Fall Professional Development Series

 

BOISE, ID- The Boise City Department of Arts & History and Idaho Commission on the Arts announce the Fall 2011 Professional Development Series for artists, performers, and organizations that hire them or present their work. All presentations are FREE and pre-registration is not required.

 

BE Creative / BE Practical
October 11 -12, 2011
Insurance Enigmas Explained
Presented by Emily Gray, Program Director of Insurance for the non-profit organization Fractured Atlas. (www.fracturedatlas.org).

 

Learn the basics of liability, workers comp, health, property equipment, and volunteer accident insurance for artists, performers, and the organizations and businesses that hire them. Find some answers to those ever elusive questions regarding who should have what kind of insurance and when -- and how to get it! Two separate sessions:

 

October 11: ORGANIZATIONS & BUSINESSES (that hire performers or present artists' work)
City Hall - Foothills Room
2:00pm-4:00pm

 

October 12: INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS & PERFORMERS
City Hall - Foothills Room
6:00pm-8:00pm

 

November 1, 2011
City Hall - Foothills Room
6:o0pm-8:00pm
Presented by Erika McGinnis, visual artist and accounting expert with the training and experience to provide practical advice for managing your fiscal affairs.

 

Learn about different bookkeeping systems (Quickbooks, Peachtree), setting up a business entity, reconciling financial statements, filing tax forms, and maintaining and securing your financial records. Hiring a bookkeeper? You're not off the hook. Consider strategies to ensure you track the critical information your bookkeeper needs.

 

November 15, 2011
City Hall - Foothills Room
6:o0pm-8:00pm
Presented by Anne Wescott, formerly a professional dancer and currently a strategic planning expert with Galena Consulting.

 

Many creative people possess an inherent curiosity that continually leads them to explore new ways to express their passions. Injury, relocation, health or aging issues, changing financial needs, and other life events can influence or accelerate this evolutionary process. Explore how you can "design your own reinvention" by identifying your transferable skills and learning strategies to strengthen others. Consider new career possibilities and ways to secure your next forum for self-expression.

 

About Us:
The Department of Arts and History was established by City Ordinance in March 2008 to enhance the Boise community by providing leadership, advocacy, education, services, and support for arts and history. The new Department emerged from the former Boise City Arts Commission, which was established by City Ordinance in 1978 as a nonprofit city agency to advise and assist the City Council in development, coordination, promotion and support of the arts.

Established in 1966, the Idaho Commission on the Arts is a state agency consisting of 10 dedicated staff and 13 volunteer commissioners appointed by the governor. The Commission stimulates and encourages the study and presentation of the arts.