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You sure you’re filling your bank account before you fill your belly? This could be the best hour of your day.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce all genres of creative entrepreneurs to the concept of financial planning. The workshop will provide a brief traditional overview of financial planning and then transition into discussing a financial planning process that has been formulated specifically for creative and/or self-employed professionals. By the end of this workshop, participants will be empowered to take control of their financial lifestyles, and have the necessary skills to develop financial plans that support their specific goals as an artist and /or creative entrepreneur.

Outline:

- Overview of workshop – Group introductions (depending on how large the group is) and question/prompt about challenges to managing finances as a C/E – Overview & dialogue about the traditional financial planning process and why it doesn’t always wok for C/E – Introduction to the EAB approach: Awareness, Recovery, Rebuilding, and Generating Wealth and how this process can be used to empower each individual to begin the process of creating financial stability from their creative endeavors. – Activity: “Phantom Millions” “My Personal Net Worth” and “My Real Goals”.

Evelyn’s Bio:

30 Second: I am a writer, teacher, scholar, healer and creator. My life’s purpose is to empower others to empower themselves, to live the most vibrant life possible. I use my talents, skills and abilities in financial and business planning to help creative people become successful and financially independent creative entrepreneurs. I bridge the gap between wishing and realizing. With your permission, I will empower you to make your dreams come true!

EVELYN BANDOH, the founder of EAB Creative Planning Services, has over 8 years of experience in business and financial training, consulting, management and personal financial coaching. Evelyn helps creative businesses and entrepreneurs maintain sustainable enterprises by providing training, advising and coaching services. She also facilitates personal finance and small business workshops throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area and publishes a blog called Fiscally Fit Fashionista, where she provides practical business and financial advice to her readers. Evelyn also teaches financial, business and investment education to youth in the DC Metropolitan Area and teaches at the Art Institute of Washington in the Fashion and Retail Management Program.

Don’t forget, tonight is the last night to buy one (or two) of Anne’s amazing photos from her travels throughout Brazil on our second floor gallery. The photo above won 1st place in the Washington Post Best Travel Photo of the Year. Ann is amazing, you’ve got to come meet her. Not only is she an incredible photographer, she also helps non-profit organizations with strategic planning and organizational development. Buy out the photos and we might be able to afford her services!!!

Bio Anne Pellicciotto, a native of Washington, DC, rediscovered her eye on a sabbatical in 2006 to NE Brazil; and since that time she has devoted much energy to arts and social action. With her work, Anne seeks to evoke a sense of balance and assurance in a world of uncertainty. Her photographs have earned her a number of awards. ‘Canoa Kids’ gained first prize in The Washington Post Travel Photo Contest for 2006, first in the International Visions Gallery ‘America in Focus’ contest in Washington, DC in December 2006, and runner-up in National Geographic Adventure’s Wide-Angle Lens Contest 2007, among others. She has exhibited at the Watergate Gallery, Int’l Vision, and held a solo show at the Brazilian American Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, as well as Manjericão Gallery in João Pessoa, Paraίba, Brazil. Anne’s portfolio can be found online at www.anneseye.com.

All photos are signed, numbered first edition prints, printed on acid-free archival paper and set in acid-free mats. 20 percent of proceeds go to support to BloomBars. For more info about the projects or works contact Anne at: anneseye@gmail.com

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 — 6:00 to 9:00pm ~ A Thousand Blooms ~ is a photo exhibition/ custom-tees catwalk modeling/ short films screening event to celebrate the liberating, redemptive, and galvanizing “thousand blooms” power of love for humanity through artistic expressions that affirm human rights, heal injustices, and breach cultural, societal and religious divides.

PROGRAM:

* Catwalk Modeling of Love Is Love Tees, a custom designed and cut series of tee-shirts featuring arts images of gay, lesbian, and interfaith & interracial couples. Portion of the proceeds from their sales go to support and promote these “minority” relationships

* Arts photo exhibition from the True Beauty – Young Womanhood in DC photobok project (www.truebeautydc.org) that profiles through images and stories the inner beauties and humanistic sensibilities of modern womanhood in Washington DC

