A new program for students and graduates of local art and design colleges to network with peers and heads of area business associations and arts organizations as well as build relationships with other young professionals.
These lively evenings feature guest speakers, workshops and seminars designed to help Philadelphia artists and designers make creative contacts in our community.
Presented by The Galleries at Moore in cooperation with The Locks Career Center and Moore’s new Business Scholars in the Arts student leadership program.
2010-11 NET Nights at Moore are supported by Your Part-Time Controller and Moore College of Art & Design. 2009-10 NET Nights at Moore were supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Meet the BSA Students
Business Scholars in the Arts (BSA)
The Business Scholars in the Arts is a new program at Moore College of Art & Design that supports a select group of transfer students. The program supplements the students’ art and design training with business-related experiences outside of the classroom. Our group is particularly interested in entrepreneurship. We encompass a wide range of majors, from Graphic, Fashion, and Interior Design, to Illustration, Art History, and Art Education.
Our goal is to acquire the skills necessary to network within the professional art world, which will ultimately aid us in opening our own businesses or taking on leadership roles in a company or organization. The first year of the Business Scholars program stresses this networking process. To that end, we have established a collaborative relationship with the Galleries at Moore to provide support for NET Nights. These lively evenings feature guest speakers, workshops and seminars designed to help Philadelphia artists and designers make creative contacts in our community.
The purpose of this blog is to continue the conversations started at NET Nights and to provide resources that will enable emerging artists and designers to profit from the expertise of the speakers. Look to our blog for our interviews with speakers, our suggestions for interesting upcoming events and links to useful web-sites.
The BSA Students:
Laura Bonvini
Amber Callahan
Melissa Chancer
Amanda Corropolese
Samantha Edmonds
Christine Ferri
Chriztie Kaufmann
Sara Stanton
Haoren Yu
NET Nights Advisory Committee
The NET Nights Advisory Committee is comprised of local artists, designers, curators and arts administrators, business professionals, professors and students from various disciplines and backgrounds. NET Nights programs are the product of thoughtful discussions between these committee members, sharing ideas, insights and suggestions to stimulate new relationships and networking between emerging artists and designers and business and arts professionals in Philadelphia.
NET Nights at Moore - The Business of Design in Philadelphia, What's Hip & Happening / October 13, 2009
On October 13, a group of artists, designers, young entrepreneurs, and design business professionals in Philadelphia gathered to talk about their experiences with building and sustaining art and design businesses and artist community organizations.
The participants included: Melanie Bergwall, creator of Meljoy, an artworks/graphics studio; freelance designer for Urban Outfitters, Victoria’s Secret and Reef Inc, ’08 Moore Alumna; Geoff DiMasi, founder and Principal of P’UNK Avenue, a design & development firm in South Philadelphia and co-founder of Independents Hall, a co-working space and community in Philadelphia for designers, developers, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, small business owners and freelancers; and Roz Duffy, co-founder of Refresh Philly, a meet-up organization of designers and developers working to refresh the new media culture in Philadelphia through socializing events, lecture series and workshops; Lindsay Duggan, founder and Caroline Steinberg, main designers of Girl.Bike.Dog, a company specializing in fully custom messenger bags, bike accessories, dog accessories and supporting Philadelphia-based young artists.
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