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Legacy Planning | Panelist Nominations | Rosalind Daniels
 
BiB Alumni News for May 15, 2018
Information, opportunities, and resources 
for working artists

“Conversations With My Mother,”
Kathy Stark
Legacy Planning 
 
What will become of your artwork and other creative assets at the end of your career? Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville and CERF+ in Montpelier have extensive experience with artists who are considering these questions. And both organizations have made available how-to booklets that include checklists, brainstorming exercises, and worksheets to help artists think ahead.

 

The Artist’s Legacy Workbook by Mickey Meyers at Bryan Memorial Gallery covers areas from taking inventory and conserving work to considering where the work will be donated or exhibited after an artist’s death. Selecting and working with an artistic executor is a focus of this workbook.
 
Crafting Your Legacy, written by Mark Richard Leach and edited by Meg Ostrum at CERF+, is intended for mid- to late-career artists. It begins by defining what non-artistic assets are, provides eight case studies to illustrate how and why an artist should create a plan for these assets, and provides checklists for action steps.
 
The sooner you start, the easier legacy planning will be.

Artist Opportunity  
 

Do you have extensive experience in your medium? The ability to discuss the pros and cons of an art project with a group of your peers? A desire to help guide how the Vermont Arts Council grants are awarded? Careful and thoughtful consideration of applications is critical to the success of the Council’s programs.

The Council invites nominations and self-nominations for panelists to evaluate grant and teaching artist applications. By contributing time and expertise to this important process, panelists help serve the Vermont arts community.  

Submit a nomination.  

“Stripes” by Rosalind Daniels. 38″ x49″.
Rosalind Daniels grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Roz learned the needle arts as the daughter of a home economics teacher. Her first encounter with radiant tropical fabrics was in the South Pacific as a Peace Corps member. It was in Pakistan many years later that she was taught the basics of quilting – by a woman from Indiana.
 
Roz’s world travels and inner creativity have shaped the work that she now does in Vermont. As a photographer and fiber artist, Roz focuses on fabric and geometry. Her quilt “Stripes” received an honorable mention award at the “Orange is the New Black” exhibit at the Ashton Gallery at Art on 30th in San Diego and is included in “Modern Quilts: Design for the New Century,” published by the Modern Quilt Guild.
Join the BiB Alumni Network Facebook Group!
Stay in touch with your fellow alumni, share information, ask questions, and trumpet successes.
 

Questions about the BiB Alumni Network, Vermont Arts Council, or our programs and services for artists? Contact Sarah Mutrux.

 

Artist and Community Programs Manager
802.828.5425
The Vermont Arts Council is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which requires a 1:1 match from the Vermont State Legislature. Council grants, programs, and statewide arts promotion would not be possible without the critical funding provided by these government agencies.

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Breaking into Business | Vermont Arts Council| 802.828.3291 | [email protected] www.VermontArtsCouncil.org

Past Issues 2018

May 15, 2018  legacy planning | featured opportunity is Council panelist | featured artist is Rosalind Daniels

April 25, 2018  intern or employee? | featured opportunity is internship | featured artist is Stephen Proctor

March 27, 2018  greater access for performance with sound | featured artist is Gwendolyn Evans | featured opportunity is professional development via Agile Nonprofit

February 20, 2018  greater access for visual art | featured artist is Justin Lander | featured opportunities at Generator

January 25, 2018  tools for marketing plan | featured artist is Brendan Taaffe | featured opportunity is Northeast Region Professional Development Series

Past Issues 2017

December 15, 2017  best of 2017 | featured artist is Susan Larkin | featured opportunities are artist trainings

November 17, 2017  women making change with art | featured artist is Gowri Savoor | featured opportunity is TransCultural Exchange

October 18, 2017  Teaching Artist Academy and Teaching Artist Roster | featured artist is Elissa Campbell | featured opportunity is Teaching Artist Mixer

September 20, 2017  artist needs survey

August 23, 2017  Corrina Thurston publishes book | featured artist is Laura Hale | featured opportunity is residency at Studio Place Arts

July 26, 2017  funding sources beyond Vermont | featured artist is Justin Kenney | featured opportunity is involvement in national arts discussion

June 14, 2017  donating your artwork | featured artist is Dee Kalea | featured opportunity is fellowship at Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center

May 17, 2017  choosing professional development | featured artist is Carla Kimball | featured opportunity is call at Rochester Contemporary Art Center

April 19, 2017  resource organizations for artists | featured artist is John Demick | featured opportunity is RFQ for public art in South Burlington

