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WHO: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, American Express, and SeedCo Present “Money, Management, and Marketing: Building Entrepreneurship in Downtown’s Creative Sector”

WHAT:“Money, Management, and Marketing” is an opportunity for art groups to receive career and money management advice from experts in the creative sector. The seminar will be a chance for small design studios, performance artist groups, and galleries to gain the business acumen to match their artistic talents. FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

Seminar Includes:
•Plenary: Generating Revenue Through Arts-Related Business Activity
•Securing Resources
•Creative Marketing Solutions for Small Organizations
•Supporting Employee Recruitment, Retention, and Training
•Confronting Space Needs

WHEN: Thursday, February 3, 2005; 8:30 AM—5:30 PM.

WHERE:National Institute of the American Indian at 1 Bowling Green in Downtown New York

WHY:“Money, Management, and Marketing” is part of LMCC’s initiative to rebuild Lower Manhattan through assisting artists groups in developing their business acumen. Nearly 70\% of those who reported income loss as a result of the 9-11 tragedy worked in the city’s entertainment and arts sector, according to a survey conducted by the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Tom Healy, President to the LMCC, encourages New York to develop this creative economy that is crucial to the downtown area’s rebirth after September 11th. Having received the last of the September 11th Fund Grants of $5 Million, LMCC has set up an artist residency program, organized educational workshops, and presented ongoing exhibitions such as “Harlem is…downtown”, which has helped rebuild arts and music to the downtown area.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council is an essential part of Downtown’s cultural landscape and principal player in its redevelopment - as it has been since 1973. With cultural planning, art services, funding opportunities and free events in the performing, visual and new media arts, LMCC is a leader in enriching New York City’s creative capital. Following the loss of their office, studio and programming venues at the World Trade Center, LMCC has re-emerged as a new and improved cultural force.

NOTIBLE SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Michael Hickey, Director & Chief Admin Officer, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; Renee Epps, Executive Vice President, Lower Eastside Tenement Museum; Michael Dorf, Knitting Factory Founder and new Downtown Art Exchange; Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President, Fashion Institute of Technology; Robert Holman, Executive Director, Bowery Poetry Club; Bill Aguado, Executive Director, Bronx Council on the Arts;; Shirley Jaffee, Vice President for Economic Development, Downtown Alliance; and Kevin Cunningham, Executive Director, 3-Legged Dog.