Lane Arts Council’s workshops presented by local leaders of the Latino/a/x/e community:
Lane Arts Council’s professional development program, Professional Practice, returns this summer with a series of workshops presented in Spanish. This year’s series focuses on event planning and coordination with topics applicable to current cultural producers and those who are interested in producing arts and culture events or programs for the community.
The series kicks off in July and will continue through August. Artists, cultural producers, or those interested in learning more about event coordination are highly encouraged to register for the full series, which is offered at no cost.
● Event Ideation
with Jessica Lagunas, IDEAL PDX
Explore the steps needed to envision an event and achieve it,
Workshop: Thursday, July 7th, 4 p.m.
● Sponsorship and Grant Writing
with Antonio Huerta, Comunidad y Herencia Cultural
Learn how to recruit sponsors and sustain sponsorships, as well as the key components of grant writing.
Workshop: Wednesday, July 27, 4 p.m.
● Event Coordination
with Jessica Zapata, Eugene Arte Latino
Get into the specifics of event planning from finding your venue to branding your event.
Workshop: Tuesday, August 16, 4 p.m.
The growth of Latinx communities in Lane County has highlighted a need for more diverse cultural programming. Lane Arts Council’s professional development program, Professional Practice, will address the need by investing in cultural producers through this series of workshops. In addition, three individual attendees of the series will be awarded a stipend and funding to create programming for this year’s Fiesta Cultural, the celebration of Latino/a/x/e art, culture, and heritage, as an Empresario de Fiesta .
For more information and to sign-up, visit http://lanearts.org/workshops/
About Professional Practice
Artists in Lane County have had few opportunities for professional development beyond developing their artistic practice. Financial planning, networking skills, and marketing help artists build new audiences and generate new income. Lane Arts Council has been providing professional development workshops for over ten years, leveraging local, regional, and national experts and consultants to support artists of all disciplines in their creative endeavors.
This iteration of Professional Practice is in collaboration with Lane Arts Council’s Fiesta Cultural program. By presenting workshops in Spanish we hope to support the development of artists and cultural producers from within the Latino/a/x/e community, especially those not served by previous workshops presented in English.
Professional Practice is presented by Lane Arts Council and sponsored by City of Eugene Cultural Services and Columbia Bank.
About Lane Arts Council
Lane Arts Council, founded in 1976, is a nonprofit organization with the mission to cultivate strong and creative arts communities in Lane County. Lane Arts Council supports local artists and arts organizations, provides arts education programs in schools, and coordinates the popular First Friday ArtWalk. www.lanearts.org
