A Cultural Education Series for
Creatives, Businesses, and Non-Profits
The Practice Best Practice series of workshops is planned to help segments of the cultural community on the Southcoast to improve their practice and enhance their success in the creative economy. We recognize that there are many types of participants in the creative economy and each has a different perspective and set of economic realities. This series of workshops helps each group learn about best practices for their own group and ways to work with the other groups to foster professional and financial success. MORE
All of the Practice Best Practice workshops have been recorded. These videos are available on our YouTube channel or through Public Access TV. Each description on the Workshops page includes a link to the video and all the resources given out during the workshops.
UPCOMING! WORKSHOP | See All
Art on the Menu: Showing Art at Your Business
Showing and selling art at a business:
best practices for businesses and artists
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025
This workshop is for business owners and managers and artists. It is about the best way to make showing art at a business a win for both the artists and the business. There are good reasons business owners who want local art on their walls should consider working with artists to sell the work from their walls directly through their Point of Sale system. Concepts such as the cost of hanging, marketing the work to the businesses’ customers, selling through the businesses POS, etc. will be covered. All the Details
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Accessing Affordable Healthcare for Creatives
WEDNESDAY, September 18, 2024
Affordable health care is something everyone should have access to. Recently the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act have increased and the income eligibility levels for those subsidies and medicaid have also increased. Many people do not have heath insurance because they believe they are not eligible for support and think it will be too expensive or they find the process of accessing it too cumbersome. This workshop will help you understand the process, learn more about your eligibility and show you resources to help you access the insurance you and your kids need and are entitled to. All the Details
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Practice Best Practice workshops
Accessing Affordable Healthcare for Creatives
Affordable health care is something everyone should have access to. Recently the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act have increased and the income eligibility levels for those subsidies and medicaid have also increased. Read More
Tax Planning and Schedule C for Creatives
When you receive a grant for a project that is paid to you as an individual your first reaction is to rejoice: you got funding! Your next should be how am I going to track the income and expenses so I don't pay too much of the money as taxes. Read More
Essential Marketing for Creatives: How to Promote Yourself and Get Results
Even the most interesting work you can do can languish if no one is aware of it. Learn why you need marketing through social media and how to promote yourself (and get results) through that and effective email blasts. Read More
Writing Placemaking Grants
Publicly accessible art and community participation are at the heart of many arts and culture grants, known as place-based grants. This workshop covers the basic building blocks that make up a proposal, including the review process and how to persevere through rejection. Read More
Project Planning for Creatives
Many of the things creatives do require a complex set of plans. Deciding the type of project, its goals, the scope, the timeline, the materials, the team (if any), the budget, finding funding, or producing a project proposal can feel daunting without a plan. Read More
Helping Creatives to Sell
Creatives have to manage a variety of issues when it comes to selling their work. This ranges from finding venues to sell in to setting prices for the work. This workshop covered many of these issues Read More
Pay Equity and Justice for Freelancers
What hourly pay provided to a freelancer amounts to minimum wage for an employee, a living wage or a reasonable professional wage? While it is hard to be precise it is possible to create reasonable estimates. Read More
Art of Numbers: Bookkeeping for Creatives
This workshop is for creatives of all disciplines (music, fine art, craft, performance, dance, etc.) who want to improve, heal, renew, or start a new relationship with money. Read More
National Park Artist Residencies:
how they work, and why you should apply!
Did you know the National Park Service has over 50 artist residencies in national parks, monuments, and historical sites across the country? Read More
Taxes for Creatives
This workshop focused on things creatives who make some, or all of their living from their creative practice, or spend money trying to make money on it, should know about tax record keeping, tax filing, tax accounting for the costs and income, tax planing and retirement planning. Read More
Grant Writing for Artists
A presentation on the nuts and bolts of applying to grant programs for the MA artist. The focus is primarily on grant programs and resources for individual artists as provided by the Mass Cultural Council. Read More
Applying for Artist Residencies
This workshop is for anyone who has ever thought about or tried applying for a fellowship. Learn how to write a strong application. Read More
Why Haven't You Started Your Art Collection Yet?
This workshop is intended to demystify art viewing and art collecting. Read More
Showing for Exposure - How to Avoid Classic Artist Mistakes and Get Yourself Paid
This workshop included a panel presentation and discussion. The target audience is primarily artists wishing to exhibit and sell their art work. Read More