Generating success in the creative sector

ART is pleased to announce the launch of ART Generator, an Auckland region-wide network for creative entrepreneurs. The ART Generator programme is being launched by ART and The Big Idea website to support and encourage creative entrepreneurs. The underlying theme and focus of ART Generator is to assist creative, entrepreneurial people and their businesses survive and thrive in these tough economic times.

ART Generator has three core components:

• a network for creative entrepreneurs drawn from throughout the Auckland Region who have completed the ART Venture and ART Source programmes or have submitted an expression of interest to take part in the network. Places are limited in this component of ART Generator. Network participants meet regularly for a year and work with a diverse range of specialists keen to assist with business development, engage in peer-to-peer networking and gain access invaluable ongoing assistance to help strongly ground and grow their creative businesses.
• two regional creative sector (public) forums offering networking, knowledge about opportunities in the region to help survive and grow creative businesses and influential and inspirational entrepreneurial people to hear from and meet. The first public event will be held on Monday 9 November 2009 at Telstra Pacific Events Centre as part of the Manukau Festival of the Arts, and is open to all creative people in business, no matter what level their experience.
• a curated space on The Big Idea website for creative entrepreneurs and practitioners who are keen to hone their business skills, to learn through sharing experiences and to access ‘how to’ information, all to support, develop and accelerate creative enterprise goals.