Events for February 2021

An overview of the Adobe Premiere Rush app and the basics of how to use it to capture professional-looking videos and edit them on your smartphone.

An introductory lesson on "artivism" and examples of how the arts impact society and effect change beyond "raising awareness."

This webinar will provide an overview of filing Schedule C, used on tax form 1040 to report profit or loss from business you operated or profession you practiced as sole proprietor. It will be particularly useful to self-employed arts workers, independently contracted artists and performers, and single-member LLCs who plan to itemize and deduct business-related expenses on their 2020 1040 tax return.

An overview of the Cap Cut app and the basics of how to use it to edit and create photos on your smartphone.

A hands-on workshop with creative exercises and writing prompts for generating ideas, goals, and tactics for your artivism project.

An interactive peer discussion session to "pitch" your project and receive constructive feedback from your instructor and community of artists.

An interactive peer discussion session to "pitch" your project and receive constructive feedback from your instructor and community of artists.

This webinar will provide useful information about how credit cards work and best practices to effectively manage them. Learn important credit card terms, the importance of comparing cards, how to read a credit card statement, and how to keep credit card costs down & avoid damages to your credit.

In this peer learning and exchange, we’ll discuss examples of theater, spoken word, and music “succeeding” and “surviving” virtually. We'll also brainstorm solutions to overcome perceived limitations of transitioning live performing arts to the internet.

An introductory lesson on what makes an effective promotional video, with examples and analysis of successful videos and scripts.

A hands-on workshop with creative exercises and writing prompts to draft ideas for the script for your promotional video.

An overview of the VN Video Editor app and the basics of how to use it to capture professional-looking videos and edit them on your smartphone.

An interactive opportunity to share ideas for your script and receive constructive feedback from your instructor and community of artists.

An interactive opportunity to share ideas for your script and receive constructive feedback from your instructor and community of artists.

An overview of PIXLR mobile photo editing app.

An introductory lesson on building an effective social media campaign and developing the "big ideas" to form the general shape of your campaign.

Refresher course and side-by-side comparison on the pros and cons of the Adobe Lightroom and Snapseed photo editing apps.

A hands-on workshop to help you set goals and deadlines for important tasks in your social media campaign.