Understanding how to manage yourself and your business as a practicing artist is key to long term success. Learn how to think like an entrepreneur. Join MassArt Faculty and e-commerce entrepreneur, Sara Hartmann, she will offer you a peek into the business related classes and opportunities including:

3 Credit Classes: The Creative Economy Business Incubator; Financial Literacy & Careers; Intro to Entrepreneurship; Art, Life & Money; Strategy for Creative Business; MassMaker Studio; Marketing Management and Design for Consumers. Learn more about the Student Market, microgrants and business webinars.

About our Speaker:

Sara Hartmann is an educator and arts entrepreneurship change agent. As faculty at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she founded the Creative Economy Business Incubator, a scale-agnostic program designed to support the unique needs of art, design, and cultural ventures. Sara also produces MassArt’s Creative Economy Workshop Series in partnership with the City of Boston. This popular series offers free business skills training and professional development for artists and designers. She has taught business and design at UMass Dartmouth, Simmons University, Mount Ida College and Lasell College. Prior to academia, Sara worked both as a costume designer for theater and opera, and as a digital marketer for apparel and consumer product start-ups. Her experience moving between the cultural and innovation economies has inspired her work addressing the resource gaps faced by would-be founders in creative industries.

This presentation is co-sponsored by Academic Affairs and Career Development.

Questions? Contact Sara at sjhartman@massart.edu