MONEY WOES
INTEGRATING STUDIO PRACTICE AND THE BUSINESS OF ART
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MONEY WOES is an intermittent seminar that demystifies the basic business concepts artists and creatives must know to grow and sustain their creative practices.
The seminar illuminates some of the basic aspects of self-employment including business incorporation, tax strategy, intellectual property, and self-advocacy. After examining why business and entrepreneurship frighten some artists, conversation will turn to real-world experiences — not advice! — and anecdotes from other working artists who have navigated career leaps like drawing income from a mix of both employment and freelance commissions, renting an office space, hiring lawyers and accountants, delegating work to assistants, and separating personal and business finances.
Sessions and Tickets
INTEGRATING STUDIO PRACTICE AND THE BUSINESS OF ART
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MONEY WOES is an intermittent seminar that demystifies the basic business concepts artists and creatives must know to grow and sustain their creative practices.
The seminar illuminates some of the basic aspects of self-employment including business incorporation, tax strategy, intellectual property, and self-advocacy. After examining why business and entrepreneurship frighten some artists, conversation will turn to real-world experiences — not advice! — and anecdotes from other working artists who have navigated career leaps like drawing income from a mix of both employment and freelance commissions, renting an office space, hiring lawyers and accountants, delegating work to assistants, and separating personal and business finances.
Sessions and Tickets
NOR RESEARCH STUDIO, BLOUSE, 2021. Digital scan featuring a check payment from the Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism signed by its executive director, Shana Lutker, who drew a smiley face above the memo line. The payment, to contributor Evan Kleekamp, was for the inaugural X-TRA Online Dash column about Cameron Rowland and his exhibition, D37, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Below the check is an apologetic note from Lutker received at the same time. Curator Eric Golo Stone withdrew his contribution to a completed interview upon learning he and Kleekamp would have to split X-TRA’s $200 contributor fee. From 2014-2021, as executive director of Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism, Lutker was the publisher of X-TRA. She previously served on the editorial board as the publication’s managing editor from 2004-2014.