Arts kids: Scared about getting a job after school?

by devanmarie

Scared about getting a job after school?

Ch-ch-check this out.

For all you arts business kids – whether it’s music, performance art, visual art, literary art, or media art, this is a must-be-at event.

 

The SEA Conference [Self-Employment in the Arts], is held all over the U.S. hitting up Washington, Cali, Florida, Missouri, Minnesota, and Illinois.

They hold a conference every year around February in Lisle, IL.  The conference is over two days with panels, performances, speakers, workshops, etc.  It’s designed to cater to multiple arts and businesspersons and put together by the Coleman Foundation, Columbia College, North Central College, and a few other sponsors.  It’s designed for college kids studying to enter the arts industries.

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My faculty advisor does a lot of work for the conference, and has been quite animate about getting me to go this year.  My marketing teacher also raved about it, too.  I looked in to the conference a bit more and asked some other people about and I did get some mixed reviews.  I guess it can be dry at times, but has overall been found beneficial.  Hey, it’s worth a shot.

But that’s up for you to decide.  Check out the program here before you register to see if it’s up your alley: http://www.seasource.org/speakers.php

Here’s some highlights I found:

Music Business kids:

MATTHEW HENNESSY: Surviving in the NEW Music Business (PA)

Media Arts kids:

KELLEY BAKER:  Guerilla Marketing & Self Distribution (MA)

Need legal advice?

JEANETTE SMITH:  Licensing Your Art (VA)

TIM KELLEY:  Legal “Stuff” All Performing Artists Should Know

Business kids:

JOE ROBERTS:  BUSINESS PLAN

They have a couple promo videos up, and they’re so, so corny – fair warning.  But the conference has been around for a long while, and legit.

Registration for the event is between $40-60 for students:

http://www.seasource.org/register.php

If you have any further questions, just holler.

devanmarie

dmarieperine@gmail.com

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  1. I went in 2007–It was… ok. Ended up meeting a lot of Columiba kids there, exchanged a lot of business cards, but it turns out a lot of them were exactly like me–struggling to get off the ground and looking for connections to help them–only 99% of the connections made were with people who needed help themselves and didn’t do a lot themselves, nor could help me out.

    Some of the forums are interesting and offers the same kind of insight found in the classroom from your industry-professional professors. But a new perspective never hurt. Is it in Lisle this year? It’s a pain in the ass to get to. Somehow, I got the E-center paid for my trip.

    There were a few speakers I ended up buying drinks for, picking their brains, and staying in touch for a while, which was useful when I opened a recording studio and needed some mastering done.

    But a lot of the younger connections I made couldn’t help me out, simply because they still weren’t sure what they were doing.

    At the end of the night, I had participated in a decent jam session with fellow musicians, and walked away with a pair of sweet aviators from a good-natured inebriated friend.
    Me: Those shades are sweet. I think I need them. Don’t they look awesome on me?
    HIM: Yeah, but I kind of like them.
    ME: Yeah, but I look better in them. I think I should keep them.
    HIS BROTHER: He’s right dude. He needs to keep them. You have to give them to him.
    HIM: Really? Well… Alright then.

    Go, if nothing, it’s a night in a hotel. Invite a friend (or more…)

    #1 Rick

  2. Hah, that’s great. Thanks for all the insight! I’m actually going to be putting together the jam session with my colleague for this conference. Good to know that it wasn’t too lame last year.

    And yes – it’s in Lisle!

    #2 devanmarie

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