professional DevelopmeNt

Professional Development opportunities provide emerging digital artists with the tools, knowledge, and networks needed to advance their practice. Through workshops, mentorship, and hands-on training, participants build technical skills while gaining insight into industry standards, business practices, and creative collaboration. These experiences support artists in refining their voice and preparing for sustainable careers in digital artmaking.

Convergence

The Convergence Professional Development Program for Filmmakers supports emerging and developing artists in building the creative, technical, and strategic skills needed to advance their work in film. Participants engage in hands-on production, critical feedback, and mentorship from experienced filmmakers, while developing original projects from concept through completion. The program emphasizes storytelling rooted in lived experience, offering space for collaboration, reflection, and the refinement of each artist’s unique voice within a supportive creative community. READ MORE.

Fiscal Sponsorship

In Progress provides administrative and financial infrastructure for artists receiving grant awards that do not have the business infrastructure to fiscally mange large cash awards. Through this program, artists receive support with grant management, financial oversight, and organizational guidance while maintaining artistic independence. This structure allows projects to grow sustainably while staying rooted in community and purpose. READ MORE.

The Independent Artist

The Independent Artist offers a series of activities designed to support artists in deepening the content of their work while strengthening their ability to navigate professional and creative ecosystems. Centered on critique, dialogue, and peer exchange, the series creates space for artists to refine their ideas, receive critical feedback, and build meaningful connections with others in the field. READ MORE.