This Thursday, May 9th from 12 to 1:30 PM join a free, virtual workshop on Fundraising and Grant Writing. This is a workshop for artists and by artists. Learn how to think creatively about diversifying your funding streams by exploring different models for generating value, resources, and revenue. Learn the essentials of grant writing along with resources for searching and structuring your grants. Facilitated by Summer Red and Adrienne De Guevara.

Summer Red is the owner and lead producer of Sonivore Studio. A lifelong musician with proficiency and experience in multiple areas of the music world, Summer dedicates his focus to the pursuit of not only making great art but also creating structures of holistic support for musicians both locally and beyond. Summer is the pioneer of the landmark program Solo Tracks which creates a pathway for musicians to develop their music alongside industry professionals while accessing networking opportunities for product placement and performance in post-production. As a curator, Summer uses the medium of live events as a space to allow people to gather, connect, and analyze deeper cultural and personal truths. Summer is also an Event Coordinator on Staff at UCSC where he applies his skills for culture building on campus locally with events to create a diverse and educational experience for students. He has worked alongside The Tannery, Arts Council, Central Coast Creative Corps, SC Arts Commission, Universal Audio, The MAH, and numerous other art-based entities to facilitate conversations around the importance of art in society and provide showcasing opportunities to artists across mediums. Summer’s overarching take on modern art centers on acknowledging its role in our lives as a tool for conveying truth, connecting us to ourselves and others more deeply, and helping evolve our consciousness and ways of being to coexist in a changing world.

Adrienne De Guevara combines self-taught and formal training in visual and performing arts attending Santa Barbara City College and Parsons School of Design. Her performance work has been presented in Santa Barbara, CA, San Francisco, CA, New York City, and Putney, VT. She co-founded Crux Productions, a theater and film production company in Brooklyn, NY, was co-creator of Mister Sister, an Avant Vaudeville comedy duo in NYC, frontwoman for Shakti Pops, an electronic-kirtan band, and worked as a director and lighting technician on projects in New York City and Vermont. In 2023 she was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the California Arts Council. She is currently the Programs and Fund Development Officer for the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative and a collaborator at MISC Workshop.

This event is brought to you by the Central Coast Arts Coalition as part of the California Arts Council Creative Corps program. Our “Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists” is a professional development curriculum designed to teach business skills to artists in all disciplines; the curriculum was developed by Springboard for the Arts. Artists can take the whole series, customized combinations, or individual workshops that best suit their needs.

Learn more and register on our website: centralcoastcreativecorps.org