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Wednesday,
August
16
COSE Arts Network
Roundtable
Time: 4 - 6
p.m.
Location: Fuchs & Kasperik, Inc.
Studio, 2570 Superior Avenue, Suite
403
Cost: No fee; members only; registration
required
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Thursday,
August
24 Small Business Legislative
Agenda
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ritz-Carlton,
Cleveland Cost: No fee; members only;
registration required More
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Friday,
August
25 COSE Business Space "Coffee
Talks" Time: 8:30 - 10:30
a.m. Location: Corporate College
East Cost: No fee; registration not
required More
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Wednesday,
August
30 Health Insurance "Coffee
Talk" Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Location: Artefino Café, 1900 Superior
Avenue Cost: No fee; registration not
required
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Thursday,
September
21
Small Business Legislative
Agenda
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ritz-Carlton,
Cleveland Cost: No fee; members only;
registration required More Info--------------------------
October
12-13 COSE Small Business
Conference
Location: I-X
Center, Cleveland Cost: No fee for members;
registration required More
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What's in it for
you?
Are
you a member of the COSE Arts Network? I don't just mean
subscribed to this e-newsletter - have you actually
joined the network? The $225 cost to join - while
certainly significant - is a small investment compared
to the benefits of membership. So what do you actually
get? Here are a few things you're missing out on if you
haven't joined the network:
Admission
to the COSE Small Business Conference
At
first glance, you may wonder why an arts-based business
should attend this conference. But take a closer look at
the workshops- have you ever needed help finding
customers, marketing yourself or developing a Web site?
Are you interested in learning about the latest
technology, or could you use a one-on-one consultation
with an accountant, lawyer or business advisor? Or maybe
you'd like to hear a unique speaker - one of the
keynotes is a guitar virtuoso. Check out more details,
including information on the workshops, here.
Exhibit
Work at Business After Hours
This
year, COSE Arts Network members exhibited their work for
free at COSE's annual trade show, which draws 800
people.
Join
the Red Dot Project
Red
Dot's mission is to connect businesses with artists, and
they do so through their Web site, flat files, and
events and exhibits that highlight their members. Learn
more about the Red Dot Project.
Use
the COSE Business Space at Corporate
College
Come
out to either Corporate College East or West to use
small meeting space, computers, wireless access,
printers, copiers and faxes and work areas for no cost!
This is a great benefit, especially if you work from
home. Larger meeting space is available at a discounted
rate. Visit the Corporate
College Web site for more information.
Be
profiled in the COSE Update or the
Arts Network e-newsletter
Are
you interested in getting the word out about your
arts-based business? To send a postcard to 20,000 people
would cost thousands of dollars in postage alone.
However, the COSE Update, our monthly
member magazine, mails to that number of people and Arts
Network members can be featured in it for free! Members
have the option of being profiled in Update,
this e-newsletter and online at http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5d1c747d6600797615-fde217787c610d747511747c-feff1575756200.
To be considered for one of these profiles,
fill out the online
application.
You will also be automatically
included in the online COSE membership directory when
you join the network, and will be a part of other online
listing services that are currently in development.
Now
add all of these figures up
That
figure doesn't include the health insurance, energy and
other business savings, or the connections you can make
through networking. And we're just getting started! As
more needs are identified, more benefits will be
developed.
If
you'd like more information, please call 216-592-2472,
or fill out the online
information request form.
Sincerely,
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COSE Arts Network
Roundtable
Join
us for a small discussion group focusing on peer-to-peer
advice on your business issues. The event wil be held on
Wednesday, August 16 from 4 - 6 p.m. at Fuchs & Kasperik,
Inc. Studio, 2570 Superior Avenue, Suite 403, and is for
members only. Register here.
Health Insurance Coffee
Talk
This
"Coffee Talk" will give Arts Network members and prospects the
opportunity to ask questions to our health insurance experts.
Join us on Wednesday, August 30 from 4 - 6 p.m. at Artefino
Cafe´, 1900 Superior Avenue. Both members
and prospects are welcome. Free; no registration
required.
Copyright, Ownership and
Licensing: What Every Artist Should Know About the
Law
This
discussion will focus on understanding intellectual property
with attorney Rachel Lerner, a solo practitioner focusing on
intellectual property, licensing, technology, e-commerce and
Internet law. Join us on Thursday, September 21 from 4 - 6
p.m. at The Red Dot Project, 1900 Superior Avenue, Suite
125. Free; register here. | |
Patty
Flauto
Patty Flauto Art &
Design Phone:
440-356-9233 E-mail: patricia.flauto@sbcglobal.netBusiness
started: Although I have been an artist for
30-plus years, this year is the first that I have been
able to dedicate time and energy to creating my artwork.
I started this new venture in May 2006.
Member since: May
2006 Benefits of
membership:
As
a new member I can already see the many ways that I can
get to know other working artists and to see what is
happening in our area. About:
I was lucky enough to spend my entire career working
in a creative environment with world-class talent. To be
surrounded by art, color and design every day kept my
own creativity super-charged, even when I didn't have
time to do my own work. Read
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The Foundation
Center
Looking for information on
grants? Check out the Foundation Center's free class,
"Grant Seeking Basics for Individual Artists." The next
class is Wednesday, October 11 at the Akron Summit
County Public Library. More
info.
Art Deadlines
List
If you're need a one-stop shop for artists'
deadlines, check out Art Deadlines List. It's a
listing of upcoming artist opportunities across media,
looking for shows, residencies, educational offerings,
fellowships, grants, jobs and internships.
More info.
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Artists'
Opportunties and Networking Events
Be Included in 52 Weeks 52
Works
If
you are an artist living and working in Northeast Ohio
and you'd like your artwork to be included in 52 Weeks
52 Works, ACT NOW! In addition to your artwork being
included in the 2007 AGC desk calendar 52 weeks 52
works, all artists who are selected will also have the
opportunity to show their work at the 52 Weeks 52 Works
Artist Art Show at the Pop Shop Gallery. We have
extended the deadline for submission to September 1,
2006. Click
here to submit.
MARCH OF DIMES Annual Signature
Chefs Auction: 2006 Artists Needed
Please
be sure to check out this opportunity for some direct
exposure and recognition: Artists are needed to donate a
unique piece of artwork for the March of Dimes annual
Signature Chef's Auction. Artwork will be printed on
2,600 invites and 1,650 programs, news releases and ads
in Cleveland Magazine, Free Times and
Lake Business Journal. Artwork is due September
8, 2006. More
info.
Tuesdays@FUTURE
Tuesdays@FUTURE
draws an eclectic crowd interested in open source
networking as a model for innovation in Northeast Ohio.
This group engages in open dialogue on collaboration,
with a regional focus on the creative and technology
industries. Bring your comments and suggestions
to this open forum every Tuesday from 4:30 - 6:15 p.m.
at the FUTURE Center at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
For more information: http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5a1c747d6600797117-fde217787c610d747511747c-feff1575756200
COSE Legislative
Reception
Over
the past several months, COSE members diligently worked
and thoughtfully debated the issues identified at the
Small Business Issues Conference to create a Legislative
Agenda that outlines what small businesses most need to
be successful in the upcoming years.
Join us on Thursday,
August 24 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the downtown Ritz -
Carlton, as we unveil our legislative agenda during a
cocktail reception with state-wide office candidates,
COSE volunteers, members and staff. This event is free,
for COSE members only and registration is required:
cose.org/events.
The COSE Arts Network is made
possible through the support of the Community
Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC), Leveraging
Investments in Creativity (LINC), the Ford Foundation
and the Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation.
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