artists, arts administrators and arts presenters are invited to attend one
of the FREE MCAI grant workshops. You'll learn about funding opportunities and a new application process for MCAI. You'll also learn the basics of writing a solid grant proposal, and you'll hear some strategies for successful project planning. Those attending the November 12 event will receive a tutorial in filling out online applications through the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project.

Join us for a "cyber-tour" of web sites built and/or utilized by artists and other creative individuals to get words, pictures and sounds out about what they are doing. For this hour-long multimedia presentation, Teresa Foley, the Pittsburgh Creativity Project Director, will be joined by individual artists, arts venue-operators, and a member of an anonymous artist collective. These guests will share comments and stories about the choices they made and concepts they considered in order to communicate with a public audience.

For info visit the New Hazlett Theater online.

To register for this free event, email dsciranka@aol.com.

Carol Siegel, a Pittsburgh-based art consultant with more than 35 years experience will present a workshop for individual artists interested in marketing their work in the current art market, both locally and nationally. The workshop will address techniques for creating a portfolio, approaching galleries regarding representation, getting a show, dealing with dealers and prospective collectors and handling special commissions.

Are you an individual artist with questions about filing your federal and state income taxes? This basic level workshop will teach you how to optimize tax planning as an independent contractor, self-employed individual or grant recipient. It will cover tax forms including the 1099 and W-2, as well as basic deductions. Questions will be addressed in the second hour--the questions you submit in advance will be given priority. Submit your question and register at the same time by clicking here.

Do you have a manuscript, a treatment, a song, or just a good idea that you would like to shop around to potential investors, producers, studios, collaborators, and others? This workshop will provide some practical advice and legal strategies to help you protect your work and avoid having it stolen.