Please join us for a day of creativity and innovation.
All ages welcome.
March 15, 2017
11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Symposium will take place in two locations
Flint Institute of Music
1025 E Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch and opening remarks
Art keynote speaker, local artist Bill Stolpin (atrium)
1:00-1:45 p.m. Breakout Session 1
- Grants, Crowdfunding, and Financing – How to Fund your work and business
- Spreading the Word – How Social Media & Marketing Strategies build your brand and help you sell
2:00-2:45 p.m. Breakout Session 2
- You can be an artist in Michigan – Panel with Local Artists & Musicians
- Protecting your creativity: Legal Requirements for starting a business, and protecting creative works (copyright, licensing)
3:00-4:00 p.m. Performing Arts keynote speaker, Aaron Dworkin; Dean of School of Music, Theatre, and Dance; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
4:00 p.m. Walk across Kearsley Street to the Flint Institute of Arts
Flint Institute of Arts
1120 E Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503
4:15-5:30 p.m. Social Impact Challenge finals
6:00 p.m. Winner(s) of the Social Impact Challenge announced
6:15-8:00 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres reception in lobby of the Flint Institute of Arts
We will be hosting a forum to give our community an opportunity to meet the candidates for Flint City Council representing the 6th Ward.