* Screening of Arthouse Short Films and Q&A Panel with Richard Chu, their writer/director and co-producer: “Return of the Cicadas” about the spiritual redemption of a Vietnam War vet and the Amerisian daughter he abandoned; “Eros” about how three Asian, White, and Black couples affirm their cross-cultural and sexual identities by liberating themselves from cultural and societal constraints; “The Wish of Harriet” about how a Iraq War Vet suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome redeems his life and reclaims his family by making the wish of Harriet, a African American orphan girl come true

Seed the Sound Sunday (An acoustic jam session with music from a diversity of genres), will follow “A Thousand Blooms” at 9:00pm. Artist in Bloom Resident Fellows Terrence Cunningham and Carolyn Malachi will headline the inspirational evening

It was one of those magic nights at BloomBars, you just had to be there…to believe. Everything has a story. And there are a thousand ways to tell it…. This is but one of Frank’s stories, watered by “The Garden”. Go to http://www.frankbell.net/and watch him Bloom! Then go to http://www.bloombars.comand plant some more seeds in “The Garden”

Spring is here! That means our big front doors are wide open so we can continue to embrace this warm weather while watching Terrence Cunningham and Colie Williams at Seed the Sound tonight!

Please take a look at some of our needs and see if anything matches your interests. And we’re open to your ideas as well.

- Bloggers to write about BloomBars events – Bloggers/researchers to find/write articles and information about artists doing good work in their communities. – Yelpers to yelp about BloomBars – Greeters – Scouts to bring in artists – Programmers- folks who are interested in designing, organizing, implementing, coordinating, etc. events from start to finish with help from a BloomBars staff member. – Curators for film night- getting clearance rights to view films; we also need a person to run Sunrise Cinema (2-6AM Sundays) “Why Drive When You Can Watch Movies Till Sunrise – You’ll be saving lives by keeping people who shouldn’t be driving off the road! – Outreach – people to print and pass out fliers about events – Sales people- to help get ads and sponsors for events – Electricians – we need heat and electrical outlets for upstairs – Contractors – We need a wheelchair ramp and a fire exit door. Help! – Video editors – to help edit all the footage we have of events – Sound people – to help run the sound board during events (prior knowledge a plus, but also willing to teach) – Educators- folks who can give workshops/training sessions such as financial literacy, yoga, social networking, etc.

When they’re ready to make a movie about your life, don’t let them do you like Michael. Write your own script!

Join us for an intimate conversation with on of the best in the business of screenwriting on Saturday (Today!) from 1-2pm.

AND FOR THE SECRETS – the reason most pay thousands of dollars to learn – Screenwriting 101 — “The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting,” can send you straight to the Oscars for just.. $50 bucks.

Marilyn Horowitz is a NYU professor, writer, producer, writing coach, and script doctor. She won the New York University Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004. Marilyn hosts two seminars per year on the “Creative Business of Screenwriting” for New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). Marilyn was the script consultant and associate producer on The Reawakening, an independent feature film produced under the auspices of the ABC New Talent Development Scholarship Grant.

Marilyn’s private writing students have gone on to sell scripts to Miramax, HBO, Hallmark Entertainment, and ABC, as well as gained admittance to theAFI Graduate Writing Program, Sundance Writers Lab, and the IFP Market’s No Borders Forum. Marilyn’s students have also won the 2002 and 2003 NYWIFT Screenplay Contests, placed highly in the Nicholl Fellowship, and were finalists in the Slamdance Film Festival and Austin Film Festival script competitions.

To learn more about Marilyn Horowitz visit: http://www.FinalDraftScript.com

Saturday, March 20th – 2:00 to 4:00pm

Screenwriting 101 — The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting — Cost: $50

This two-hour intensive workshop will end the agony that plagues screenwriters of all levels: How to structure a script. The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting helps writers structure, write and rewrite scripts with ease. By asking your characters these four simple questions you will be able to outline your screenplay like magic. The Four Magic Questionsof Screenwriting, part of The Horowitz System® of writing taught at New York University for over 10 years, has helped hundreds of writers create market-ready screenplays fast.

Spaces Limited. To register contact Classroom 34 at (410) 231-3434 or info@classroom34.com

Gary Prince and Kathryn Olson performing a free improvisation at the “Improvised Duets” CD release concert at BloomBars, Feb 21st. If you enjoy this, please support our music by going to www.myspace.com/freeimprovisation, and downloading the CD at www.digstation.com. More videos coming soon,