Tomorrow, Springboard for the Arts hosts its second Flourish! Resource Fair. This half-day event is designed as a resource forum, clinic, and networking event for artists and creative entrepreneurs. Programming includes informational sessions about artist organization resources, healthcare, funding, tax preparation, and artists’ services. Staff representatives from 26 organizations will be available for one-on-one consultations :
- AIGA Minnesota
- American Composers Forum
- Artspace Projects
- COMPAS
- Dramatists’ Guild
- Everspring Health
- Forecast Public Art
- Fox Tax
- Gallas Tax & Accounting
- Golden Sun Chiropractic
- Hennepin County Child & Teen Check Up Program
- Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Minnesota State Arts Board
- mnartists.org
- NAMI Minnesota
- NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center
- Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA)
- People’s Center Health Services
- Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
- Pollen
- Prepare + Prosper
- Ramsey County Child and Teen Checkups
- Springboard for the Arts
- The Playwrights’ Center
- UCare
- United Family Medicine
The day’s programming includes 4 free workshops:
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Health Insurance primer
- 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM: Crowdfunding panel
- 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Health Insurance primer
- 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Artists in Education panel
On the medical side, the clinic includes all-day access to free blood glucose (diabetes), blood pressure, and chiropractic health screenings.
Free, but with advance registration requested. The Flourish! Resource Fair takes place on Saturday, January 23 between 11 AM and 3 PM at the Grain Belt Bottling House, 79 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN. Springboard for the Arts’ Artists’ Access to Healthcare (AAH) program is made possible through the generous support of UCare.
- PREVIEW: Flourish! Resource Fair – for Artists and Creative Entrepreneurs - January 22, 2016
- PREVIEW: Reflection: Made Here - November 25, 2015