Happy 10th anniversary SEA! The SEA conference is coming right up and if you have never attended you need to! Come learn more about how to turn your artistic passion into a living from other successful artists.
What The Conference Offers
In addition to keynote presentations, topic specific sessions by artists, panel discussions, faculty sessions, and workshops, come hang out with a lot of really fun, creative artists and entrepreneurs. I will be speaking and hanging out there too! Hope you will join the fun.
Here’s the list of speakers and topics that will be presented:
Visual Arts:
Robert Fishbone – Keynote & Social Media Panel
Jeanette Smith (Art Consultant) – Art Licensing
Robert Lee Fritz (3-D Artist) – Creating niches and corporate sales
John McDavitt (Commercial Artist) – Heroic Decision Making
Janet Bloch (Artist & Consultant) – Exhibiting Professionalism
Andie Burchett (Pencil Artist) – TBD
Jessica & John Page – Photography & New Business (Alum)
Ping Wu – Fashion Design (Alum)
Media Arts:
Kelley Baker (Filmmaker) – Guerilla Marketing & Self-Distribution
Julie Freestone (Sundance Institute) – TBD
Jeffrey Fisher (Fisher Creative Group) – Be a Mobile Media Mogul
Performing Arts:
Matt Hennessy (Musician and Recording Engineer) – Recording Industry
Greg Eichelberger (Musician) – Creating & Managing a Career
Lisa Canning (Musician & Entrepreneur) – New Economic Opportunities for Artists
Victoria Lyman (Dance Boutique)- Turning Your Artistic Passion into a Retail business
Vanessa E (Singer) – Multiple Income Streams
Matt Boresi – Mock Auditions & Closing Keynote
Literary Arts:
Jennifer McCord & Sheryl Stebbins – Publishing Today
McCord & Stebbins – Writing a book proposal
(A limited number will have the opportunity to have a book proposal reviewed.
Please see website for more details.)
Nuts & Bolts:
Elizabeth Russell (Russell Law)- Legal Issues
Tim Kelley (Columbia College) – Legal Issues for Performing Artists
Kay Osborne (Drury University) – Accounting for Artists
Panel Discussions:
Marketing
Social Media & Websites
Portfolios
Getting Started
Faculty Sessions:
2 Faculty Panels of Coleman Fellowes
Pam Mickelson (Morningside College ) – Brand Builder Matrix (for faculty & students)
Learn more about the speakers presentations:
Here is the schedule at a glance:
There is no time like RIGHT NOW to register! See you at SEA.
Can’t come to Lisle, Illinois? Here are a few other opportunities to get involved:
March 13th SEA OzArts : Coordinated by Drury University in Sprinfield, MO
March 26th & 27th SEA BizArts:Â Coordinated by Edmonds Community College in Washington
March 27th Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts Conference: From Survival to Success
Coordinated by The University of North Carolina Greensboro
TBD SEA South: Coordinated by The University of Tampa
