We welcome your input on session topics and content each year. Please email the organizing committee with your suggestions at createvirginia@gmail.com.
In 2017 and 2018, focused locally in Lynchburg, Virginia, featuring a full day of panels and plenary sessions.
Past topics have included:
- Creative Placemaking in Rural America: The Story of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp
- Time Management and Personal Organization for Artists
- Facebook 101 – Tips & Tricks for Marketing with Facebook and Instagram
- Etsy and Beyond: Keywords, Pricing, and Virtual Markets
- How the Arts Help Tackle Community Issues, with the National Endowment for the Arts
- Healthcare for Artists
- Grantwriting for Individual Artists
- Identify Your Resources: How to utilize both conventional and unconventional resources for organizational growth
- Beyond Facebook: Selling on Digital Media that Targets Your Audience
- Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Creativity
- Gallery Strategies: Best Practices for Working with Owners and Co-ops
- Launching Food: Taking Home Produced Foods to the Next Step
- Promotion and Branding in Music and Performance
- Legal Structure and Finance: The Creative LLC
- Art Festivals: Navigate/Maximize
- Creating Community: Working with local Government and Other Partners