Creative Capital is dedicated to supporting innovative artists at every stage of their career. Creative Capital Artist Lab is an online career development curriculum for artists working in all disciplines.

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Creative Capital Artist Lab is free for individual, personal use. Interested in integrating Artist Lab for your institution? Join as an Institutional Member.

See our Artist Lab Terms of Use.


Upcoming Live Artist Labs

Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Practices
With Jen de los Reyes, Oscar Rene Cornejo, and KESSWA
May 9, 2025, 1PM ET on Zoom

Join 2025 Creative Capital Awardees Jen de los Reyes and Oscar Rene Cornejo, and 2024 Culture Source Creators of Culture grantee KESSWA as they share best tips and practices for working across disciplines within and beyond the arts.

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Online Courses

Creative Capital Artist Lab online courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through Zoom lectures and discussions, long-form videos, and text-based learning formats in English and Spanish. Artist Lab includes exercises, tips for best practices, and case studies that can be taken at participants’ own pace. 

Videos include ASL and Spanish interpretation, as well as CART services. View courses by registering for Artist Lab.

 

Learn practical writing, administrative, and promotional skills necessary for a professional career in the arts.

Topics include: 

  • Artist statements, bios, and resumes
  • Project proposals and descriptions
  • Artist talks and elevator pitches
  • Websites and social media

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Access practical advice on managing money with the particular financial needs of artists in mind.

Topics include: 

  • Basic budgeting
  • Self-employment and managing multiple income sources
  • Saving and investing 
  • Financial planning for families

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Watch an Artist Lab by a certified public accountant, personal financial specialist, and accredited financial counselor on filing taxes as an artist.

Topics include: 

  • Federal income tax basics 
  • Common deductions
  • Record keeping
  • Saving for retirement

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Watch a series of Artist Lab conversations and discussions that illuminate the nature, challenges, histories, and ideas around collaboration and interdisciplinary artistic practices.

Topics include: 

  • Integrating technology into performances
  • Museum work
  • Public engagement

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Watch an Artist Lab on working with audiences within and beyond traditional spaces. 

Topics include: 

  • Ethics of working in community
  • Reaching an expanded audience
  • Models for engaging audiences

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Become an Institutional Member

Institutional Membership enables your institution to integrate Creative Capital Artist Lab into teaching materials, syllabi, classroom exercises, and to share broadly across your organization, and where applicable, with alumni, artist residents, and grantees.

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Institutional Members

We could not be more excited for this partnership…We both believe professional education is key to helping artists build their careers.”—Linsey Bostwick, Director, NYU Production Lab

“[This] is an invaluable program that gives artists the tools they need to succeed in their careers. This series of free, online courses provides crucial knowledge to artists at every stage, and we are proud to partner with Creative Capital on this important initiative.”—Beth Cochems, Program Director, Pollock-Krasner Foundation


Disclaimer: All content produced by Creative Capital Foundation on this site is for educational purposes only. Creative Capital does not provide legal, accounting, financial, tax or investment advice.

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