What Now

We are currently planning the next program. Check back for more info and dates.
2019 Schedule

What Now consists of 4 sessions:
Session 1: Wednesday, June 19, 6-8pm
Session 2: Wednesday, July 10, 6-8p
Session 3: Wednesday, July 24, 6-8pm
Session 4: Wednesday, August 7, 6-8pm

Session 1 - Welcome Dinner

Meet the cohort and enjoy a creative dinner by artist and chef Lexa Walsh.

Session 2 - Conquering Your Complex Life: Guerilla Self Care

How do you prioritize self-care? Create a self-care practice to balance demands, minimize stress and increase effectiveness guided by actor and entrepreneur Kehinde Koyejo.

Session 3 - Funding Resources for Artists

Engage in an exploration of how to support yourself and fund your art practice with artist and grantwriting consultant Kevin Seaman.

Session 4 - Building Your Network: Art of the Hustle

Art is a business of connections. Craft your elevator pitch and build your networking muscles with business coach Anthem Salgado.

Facilitators

Anthem Salgado

Kehinde Koyejo

Kevin Seaman

Lexa Walsh

Questions

Applications for 2019 have closed. To learn more about the program, please email Nora Grant at nora@theintersection.org.

Overview

You’ve done it! Congratulations on earning an art degree. So, what now?

Intersection for the Art’s program, What Now, helps you evolve from school-life to artist-life. Free and open to folks graduating from graduate or undergraduate art school in 2019, What Now brings recent graduates together to develop a community of support, practice self-care for life-work-art balance, identify sources of funding, and build a professional network. The What Now program is created with funds from The Sam Mazza Foundation.

 
Cost

FREE

 
Who can apply?

Graduating students in the Bay Area who’re working in any of the following disciplines: art education, community arts, curatorial arts, dance, design, fashion, film, literary arts, music, theater, and visual arts.

 
Location

All sessions are held at Intersection for the Arts, 1446 Market Street, San Francisco, 94102