Artist Lab & Awardee Services

Creative Capital Awardee Services

Our transformative funding approach is built on the principle that artists need funding as well as networks and advisory services in order to realize new work and build sustainable careers. Awardees have access to unrestricted project funding, bespoke professional services, and a curated network of industry experts, cultural producers, and alumni. We work with each artist to help define critical moments of development and determine how to best meet their goals.

  • Artist Lab professional development online curriculum accessible in English and Spanish provides a robust, accessible, resource for artists on-demand, year-round. Courses are delivered through online lectures and discussions, videos, and text-based learning formats with exercises, best practices, and case studies that can be explored at artists’ own pace.
  • Professional consultations with experts in financial and tax planning, marketing and communications, and strategic planning sessions to encourage long-term career goal-setting. 
  • Industry connections and artist gatherings for awardees to meet fellow artists, industry professionals (curators, presenters, producers), and patrons to create impactful introductions, give visibility to awardee projects, and facilitate meaningful exchange around field trends.
  • Staff consultations to review project timelines and goals and to plan project premiere promotion.
  • Peer mentorship that fosters meaningful artist-to-artist conversations about projects, practices, career trajectories, and personal connections.
  • Promotion of projects, events, exhibitions, films, performances, and accolades via email, website, social media, and press channels.

Creative Capital Artist Lab

Creative Capital Artist Lab offers skills, strategies and support for artists’ creative path. Artist Lab online courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to help grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through online lectures and discussions, videos, and text-based learning formats—and include exercises, best practices, and case studies that can be explored at your own pace. Courses are available in English and Spanish. Videos include ASL and Spanish interpretation, as well as CART services. Artist Lab is free for individual, personal use.

In addition to the courses below, Creative Capital is commissioning new online courses in Communications for Artists, Legal Basics for Artists, and Insurance for Artists.

  • Course: Representing Your Work: Grant Writing & Promoting Your Practice (CCC-01)
    • Module: Project Proposals
    • Module: Art, Politics, and the Stakes of Representation
    • Module: Self-Presentation: Artist Statements, Artist Bios, and Artist Resumes
    • Module: Professional Writing: Project Proposals and Descriptions
    • Module: Career Documentation: Work Samples and Archiving
    • Module: Practical Administration: Timelines, Budgets, and Planning
    • Module: Tips for Grant Applications
    • Module: Articulating Your Practice: Artist Talks and Elevator Pitches
    • Module: Promoting Your Work: Press Releases and Interviews
    • Module: Online Presence: Website and Social Media
    • Module: Low-Stress Networking
    • Module: Peer-to-Peer Discussion Board: Challenges in Representation
    • Module: Watch Artist Lab Videos

  • Curso: Representa tu trabajo: cómo redactar subvenciones y promocionar tu práctica (CCC-01 ESP)
      • Módulo: Arte, política y lo que está en juego en la representación
      • Módulo: Autopresentación: Declaración del artista + Biografía del artista + Currículum vitae del artista
      • Módulo: Redacción profesional: Propuestas de proyectos + Descripciones
      • Módulo: Documentación profesional: Muestras de trabajo + Archivo
      • Módulo: Administración práctica: Calendarios + Presupuestos + Planificación
      • Módulo: Articular tu práctica: Charlas de artistas + Discursos de ascensor
      • Módulo: Promocionar tu trabajo: Comunicados de prensa + Entrevistas
      • Módulo: Presencia en Internet: Sitio web + Redes sociales

  • Course: Building Your Financial Future (CCC-02)
      • Module: Financial Planning for Creatives: From Taxes to Retirement
      • Module: Basic Budgeting for Living Expenses
      • Module: Self-Employment and Managing Multiple Income Sources
      • Module: Saving and Investing
      • Module: Credit and Debt
      • Module: Financial Planning for Families
      • Module: Money Mindset
      • Module: Tips
      • Module: Building Your Financial Future Glossary

  • Course: Taxes for Artists (CCC-03)
    • Module: Tax Preparation for Artists and Creative Entrepreneurs
    • Module: Introduction to Taxes
    • Module: Taxes You May Encounter
    • Module: Keeping Track of Income and Expenses
    • Module: Business Deductions
    • Module: Working with an Accountant
    • Module: Tax Things to Review

  • Course: Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Practices (CCC-04)
      • Module: Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Practices (Community Engagements)
      • Module: Creative Evolutions: Performing Artists Straddling the Stage and Screen
      • Module: Bringing It Together: Interdisciplinary Practices in the Arts (Museum Work)

  • Course: Audience Engagement (CCC-05)
    • Module: Audience Engagement for Performing Artists

Upcoming Live Artist Lab Webinars

  • Archiving Your Work | Cannupa Hanska Luger, CC Awardee & Josh T Franco, National Collector, Archives of American Art | October 1, 2025

  • Strategic Approaches to Touring Performance Works | Okwui Okpokwasili, CC Awardee & Linsey Bostwick, Deputy Director, NYU Production Lab | October 21, 2025

  • Marketing Fundamentals for Artists Pt. 1 | Molaundo Jones, Associate Director of Content Marketing, Morehouse College | November 5, 2025

  • Marketing Fundamentals for Artists Pt. 2 | Molaundo Jones, Associate Director of Content Marketing, Morehouse College | November 12, 2025

  • How to Speak with a Lawyer | Chuong T. Bui, Esq., Partner, Counsel for Creators | January 27, 2026

  • Tax Preparation for Artists | Elaine Grogan Luttrull, CPA-PPS, Founder, Minerva Financial Arts | February 2, 2026