The Business of Mural Arts Workshop

In a step toward empowering emerging artists in their careers, Living Walls holds an annual workshop to share our lived experience of how we go about commissions, drafting contracts, budgeting, and marketing for public artwork.

The workshop creates an accessible space outside of our projects to share our knowledge and 15 years of experience with the broader creative community.

We will go through an outline and share a template of our contracts for working with clients. We will give insight into the type of insurance you need to get as a public artist. We will share our templates and guidelines for creating budgets for public art projects. Our Director of Productions will share their checklist for managing public art projects on site. We will share tips on how to write an artist bio, statement, and sharing examples of your work. We will give tips for pitching yourself as an artist for grant applications and potential clients.

In an effort to empower BIPOC, women, queer, and trans artists, Living Walls hosts an annual workshop sharing our expertise in commissions, contracts, and budgeting for public artwork.

Immediately after each workshop, we gather attendee feedback to gauge its impact and interest in future sessions. Following our inaugural workshop, all participants expressed keen interest in continuing and supporting the initiative financially.