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This mornings progress. What y’all think? #art #follow4followback #politicalart #buyblack #blackart #blckprism #dopeart #dopeblackart #africa #africanart #dmart #swallowart #like4like #music #newart

[nyfacurrent]

NYFA and IBM Host Cultural Entrepreneurship Symposium

Event brought art, business, academic, and government leaders together to explore the critical intersection of arts and business.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) partnered with IBM to host Inform: A Symposium on Cultural Entrepreneurship, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at IBM Client Center in Manhattan. The invite-only symposium explored the critical intersection of arts and business, and featured talks, panels, and interactive sessions led by an esteemed lineup of art, business, academic, and government leaders. The day’s programming was shaped by significant input from the leadership of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Event participants converged to analyze how the arts and artists can reshape business’ ability to differentiate their products and better connect with the needs and tastes of consumers. They also examined the growing role of arts-based businesses and the impact of arts and culture on the broader economy. 

Speakers and panelists included:

Phil Gilbert, General Manager of Design, IBM

Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA

Judith K. Brodsky, Board Chair, NYFA

Jane Chu, Chair, NEA

Beth Comstock, former Vice Chair, GE

Sebastian Cwilich, Co-Founder, Artsy

Joe Gebbia, Co-Founder, Airbnb

Robert L. Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts

Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School

Marie Paule Roudil, Director, UNESCO

Christopher Rothko, Board Chair, Rothko Chapel

Dread Scott, Artist, NYFA Board Member, and NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow

Tom Scott, Co-Founder, The Nantucket Project

Rosanne Somerson, President, RISD

Michael Spalter, Board Chair, RISD

Maggie Williams, former Director, Harvard Institute of Politics, and Partner, Griffin Williams Critical Point Management

Martha Wilson, Founder, Franklin Furnace, and NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow

Andre Woolery, Co-Founder, BlckPrism (part of NYFA’s Arts Business Incubator)

Dustin Yellin, Founder, Pioneer Works

“There is an opportunity for cultural entrepreneurship right now, as the intersection of man, machine, and environment is as complex as it’s ever been,” said Phil Gilbert, General Manager of Design, IBM. “The question of how you understand and help humanity through science, through a mastery of your environment, requires great empathy and truly interdisciplinary collaboration,” he added. 

As part of the symposium, NYFA and IBM will publish a white paper on the relationship between artists and cultural creatives and business. It will focus on the practitioners of cultural entrepreneurship—accomplished and aspiring individuals and institutions—while seeking to identify the patterns, principles, and behaviors they share. Stay tuned to NYFA Current for key takeaways from Inform: A Symposium on Cultural Entrepreneurship and the resulting white paper.

NYFA’s Arts Business Incubator, a program that supports NYC start-ups with intensive training in the fundamentals of starting and running an arts-based business, was launched in 2015 to connect arts and business in significant and compelling ways. Since lauching, the program has worked with more than a dozen artists and organizations seeking to create sustainable models to support their work. 

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Image: courtesy of IBM, “Exploring the Impact and Potential for Arts in the Economy,” with Robert L. Lynch, Dread Scott, and Marie Paule Roudil

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#EzRepost @blckprism with @ezrepostapp #DiscoverwithBlckPrism #Repost @winstonwilliamsart (@get_repost) ・・・ Felt like #painting this nice young lady who liked most of my pictures and left a nice note. It's always more fun to draw people who have distinct features. 😁 #portraits #digitalpainting #art #drawing #coreldrawx7 #dopeblackart

[blackfamlove]

BlckPrism https://t.co/m5inFFfBvD Thanks for Following us on Twitter!

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[davemoneymadethebeat]

Here we go again! Child soldiers of central Africa. Sad and disgusting. This need to end asap! #letkidsplay #nomorewar #africa #artoninstgram #is #art #savethechildren #dopeblackart #swallowart #blckprism #kapernick

[nyfacurrent]

Arts Business Incubator Program Welcomes New Cohort

Program helps support promising arts business start-ups through education, mentorship, and funding.

NYFA is pleased to announce the selection of the newest cohort for its Arts Business Incubator (ABI) Program, which provides NYC start-ups with intensive training in the fundamentals of starting and running an arts-based business, customized mentorship, and direct funding. The 18-month program will kick off on January 17 with 10 days of intensive training on legal, financial, and marketing topics and strategic, goal-minded methods for growing a business. Throughout the rest of the program, cohort members will receive custom-tailored, formalized support from NYFA staff and their network of experts.

This year’s cohort of six arts businesses were chosen based on their potential for creating jobs for artists, energizing diverse communities, and bringing art into the larger economy in dynamic ways. ABI, which welcomed its first group of cohorts in 2015, is made possible by the generous support of the Scherman Foundation’s Katherine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund.

The new ABI cohort consists of the following six businesses:

BlckPrism: BlckPrism is an online destination that makes Black Art accessible to Millennial collectors through discovery, content, and e-Commerce.

CulturePass: CulturePass combines data science and the human touch of seasoned curators to personalize your monthly arts calendar. Subscribers receive handpicked tickets to arts and culture activities unique to their interests and delivered right to their door.  

The Flying Squid: The Flying Squid is a company that produces multicultural and customizable storybook apps that allow children of any gender or race from all over the world to personalize the hero of the story to their liking -- including recording their own narration.

Program: {PROGRAM} is a digital zine that explores the intersection of art and emerging technology. To this end, {PROGRAM} couples artists and coders to create interactive and immersive editions of their work for touchscreen, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

Pryor Hill Productions: Pryor Hill Productions is a New York-based production company specializing in ethnically diverse long and short form content for film, TV, and digital platforms. Specifically they leverage their film/tv industry relationships and experience to break new talent and champion filmmakers of color who tell stories that are uniquely personal and relevant to a global audience.

Study Center: Artist Caroline Woolard, who has shown work at the Museum of Modern Art and is known because of documentaries about her work on PBS program Art:21, is making a consortium for artists who offer exercises in listening to corporate clients in half-day retreats.

For additional information on the ABI program, please contact abi@nyfa.org.

Image: ABI Workshop, Photo Credit: Judy Cai

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BlckPrism https://t.co/m5inFFfBvD Thanks for Following us on Twitter!

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