Register now for Startup Studio’s FREE, day-long business bootcamp for visual artists at the Graduate Hotel in Charlottesville from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 22nd:

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- Accounting, legal, and PR experts will help you refine your business skills and increase the marketability of your works. View the schedule: https://startupstudiova.squarespace.com.

- Artists at all stages of their careers will benefit from attending.

- There will be tons of free food and lots of opportunities for networking with kindred spirits!

- Option for virtual attendance available. Those who are able to attend in person will receive a participant gift and a copy of Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber’s updated Art/Work.

-  Thanks to the Jefferson Trust and the Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business for their generous support of this initiative.

- Contact Debbie White (WhiteD@darden.virginia.edu) with questions.

Save the Date! StARTup Studio: A Business Bootcamp for Visual Artists will offer a full-day, interactive program aimed at strengthening the business acumen of artists while helping them to increase the visibility and market for their work. In-depth, hands-on sessions will address the numerous practical (and philosophical) issues related to the marketability and sustainability of a full- or part-time career in the arts.

This project has been generously funded by The Jefferson Trust and is sponsored by The Batten Institute.