This fall at the Artist Resource Center (ARC), Spacetaker hosts three Happy Hours designed to introduce local artists to the business aspects of making art. Kicking off a partnership with Amegy Bank, Spacetaker inaugurates its “Focus on Finances” Happy Hours, introducing artists to basic entrepreneurial practices, including financial management, asset building, mortgage shopping, and retirement planning. The “Focus on Finances” Happy Hours take place on September 10th, October 29th and a date TBD in December from 6-7 pm at the Spacetaker ARC. From these informal, informative events, Spacetaker plans to collect feedback from participants in order to plan and design its Financial Literacy for Artists workshops for 2009.

The second 90-minute session on October 29th will consist of an hour-long presentation on business/personal accounting, budgeting, and money management for individuals and small businesses. Following the presentation, there will be a 30-minute question and answer session.

Spacetaker and Amegy will provide refreshments and hand-outs of the presentation for attendees.

Following the second Happy Hour, attendees will be surveyed to assess the target subjects for the 2009 workshops.

We hope you will participate!