Business Skills for Creative Souls

Please note: In order to attend this workshop, you must register using this link. RSVPing through Meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Prêt·e à faire décoller ta carrière artistique?

Tu veux vivre de ton art, mais tu ne sais pas par où commencer? Jump Start Your Art est un atelier gratuit qui te donnera les bases pour développer ta carrière artistique.

Veuillez noter que cet atelier sera présenté en anglais.

Au programme :
Introduction au milieu des arts
Marketing et promotion
Réseautage professionnel
Subventions et financement
Consultation gratuite de 15 minutes avec un·e coach artistique de YES

L’atelier est offert en webinaire en direct.
Cet atelier est offert uniquement en anglais.

Ready to Take Your Artistic Career to the Next Level?

Want to make a living from your art but not sure where to start? Jump Start Your Art is for you!

Please note: This workshop will be presented in English.

This free workshop will help you turn your creative passion into a sustainable career or business. It's the perfect opportunity to discover the tools, resources, and strategies you need to build a successful artistic practice.

What You'll Learn at Jump Start Your Art

Industry Overview
Gain insight into the arts sector, including its challenges, realities, and growth opportunities.

Marketing and Promotion
Learn how to promote your work effectively, grow your audience, and increase your visibility.

Building Professional Relationships
Discover how to develop meaningful connections with galleries, clients, and collaborators.

Funding and Grants
Receive practical guidance on navigating funding opportunities and preparing strong grant applications.

Personalized Artist Coaching
Following the workshop, you'll have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a YES Artist Coach for a free 15-minute consultation. Together, you'll identify the services and resources best suited to your goals. Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow your practice, this coaching session will help you move forward with confidence.

New to YES? Use this session to learn more about the services available to you.

Already a client? Take advantage of the time to discuss a specific challenge related to your artistic practice or business.

Interested in artist coaching through YES? This workshop is the ideal first step, and we highly recommend attending before booking coaching services.

Pre-registration is required. Available in English and as an online, live-streaming webinar.

In order to attend this workshop, you must register using this link. RSVPing through Meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Please Note: This workshop is available as an online, live-streaming webinar. Individuals wishing to obtain entrepreneurship services are encouraged to first attend this free workshop.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log on a few hours prior to the start time of the workshop.

Pour participer à cet atelier, vous devez vous inscrire à l’avance en utilisant ce lien.
Confirmer votre présence sur Meetup ne vous donnera pas accès à cet atelier.

Vous avez du mal à trouver les bons mots pour parler de votre travail?
Votre bio, votre démarche d'artiste et votre CV sont essentiels pour les demandes de subvention, les expositions, les résidences et bien plus encore.

Cet atelier pratique vous aidera à mieux comprendre le rôle de chacun de ces documents et à développer des stratégies pour présenter votre pratique avec plus de clarté, de confiance et d'authenticité.

✅ Clarifiez votre démarche artistique
✅ Rédigez avec plus de précision et d'impact
✅ Évitez les formulations vagues ou génériques
✅ Créez des documents professionnels plus efficaces
Aucune expérience préalable n'est requise.
🎤
Animé par Caroline Gauthier, conseillère d'affaires en arts chez YES
📍 Format hybride : en personne ou en ligne
🗣️ Atelier présenté en anglais

Bonus : Les participants en personne sont invités à arriver à 18 h pour une activité préatelier de réseautage et de réflexion.

L'inscription est obligatoire. Cet atelier sera offert en anglais et diffusé en direct en ligne sous forme de webinaire.

Pour participer à cet atelier, vous devez vous inscrire à l’avance en utilisant ce lien.

Confirmer votre présence sur Meetup ne vous donnera pas accès à cet atelier.

*Ce faible coût d’inscription est rendu possible grâce au soutien généreux de nos bailleurs de fonds et partenaires.*

In order to attend this workshop, you must pre-register using this link.

RSVPing on meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Struggling to find the right words to describe your artistic practice?

Whether you're applying for grants, exhibitions, residencies, festivals, or updating your website, your artist bio, statement, and CV are often the first introduction others have to your work. Yet many artists struggle to know where to begin, what information to include, and how to describe their practice in a way that feels authentic, clear, and professional.

Join us for this practical and interactive workshop and learn how to turn these documents into powerful tools that support your artistic and professional growth.

Through examples, guided discussions, practical exercises, and feedback, you'll learn how to:

✅ Clarify the ideas, themes, and experiences that shape your practice
✅ Understand the distinct role of the artist bio, statement, and CV
✅ Write with greater clarity, confidence, and specificity
✅ Avoid clichés and overly generic language
✅ Create stronger professional materials for grants, exhibitions, residencies, and other opportunities

You'll leave with practical tools and a framework you can continue using as your artistic practice evolves.

Who should attend?
This workshop is ideal for:
• Emerging artists from all disciplines
• Artists preparing applications for grants, exhibitions, or residencies
• Creatives developing professional materials for the first time
• Artists looking to update documents that no longer reflect their current practice
No prior experience is required.

Bonus for In-Person Participants
Arrive at 6:00 PM for a fun and engaging pre-workshop activity designed to help participants connect, reflect on their artistic practice, and prepare for the session.

🎤 Facilitated by Caroline Gauthier, YES Artist Business Coach
📍 Hybrid format: attend in person or online via live webinar
🗣️ Presented in English

Pre-registration is required.
This low registration fee is only possible thanks to the generous support of our funders and partners.

