Cultural Marketplaces and Entrepreneurship
On July 13, 2019, artists, cultural workers, small businesses and city agency staff came together at Success Garden during ARTs East New York’s Summer Saturdaze series for Cultural Marketplaces and Entrepreneurship, a peer learning exchange that discussed the values behind community-based markets and cultural entrepreneurship and the conditions needed for them to thrive. Creative leaders are navitaging complicated bureaucracies, managing logistics, and creating resourceful marketing strategies in an effort to build local small businesses and foster neighborhood gathering places. Facilitated by Mitty Owens, peer learning exchange presenters included:
Catherine Green, ARTs East New York and [Re]New Lots
Adama Fassah, Napela Inc and Park Hill Community Market
Santiago Hermes, Trazos Libres, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Wilfredo Florentio, Empire State Development and Rooted Theater Company
For more info, contact info@nocdny.org.