Two Local Artists Among Participants in Creative Entrepreneur Training Program
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Two local artists, Joanne Roeder and Cecily Terhune, both of Carmel, are among those announced by the Indiana Arts Commission today as creative entrepreneur participants in the annual On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator. On-Ramp is a national award-winning program designed to educate artists and creative professionals in ten key areas of entrepreneurship and finance and to provide ongoing mentorship and development of arts-based small businesses.
Over the course of three days, participants will follow a curriculum designed and led by Elaine Grogan Luttrull of Minerva Financial Arts. The programming will take place in Noblesville, Indiana, with Noblesville-based Nickel Plate Arts serving as cohost for On-Ramp. Nickel Plate Arts is also a Regional Arts Partner of the Indiana Arts Commission.
“We are excited to once again offer the On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator in support of this critical economic sector,” said Indiana Arts Commission Executive Director Miah Michaelsen. “This year’s participants are a testament to the rich creative economy of the Hoosier State, and we are proud to play a role in accelerating their careers here in Indiana.”
A full list of participating creative entrepreneurs is below:
- Joanne Roeder (Carmel)
- Cecily Terhune (Carmel)
- Norah Amstutz (South Bend)
- Hilary Cannon Anderson (Bloomington)
- Lyndy Bazile (Fort Wayne)
- Margaret Beeler (Michigan City)
- Emily Bennett (Terre Haute)
- Christopher Box (Indianapolis)
- Tracy Burns (Connersville)
- Erica Coffing (Rochester)
- Marcie Couet (Franklin)
- Austin Day (Indianapolis)
- Aja Essex (Bloomington)
- Cynthia Frank (Anderson)
- Emily Franks (Indianapolis)
- Charles Gillespie (Bloomington)
- Lavinia Hale (Greencastle)
- Tammeron Jonesfrancis (Muncie)
- Katie Lee (Mishawaka)
- Celeste Lengerich (Fort Wayne)
- Leanne McGiveron (West Lafayette)
- Leslie Noel Jr. (Fort Wayne)
- Kierra Ready (Indianapolis)
- Ngozi Rogers (Fort Wayne)
- Bandy Russell (Morgantown)
- Matt Scutchfield (Plymouth)
- Michael Shannon (Indianapolis)
- Jonathan Southern (Indianapolis)
- Victoria Williams Steen (Indianapolis)
- Timothy Stephenson (Indianapolis)
- Daniel Swartz (Poneto)
- Beatriz Vasquez (Indianapolis)
- Kathaleen L Wessel (Anderson)
- Tania Wineglass (Indianapolis)
At the conclusion of the three-day training, the entrepreneurs will submit proposals for a $2,000 fellowship to directly apply course lessons to their creative career and small business development. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of mentor creative entrepreneurs who will provide feedback based upon their individual and collective expertise.