The Business of the Arts program aims to provide knowledge and skills through resources and workshops. It has focused on fundraising and development, marketing and public relations, as well as legal concerns and entrepreneurship. Free workshops and seminars are led by accomplished professionals and subject matter experts.
Unless otherwise noted, workshop facilitators are independent professionals, not employees or affiliates of CAH or the District of Columbia government. The views expressed are their own and not necessarily those of CAH or the District of Columbia government.
Upcoming Workshops:
- Supercharge Annual Funds with Major Gifts Fundraising
- Tuesday, November 25, 2025
- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET via Zoom
- Learn useful tactics for strategic fundraising from guest facilitator Derry Deringer, Principal, Deringer Consulting, LLC
- Speaker: Derry Deringer, Principal, Deringer Consulting, LLC
- Asking for major gifts is the best way to dramatically grow annual revenue.
- If you are an executive, director, fundraiser or board member short on resources but long on desire and drive, this workshop is for you.
- This presentation will offer easy-to-use tools and step-by-step guidance to help small and medium-sized nonprofits who are eager to get started or move up to the next level in major gifts fundraising.
- Attendees will get practical materials that address common questions such as how to identify top prospects, how to cultivate relationships, and how to engage board members.
For additional inquiries, you may contact us at [email protected].
Past Presentations:
- Copyright Law for Artists and Creatives
- Creating a Nonprofit Presentation
- DC's Permitting Process Presentation
- Financial Literacy Presentation
- Legal Issues for Artists Presentation
- Starting a Business in DC Presentation
- Trademark Basics Presentation
Past Workshop Recordings*
*Please note that information and best practices shared in the recordings below may be dated. Viewers are asked to exercise their judgment as to how applicable any recording is to the current day.
- Combatting the Myth of the Unsellable Art
- View Recording (forthcoming) from Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- The Business of the Hustle
- View Recording from Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- CAH Emergency Preparedness Symposium
- View Recordings from Friday, June 27, 2025
- Navigating DC's Literary Scene
- View Recording, from Friday, April 18, 2025
- Tax Considerations for Individual Artists
- View Recording, from Friday, March 7, 2025
- The Business of Public Art
- View Recording, from Friday, January 31, 2025
- A Toast to the Boogie: Protecting Our Legacy
- View Recording from Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Leadership Coaching: Become the Leader that You Want to Be
- View Recording from Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- The DC Permitting Process
- View Recording, from Thursday, April 13, 2023
- Becoming A Certified Business
- View Recording, from Wednesday, April 20, 2022
- Keeping Community Connected: Virtual Technology Roundtable
- View Recording, from Wednesday, April 7, 2021
- Arts Organizations and Resilience - Sustaining Staff in Times of Crisis
- View Recording, from Wednesday, March 24, 2021
- New Realities: Navigating E-Commerce in the Arts
- View Recording, from Wednesday, March 10, 2021
- Building Access to Public Art Placemaking
- View Recording, from Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- Accessibility and Inclusion in the Arts
- View Recording, from Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- Legal Issues for Artists
- View Recording, from Wednesday, January 27, 2021
- The District's Landscape for Artists
- View Recording, from Thursday, October 29, 2020
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Bruce Willen with Neighborhood Design Center + Tim Scofield Studios, Chairs, 2020.
CAH Civic Commission, Playable Art In partnership with DC Office of Planning. This project was through an Art Place America Grant, and the DC Public Library. Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 1800 Good Hope Road SE.