Overview - The Individual Artist Award recognizes the business skills of a creative professional. Applicants will be judged on their commitment and growth within the entrepreneurial side of their arts-based careers. The intention of this award is to recognize the unique challenges of planning, marketing and sustaining arts-based enterprises. Three (3) finalists and one (1) top winner will be recognized.
Award - The top winner will receive $1,000, a choice of an avenue of free business support (website development, marketing, business advising, accounting, or additional option), a free year of COSE Arts Network membership, an article in the COSE Update and an original piece of commissioned artwork.
Application/Nomination Process - Applicants and nominees will be asked to fill out an online questionnaire for judging. The deadline for applications and nominations is Friday, March 4th 2011 at 5:00 PM.
Eligibility - Any individual (independent freelance artist, sole proprietor, business of one, or single person LLC) who has applied business practices and planning to their artistic career. Applicants must be devoted to professionally creating and presenting their artistic work. This includes, but is not limited to making visual artwork, music, performing, writing, choreographing and creating digital media.
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Applicants must be a legal resident of Northeast Ohio (Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain, Summit, Geauga, Ashtabula, Portage and Lake counties).
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Winners of ABI Awards in the past three years are not eligible.
Criteria - Applicants must have made an effort to incorporate sound business practices into their profession, and can fulfill the following:
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Applicants have at least started the process of business planning: examples include, but are not limited to setting career goals, creating a business plan, participating in strategy sessions with a mentor, taking business related courses
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The artistic work is at the stage where the public or clients can view it, buy it, hire the artist, attend a program, etc.
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Applicants can show some form of marketing material such as business cards, brochures, or web presence, and plans for future development of other marketing material
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