In order to attend this workshop, you must pre-register using this link.

RSVPing on meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Once you register for the online workshop, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log in. If you haven’t received the email an hour before the workshop starts, please check your Spam/Junk folder.

*This low registration fee is only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.

Please note: In order to attend this workshop, you must register using this link. RSVPing through Meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Prêt·e à faire décoller ta carrière artistique?

Tu veux vivre de ton art, mais tu ne sais pas par où commencer? Jump Start Your Art est un atelier gratuit qui te donnera les bases pour développer ta carrière artistique.

Veuillez noter que cet atelier sera présenté en anglais.

Au programme :
Introduction au milieu des arts
Marketing et promotion
Réseautage professionnel
Subventions et financement
Consultation gratuite de 15 minutes avec un·e coach artistique de YES

L’atelier est offert en webinaire en direct.
Cet atelier est offert uniquement en anglais.

Ready to Take Your Artistic Career to the Next Level?

Want to make a living from your art but not sure where to start? Jump Start Your Art is for you!

Please note: This workshop will be presented in English.

This free workshop will help you turn your creative passion into a sustainable career or business. It's the perfect opportunity to discover the tools, resources, and strategies you need to build a successful artistic practice.

What You'll Learn at Jump Start Your Art

Industry Overview
Gain insight into the arts sector, including its challenges, realities, and growth opportunities.

Marketing and Promotion
Learn how to promote your work effectively, grow your audience, and increase your visibility.

Building Professional Relationships
Discover how to develop meaningful connections with galleries, clients, and collaborators.

Funding and Grants
Receive practical guidance on navigating funding opportunities and preparing strong grant applications.

Personalized Artist Coaching
Following the workshop, you'll have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a YES Artist Coach for a free 15-minute consultation. Together, you'll identify the services and resources best suited to your goals. Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow your practice, this coaching session will help you move forward with confidence.

New to YES? Use this session to learn more about the services available to you.

Already a client? Take advantage of the time to discuss a specific challenge related to your artistic practice or business.

Interested in artist coaching through YES? This workshop is the ideal first step, and we highly recommend attending before booking coaching services.

Pre-registration is required. Available in English and as an online, live-streaming webinar.

In order to attend this workshop, you must register using this link. RSVPing through Meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Please Note: This workshop is available as an online, live-streaming webinar. Individuals wishing to obtain entrepreneurship services are encouraged to first attend this free workshop.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log on a few hours prior to the start time of the workshop.

Pour participer à cet atelier, vous devez vous inscrire à l’avance en utilisant ce lien.
Confirmer votre présence sur Meetup ne vous donnera pas accès à cet atelier.

Êtes-vous un·e artiste qui souhaite structurer son entreprise créative, mais ne sait pas par où commencer?

Cet atelier est conçu pour vous aider à comprendre les différences entre l’immatriculation d’entreprise, l’incorporation et les numéros de taxes, ainsi que leurs implications juridiques et comptables.

Joignez-vous à nous pour mieux comprendre ces concepts. Vous découvrirez les démarches à suivre pour chacun, les taux de taxation et vos obligations fiscales afin de rester conforme. Vous obtiendrez également des repères clairs sur ce qui est obligatoire, ce qui est facultatif, et le bon moment pour passer à chaque étape.

Préparez-vous à structurer votre entreprise artistique avec une compréhension claire des étapes et exigences essentielles.
Structurer votre entreprise n’a pas à être compliqué. Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui et commencez à bâtir une base professionnelle pour votre carrière créative.

Conférencière : Fei Huang & Sahib Kaur Dhaliwal
| Agentes d’information juridique

Une inscription préalable est requise. Cet atelier est offert en ligne, en anglais et sous forme de webinaire en direct.

Pour participer à cet atelier, vous devez vous inscrire à l’avance en utilisant ce lien.

Confirmer votre présence sur Meetup ne vous donnera pas accès à cet atelier.

Une fois inscrit·e, vous recevrez un courriel contenant les instructions pour vous connecter. Si vous n’avez pas reçu ce courriel une heure avant le début de l’atelier, veuillez vérifier votre dossier de courriers indésirables.
*Ce faible coût d’inscription est rendu possible grâce au soutien généreux de nos bailleurs de fonds et partenaires.*

In order to attend this workshop, you must pre-register using this link.

RSVPing on meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Are you an artist looking to formalize your creative business but unsure where to start?

This workshop is designed to help you navigate the distinctions between business registration, incorporation and tax numbers along with their legal and accounting implications.

Join us to understand the differences between business registration, incorporation, and tax numbers. Learn the processes involved for each. Gain insights into tax rates and your tax obligations to help you stay compliant. And get clarity on what is mandatory, what is optional, and the right timing for each step.

Prepare to formalize your art business with a clear understanding of the essential steps and requirements.

Formalizing your art business doesn’t have to be daunting. Register today and start building a professional foundation for your creative career.

Speaker: Fei Huang & Sahib Kaur Dhaliwal
| Legal Information Officer

Pre-registration is required. Available as online streaming webinar.

In order to attend this workshop, you must pre-register using this link.

RSVPing on meetup will not grant you access to this workshop.

Once you register for the online workshop, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log in. If you haven’t received the email an hour before the workshop starts, please check your Spam/Junk folder.

*This low registration fee is only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.