Arts Admin Essentials

Overview

South Arts empowers artists and arts administrators by expanding access to professional development opportunities. The free Arts Admin Essentials Webinar series offers timely, topic-driven learning sessions that respond to the evolving needs of the field, providing practical tools, insights, and industry best practices. Missed webinars are available as recordings on the YouTube channel.

Webinar Topics

• Contract Smarter. Tour Stronger. Keep More of What You Earn - Part 2: Real-world business training for working/touring artists, covering contracting gigs, tour budgeting, and planning strategies to maximize net income.
• Putting It Together - Putting It Into Action: Learn readiness planning, mutual aid networks, and how to create a customized plan for your career.
• Guided Tour of Readiness, Response, and Recovery Resources: Navigate resources for artists and arts organizations, including financial assistance, networks, and guides for emergency management.
• The Blueprint for a Highly-Engaged Board: Understanding defined roles, clarity of work, and board engagement best practices.

Who This Is For

• Independent artists, bandleaders, musical directors, and sidemen
• Artists regularly performing paid gigs (clubs, festivals, corporate events, PACs, churches, colleges)
• Artists touring regionally/nationally at least part of the year
• Artists often operating without a full-time manager or agent
• Recent graduates and advanced students
• Artists with first tours, first contracts, or first bandleading experiences

Cost

Free.