March 22, 2017  advocating for the arts | featured artist is Sabrina Fadial | featured opportunity is SculptFest 2017

February 17, 2017  artist grants | grant seeker workshops | alumni gathering

January 25, 2017  new year, new grant opportunities | featured artist is Stephanie Gwen Kossmann | featured opportunity is call for submissions at Angora Gallery

Past Issues 2016

December 28, 2016  favorite stories from 2016 | survey on newsletter | how to be a featured artist | featured opportunity is Vermont Artists Week at Vermont Studio Center

December 14, 2016  encouraging artist friends | featured artist is Michael Arnowitt | featured opportunity is Governor’s Institutes Winter Weekend

November 30, 2016  asking for help | featured artist is Dan Snow | featured opportunity is public art installation via City of Burlington

November 16, 2016  steps to success | featured artist is Susan Shannon | featured opportunities are arts fairs at ONE Arts and The Art House

November 2, 2016  artist rights and similar work | featured artists are Jen Berger, Alison Bergman, Eliot Burg, Tabbatha Henry, Antionette Jacobson, Justin Kenney, Monique Monette, Lydia Kern, Rodrigo Nava, Tuyen Nguyen, Sean Williams, and Dana Wigdor | featured opportunity is Vermont Performance Lab’s SEED program

October 19, 2016  accounting best practices | featured artist is Elissa Campbell | take NEFA’s Creative Workers Survey

October 5, 2016  crowdfunding success stories | featured artist is Lisa Kippen | featured opportunity is Breaking Into Business: Winning Public Art Commissions workshop

September 22, 2016  you as arts advocate | featured artist is Rosalind Daniels | featured opportunity is craft display purchase

September 7, 2016  workshop on public art | featured artist is Stephanie Gwen Kossman | featured opportunity is 6th Annual Armstrong National 2-D Exhibition

August 24, 2016  dos and don’ts of selling on Facebook | featured artist is Gillian McGarvey | featured opportunity is auditions for “A Christmas Carol”

August 10, 2016  to copyright or not? | featured artist is Jason Boyd | featured opportunity is call for interactive digital art installations at Tech Jam job fair

July 27, 2016  becoming an artist responder, workshop | featured artist is Kathy Fiske | featured opportunity is call for 47th Littleton Art Festival

July 13, 2016  immersion via artist residency | featured artist is Julia Shipley | featured opportunity is call to 30th annual “Materials: Hard + Soft”

June 29, 2016  paths to mastery | featured artist is Althea Bilodeau | featured opportunity is finding work spaces

June 15, 2016  grant writing know-how | Artist Development Grants to open | featured artist is Terry Carter | featured opportunity is invititation to Great Vermont Plein Air Paint Out

June 1, 2016  project management | featured artist is Dana Walrath | featured opportunity is webinar, “Winning Websites”

May 18, 2016  Fractured Atlas, an online arts service organization | featured artist is De Christie | featured opportunity is call for show at Studio Place Arts in Barre

May 4, 2016  a few business tips from masters | alumni quarterly meeting announced | featured artist is Kristen Watson | featured opportunity is call for submissions for UNBOUND at Artistree

April 20, 2016  crowdfunding ideas | featured artist is Jeanne Thurston | featured opportunity is grant from BCA

April 6, 2016  artist critique group forming | featured artist is Finnie Trimpi | featured opportunity is “Writing About Your Work” workshop

March 23, 2016  building an online store | featured artist is Mylissa Davis | featured opportunity is studio assistant at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park

March 9, 2016  more about Creation Grants | marketing on the cheap workshop | featured artist is Susan Larkin | featured opportunity is call by Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, MO

February 24, 2016  liability and workers comp | featured artist is Jonathan Hart | featured opportunity is call for Langdon Street Alive in Montpelier

February 10, 2016  finding a business consultant | Artist Development Grants available | featured artist is Corrina Thurston | featured opportunity is call for entries by Mills Pond Gallery in St. James, NY

January 27, 2016  purpose of alumni network | featured artist is Su Shannon | featured opportunity is Vermont Week at Vermont Studio Center

January 13, 2016  join the Breaking Into Business network | alumni network meeting | new Breaking Into Business workshop announced | featured artist is Hannah Morris | featured opportunity is call from Monotype Guild of New England

Other Newsletters

Advocacy Updates  Sometimes an update, sometimes a call to action. Always information about the Council’s position during the legislative session.

ArtMail  Published bi-weekly and full of news from the Vermont art scene.

Notes From Outside the Box  Keeping our sector informed about the progress and shaping of the Vermont Creative Network.

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