Consider this an open invitation: the Costume Production MFA program at UNC-Chapel Hill is hosting an interactive workshop on being a freelance artist, led by renowned Broadway fabric painter Margaret Peot.
Peot is the author of three books, including the forthcoming The Successful Artist’s Career Guide: Finding Your Way in the Business of Art. Her work is currently on exhibit at FIT, "On Stages in Stages: Painting for the Theatre from Parsons Meares Ltd." She will lead participants in a variety of learning exercises on topics such as copyright, portfolios, taxes, business plans, marketing of art, and more.
This event will be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the following date, location, and time:
February 27, 2012
Center for Dramatic Art, Room TBA
6:00pm
The CDA is located at the corner of Country Club Road and Paul Green Drive, between Cobb Hall and the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. There is parking available in the Cobb Deck behind the CDA and a visitor's lot a short walk away at the corner of Country Club and NC-54/South Rd.
All are welcome. For more information and to RSVP contact Adam M. Dill at 919-962-1141

Paint sample by Parsons Meares Ltd for the Mulan parade at Disneyland
ETA: It was brought to my attention that this post had a date discrepancy, citing the event as happening on 2/27 in one place and on the 26th in another. It will be on Monday the 27th.
Peot is the author of three books, including the forthcoming The Successful Artist’s Career Guide: Finding Your Way in the Business of Art. Her work is currently on exhibit at FIT, "On Stages in Stages: Painting for the Theatre from Parsons Meares Ltd." She will lead participants in a variety of learning exercises on topics such as copyright, portfolios, taxes, business plans, marketing of art, and more.
This event will be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the following date, location, and time:
Center for Dramatic Art, Room TBA
6:00pm
The CDA is located at the corner of Country Club Road and Paul Green Drive, between Cobb Hall and the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. There is parking available in the Cobb Deck behind the CDA and a visitor's lot a short walk away at the corner of Country Club and NC-54/South Rd.
All are welcome. For more information and to RSVP contact Adam M. Dill at 919-962-1141

Paint sample by Parsons Meares Ltd for the Mulan parade at Disneyland
ETA: It was brought to my attention that this post had a date discrepancy, citing the event as happening on 2/27 in one place and on the 26th in another. It will be on Monday the 27th.