Sweet Home New Orleans Presents: Adam Natale of Fractured Atlas “The Artists’ Survival Guide”
What: Free workshop on grant opportunities, insurance, professional development for visual  artists, musicians, actors etc.
Date: May 21, 2012
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: Café Istanbul in the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave, New Orleans LA 70117
The Artist’s Survival Guide:
Thousands of independent artists and bands ... read more →

Topic: International Trade
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Ever thought about expanding your business into international markets? Are you already exporting and need additional assistance?
The Louisiana Business & Technology Center, St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation, Committee of 100, and the Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery Unit have joined forces to ... read more →

The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) is a federal act of congress which protects the rights of visual artists. Passed 20 years ago, VARA is often an opaque law whose protections are sometimes difficult to predict. Recently, the Arts Council presented a webinar on VARA with Ashlye Keaton, co-founder and supervising attorney of the ELLA Project,Running about 30 ... read more →

The internet, YouTube, Ebay, and Facebook are great ways for artists to share their artwork, but there is a downside also: increased piracy of your artwork.  Recently,  the Arts Council and attorney and  ELLA Project  pro bono volunteerJohn H. Norris  presented our latest webinar, Protecting your Art Online. The webinar lasts about 30 minutes and ... read more →