Watch this video about the COSE ABI (Arts Business Innovation) awards competition, which opens Wed 1/12, and closes at 5 p.m. on Fri 3/4. Four arts businesses will each be presented with $1,000 cash, in-kind professional business services, a one-year COSE membership and the publicity of being an ABI award winner for being the best in their category for innovative and professional business practices. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in their honor later this spring. The four categories in which to enter are: young entrepreneurs for individual start-up artists under 30 years of age, individual arts businesses for the one-person/freelance type enterprise, established arts businesses for those companies with two or more employees and the fourth is for non-profit arts businesses.
You need not be a COSE member to enter, and submitting your application can easily be done at the COSE Art Network website where you can find out about the guidelines and criteria, fill in the online form and upload your supporting documents. Medical Mutual of Ohio and Cleveland Institute of Art are cosponsoring the ABI awards with COSE.
Watch the video here: http://www.coolcleveland.com/video/?vid=OtMWa0Ysfps&page=0
Carol Drummond has been a professional designer for 25 years. Prior to starting her award-winning graphic design studio 15 years ago, Drummond Design, she graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, worked at a graphic design studio, a video production company, and a consumer products company. She has been an art docent for Mayfield City Schools and currently serves on the COSE Arts Network Advisory Committee. http://www.DrummonDesign.com
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