Artist Entrepreneur Incubator: Best Foot Forward

Calling all SC (aspiring) dancers! Ever wonder how to monetize your craft? Is the thought of entrepreneurship intimidating? We can tell you how to make a living with YOUR ART!

The Artist Entrepreneur Incubator (AEI) is a virtual series collaboration between the South Carolina Arts Commission and One Columbia for Arts & Culture. AEI is available to artists across disciplines who live and work throughout South Carolina. The series of monthly, discipline-based interactive workshops are specifically designed for artists interested in transitioning their craft into a business. Workshops are led by artists of all disciplines, arts consultants, and educators. Workshops include information on business basics, licensing, marketing, contracts, and identifying resources for support and sustainability.

Best Foot Forward

Wideman Davis Dance Co-Directors Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis will lead a conversation on the Ecosystem of the Dance Industry in a Pandemic World. The dialogue will center on what it means to be dance artists working in the southeast region of the U.S., resources and organizations you should know about, and a discussion on the dynamics between agents, presenters, and artists.

Workshop Outline

• Being a dancer in the Southeast U.S.
• Resources and organizations you should know
• Managing Expectations
• Dynamics between dancers
  • and agents
  • and presenters
  • and artists

Presenters
Tanya Wideman-Davis is co-artistic director of Wideman/Davis Dance and is currently also an associate professor at the University of South Carolina.

Wideman Davis Dance Co-Director Thaddeus Davis is on faculty as an associate professor at The University of South Carolina.

Virtual format: Tuesday, February 8, 6-7:30 p.m.
$10 registration fee (see Registration Fee exceptions below)
To find out more about event organizers, presenters, additional sessions, and register, click HERE.