Thursday, February 26, 2009

APPLY NOW! Arts Business and Innovation Awards

The COSE Arts Business and Innovation Awards recognize the unique point of intersection between the art and business worlds. Applicants and nominees can include an artist, artists’ group or arts-based business achieving success by demonstrating sound business practices or a small business (non arts-based) that invests time and resources into creative partnerships benefiting the arts.

Three (3) finalists will be chosen for each of the following categories, with one (1) winner in each category.

The Individual Artist: an artist, or arts-based business of one, that has achieved career success using sound business practices and planning.

The Arts Business: an arts-based small business of two or more employees that has achieved career success using sound business practices and planning.

Young Arts Entrepreneur: a creative professional (recent arts program graduate, or early stage entrepreneur) that has taken steps toward establishing an arts business by creating an executive summary highlighting their mission statement, goals and objectives.

Arts and Culture Community Champion: a small business (non arts-based) that has invested time and resources into creative partnerships with the arts, for the benefit of both the art entities and their own company.

Both self applications and nominations are accepted. The COSE Arts Business and Innovation Awards will take place on Thursday, April 23rd and all nominations and applications are due by Monday, March 2nd. For complete details and to access nomination and application forms, click here.

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