Thrive Fest 2022

Brooklyn Arts Council presents …
Thrive Fest 2022
Abundance, Sustainability, and Growth for Artists
Brooklyn Arts Council’s Thrive Fest 2022 gathers artists, financial advisors, funders, and cultural entrepreneurs to exchange tools, strategies, and networks for financial Thriving!

Presented with community partners COPE NYC and Brooklyn Style Foundation, Thrive Fest 2022 cultivates a growth and diversification mindset by creating pipelines to power, opportunity, and inspiration.

Schedule:
2:00pm - Welcome Lounge & Networking

2:30pm - Opening Remarks and Screening of STYLE, Pathways in Cultural Entrepreneurship

In episodes of Brooklyn Arts Council’s four-part documentary web series, STYLE, Brooklyn visionaries – Korina Emmerich of Emme Studios, Hekima Hapa of Black Girls Sew, Dyuna Morgan independent designer with Levi’s, and Jessica Schreiber founder of FabScrap – share their journeys in Fashion entrepreneurship. Their stories inspire beauty and bravery while offering blueprints for interrupting inequity with business models for the future.

3:00pm - THRIVE TALK: Thrive In Place Community Chat: Homebuying for Artists

Founders of Thrive in Place - Daniel Arnow, Esther Robinson, Randy Peralta - outline Entertainment Community Fund and ArtBuilt resources connecting Creatives to affordable housing, homebuying, and pathways to asset building.

3:30pm - THRIVE TALK: Founders Circle: Making and Monetizing Digital Applications

Fairchain and Brij founders, Charlie Jarvis and Naomi Lilly share their apps and their insights about developing and monetizing digital solutions for creative and professional success.

4:00pm - Resource Access Lounge

Network / Lunch / Resource Stations featuring:

Collective Focus
Entertainment Community
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Forge NYC/Chie Morita
Amilcar Group
4:30pm - THRIVE TALK: NFTs, Metaverse and Web3 for Artists

Attorney Louise Carron chats about what NFTs are, the opportunities they present for income, and how to protect your Intellectual Property in the space.

5:00pm - THRIVE TALK: Fundraising Insider: From Zero to Money Hero

Film maker and marketing consultant Iquo B Essien share pro-tips for creating a winning crowdfunding campaign so you can create your work they way you want to.

5:30pm - THRIVE TALK: 15 Tips for Creating Your Social Justin Lesson Plan

Artists, Curriculum specialist, and Program Director of Dreamyard Austin Greene, delivers a training for teaching artists interested in developing their skills in abolitionist pedagogy to created social justice curriculums that empower and inspire students and teachers alike.

6:15pm - THRIVE TALK: Life after BAC – Meet the Grantmaker

Designed to help artists see over the fence and to larger grants, this round robin session features representatives from Open Society Foundations, New York Community Trust, and Howard Gilman Foundation, connecting directly with artists to share their pathways to philanthropy, the values and goals that drive their institution’s investments, and their perspective on what makes a winning proposal.

7:00pm - THRIVE TALK: Keynote Conversation featuring Imara Jones moderated by Desiree Gordon

Media activist and TransLash founder, Imara Jones discusses her creative drive, her impact strategy and how her practice of radical advocacy and authenticity has allowed her platform to Thrive while saving Trans Lives.