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Creative Entrepreneurship Day is a one-day event for artists of all disciplines who are looking to develop their skills and further define their artistic practice. Through a keynote presentation and interactive workshops, participants will gain entrepreneurial skills and learn how to use their current knowledge and expertise to create opportunities. Our 2025 theme is Crafting Your Creative Signature. Leave your mark on the world by being true to your authentic self. Guided workshops, breakout sessions, a musical performance and more will help centre and prepare you to attack your creative business planning with renewed vigour!
Breakout sessions are opportunities to connect and discuss with each other in small groups, the conversation possibilities are endless! Come with questions and a desire to collaborate across artistic disciplines.
Crafting Your Creative Signature will be presented in person. A catered lunch and morning refreshments will be provided for all participants.
Tickets are FREE for members and $30 for non-members. Individual memberships range from $15-$25 per year.
Schedule
Welcome/Meet & Greet
9:30 am
Doors open, grab a refreshment and meet and mingle with each other as we settle in for an inspiring event!
Musical Opener
9:45 am
Activating Your Artist Statements with Artbeat Studio
10 - 11:00 am
Kick off the morning with a collaborative workshop and discussion on who you are as an artist! What are your values? How do your present yourself? Join Artbeat Studio and Creative Manitoba’s Kara Joseph and Dora Carroll for an interactive workshop that will get you thinking about how to define your arts practice.
Breakout Session 1
11:10 am – 12:25 pm
Building Your Creative Business
Turning your passion into a thriving art career takes more than talent—it takes strategy! In this workshop, you’ll map out the essential steps for building your business, create a timeline to keep yourself on track, and learn how to tackle deadlines without stress. Get ready to take charge of your creative future with a plan that works for you!
Finding Balance: Making Time for Your Art and You
Balancing your art with life’s other demands isn’t easy, but it doesn’t have to feel impossible. This workshop will help you carve out creative time, make smart choices about opportunities, and set boundaries that protect your energy. Learn how to say “no” without guilt, say “yes” without burnout, and keep your passion front and center—even with a busy schedule!
Catered Lunch Break
12:25 pm – 1:05 pm
Enjoy a catered lunch with vegan, vegetarian, and other options.
Breakout Session 2
1:10 pm – 2:25 pm
Building Your Creative Business
Turning your passion into a thriving art career takes more than talent—it takes strategy! In this workshop, you’ll map out the essential steps for building your business, create a timeline to keep yourself on track, and learn how to tackle deadlines without stress. Get ready to take charge of your creative future with a plan that works for you!
Finding Balance: Making Time for Your Art and You
Balancing your art with life’s other demands isn’t easy, but it doesn’t have to feel impossible. This workshop will help you carve out creative time, make smart choices about opportunities, and set boundaries that protect your energy. Learn how to say “no” without guilt, say “yes” without burnout, and keep your passion front and center—even with a busy schedule!
The Next Steps
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
This final session will be all about understanding the next steps in your artistic journey. Get your burning questions answered and finish the day learning about Creative Manitoba’s brand new Creative Hub! Set up your profile and get connecting with other industry professionals across Manitoba!
Meet the Speakers
Coming Soon!
Guided by the whispers of wind and boreal forests, Andrina Turenne draws inspiration from the rich history of Manitoba’s Red River and, like a river, her musical journey has swept her off from family campfires to international stages.
With a two-decade career, including time with Juno-award-winning Chic Gamine, Turenne is now in the midst of a solo chapter. Influenced by legends like Irma Thomas and Gillian Welch, Turenne’s recently released debut solo project, Bold as Logs, is a daring mix of English and French tales. Her solo debut navigates turbulent rapids and calm bends, reflecting the diverse influences of bluesy R&B, roots rock, and old-time folk.
Charmaine Jennings
Founder and CEO of Strategic Charm, Charmaine is a digital marketing executive who helps businesses connect with dream clients and customers online. Since 2016, Strategic Charm has been helping clients find their voice and define their message so they can confidently and strategically communicate their passion for their industry, the work they do and the value of their offers. Charmaine is also the founder of Hustle + Charm – a community of women who come together for support in life, entrepreneurship and career growth. She also teaches digital marketing at The University of Winnipeg and enjoys helping students develop their marketing skills.
Bev Pike
Bev Pike is a Winnipeg artist known for gigantic immersive paintings of architectural utopias. She bases her current series, Grottesque, on eccentric 300-year-old subterranean grottos in England. Pike shows her work in major art galleries across Canada. She is also the recipient of many major grants from the Canada Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. An experienced grant-writing coach, her expertise helps applicants in all media find their successful voice.
Crystal Music Sound Healing
About l’aura
l’aura has been an intuitive/energy sound healer for more than 25 years, sharing different forms of meditation, energy work, journeying and sound healing. l’aura incorporates them into guided sound healing meditations, activations and sound baths and Recordings. She also offers private virtual energy and sound healing sessions for clients, with personal recordings of their sound healing session.
About Danny (B Mus (Composition), M Ed
Danny is a musician (keyboards), composer and recording artist. He has composed, played and produced music and soundscapes for many Winnipeg theatres: Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, and Manitoba Theatre for Young People.
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