Made in the Okanagan supports the local economy and is a business and community development incubator, which works to implement environmentally sustainable economic solutions that emphasize better prosperity for art, craft and community food producers.
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Based in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Made in the Okanagan works to develop business and community strategies that will enhance our region's role nationally and internationally within the fields of quality handmade art and fine craft and locally grown safe foods.
This section includes research and planning documents including case studies related to marketing, emerging trends and forecasts that but are not limited to tourism related market research, trends, statistics, and demographics.
Documents in this section include but are not limited to business and strategic planning and includes planning and financial templates as well as case studies regarding business management and operations.
This section includes research, new concepts and ideas that will help businesses and communities generate greater opportunities within the 100 mile economy.
This section includes a Support Directory and special services, resources and projects that will assist studio and farmgate businesses, creative workers, organizations and communities.
The mission of the Okanagan Institute
is to contribute to
the quality of creative engagement in the Okanagan through publications and events.
Documents in this section include but are not limited to business and strategic planning and includes planning and financial templates as well as case studies regarding business management and operations.
Arts and Artists Info-Guide
This Info-Guide can help you navigate through the federal and provincial government programs, services and resources that may be of interest to artists or arts groups starting or operating a business in Ontario.
This series of articles is designed to teach artists the skills they need to manage their own careers. Artists are encouraged to return to this site frequently to obtain information and advice on business aspects of their career and to help see themselves as emerging professionals.
Artists and craftspeople often use materials that contain harmful chemicals in order to create art and make a living. Paints, inks, photochemicals, clay, and other types of materials can contain harmful substances such as cadmium, lead, silica, toluene, and others. Daily exposures to many substances in artist materials can lead to health problems in the nervous and respiratory systems, in organs such as the kidney and liver, and even cancer.
Square Feet: The Artist's Guide to Renting and Buying Work Space
This is a resource manual for artists, arts organizations and collectives looking to rent or buy work space. The displacement of artists from the neighbourhoods they helped enliven is not a new phenomenon. But something has changed in the real estate market: a variety of factors simultaneously at play now threaten the places where artists live and work, and the dynamic energy they bring to the life of the city.
Square Feet answers questions: How do I go about finding a space? Gross lease, net lease, net-net lease - what's the difference? Should I consider buying a place? What are my rights as a tenant? This manual answers these questions and many, many more.
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
The Tribunal administers Part II of the Status of the Artist Act. Its objective is to contribute to Canada's cultural community by encouraging constructive professional relations between artists and producers in federal jurisdiction.
The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is the national forum for the arts and cultural community in Canada. It provides research, analysis and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and the Canadian cultural institutions and industries. The CCA fosters informed public debate on policy issues and seeks to advance the cultural rights of Canadians.
The following document was created strictly for those interested in understanding the different aspects of a business plan. There are several models for creating business plans and as such, this is only one possible model. Make sure that you are writing a business plan which best reflects you as an artist and your music.
