Arts Entrepreneurship Intensive

Support the economic strength of your community with real business education designed specifically for artists and craftspeople! Our live on-line courses are taught by experienced artists accredited in the NC REAL Craft Curriculum. Our instructors bring their experience to the course and provide participants with the support they need to create sustainable, profitable art and craft businesses.

Course curriculum includes: One-on-one coaching, Budgeting for Business, Cash Flow Statements, Pricing for Profit, Retail and Wholesale Sales, Organizing Accounting For Taxes, Regulations and Insurance*, Employees, Marketing and Promotion, Self-worth and Combating Imposter Syndrome.

This course is not pre-recorded. Each course meeting is 2 hours of live instruction offered via Zoom. All participants are also invited to a private Facebook group where the course cohort can interact with one another in between each session and instructors can share relevant materials, and provide coaching. Additional course content is also delivered weekly in scheduled Facebook live chats where participants can ask specific questions. Course materials are delivered electronically prior to the course start date and participants retain access to an online folder containing materials. The dedicated Facebook group remains after the course concludes and our experience shows that many participants continue to interact with one another and support one another.

Developed in cooperation with folks at Penland School of Craft, Handmade in America, Haywood Community College and The Sequoyah Fund, the REAL curriculum takes basic business and entrepreneurship training further with activities and experiences designed for visual artists and craftspeople alike.