SCHEDULED WORKSHOP

SATURDAY, January 21, 2012

   Workshops provide by RBEG funding from

    the USD /Rural Development                                                                                            SATURDAY, February 18th, 2012

TO REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE OR E-MAIL BETTY AT info@kyguild.org

Any questions should be directed to the KGAC office at 859-986-3192.   

Dear Members:

The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen has received funding through a Rural Business Enterprise Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.  The Guild will use this funding to provide workshops and hands-on training in social networking, business training and marketing to assist our artisans in expanding their business in a global marketplace.  As a result of our survey sent out to the membership, we are going to address many areas of concern. Monthly sessions over the next year will allow our artisans to explore ways to create a digital identity through Facebook, Twitter, blogs and websites as a way to create access to consumers across the globe.

We are very excited about our workshop offerings.  The first workshop in our series entitled "Reaching the New Age Consumer with New Technology" which provided hands-on experience with Twitter was a great success.  Those who attended felt that it was very beneficial and that it was a good start to what they wanted to learn.

Our second workshop was on Facebook.  We just a workshop on Developing your own website.  This was very helpful to several of our participants.  Some of these workshops may be repeated, to give others a chance to participate that couldn't attend the first ones.

The January 21st workshop on better photography was very helpful.  One needs to know about what a camera will do, except aim and shoot.  This workshop will be followed up later with how to set up a shoot and how to position lights for still art photographs.

The 21st workshop also brought us knowledge about how to set up a Blog.  Many of the participants got their blogs set up and are now using them.

                                                                        February 18th Workshop:   Get Registered Now and don't miss this informative workshop

We still have openings for the workshop on February 18th.  We are bring Jason Horejs, gallery ownerfrom Scottsdale, AZ, to the center in Richmond for a 10am to 4pm workshop on selling your work, how to develop a portfolio and get into bigger galleries and museums, how to track your inventory, wholesale, etc.. Jason has written two books and had held workshops in both Louisville and Lexington.  We will have space for 50 participants.  Get registered early.

Information is listed below:

SCHEDULED 2012 WORKSHOPS

  Saturday, February 18th

                             10:00 AM to 4:00 PM   

Where:  Madison County Schools Technology Center  (Same site as other Workshops )

             North Third Street

             Richmond, Kentucky

Directions: Take North Third Street from Main Street

Drive approx. 5 blocks past a single railroad track and Home Lumber Company. Turn in the driveway up the hill between the chain link fence.  We will mark this entrance with our Guild logo.

                                                               Pictures from the January 21st workshop

                                                                                                                                         We had a full registration for this workshop

                                                                                                                                                                   25 Participants

PICTURES FROM OUR FIRST WORKSHOP

"Reaching the New Age Consumer with New Technology"