Register for the town hall at EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kc-covid-art-recession-who-thrived-who-survived-who-still-needs-help-tickets-682408290567 —— Tuesday, Aug. 22, 6-7:30pm at Johnson County Central Library. —— Join us in a town hall discussion led by a panel of art leaders whose organizations and artists thrived, survived, and still need help recovering from the art recession. In 2020, KC Rising reported that of 24

no April forum & c pARTy pics

No April forum for we put all our energy into an Amazing  Esprit pARTy! Our event was full of dynamic and inspirational mini-shows with amazing artists, magical musicians, and a dynamic dancer. Pictured are the talented Peregrine Honig, Maddux Hepker, Mike Dillon & Bryan Hicks, Miguel Rivera, plus Melissa Dailey-Newman & Susana Bruhn. We can’t support the work we do for

Esprit De Corps – pARTy on 4/15

Join us on Saturday, April 15, from 2 – 4 pm at Studios Inc. It’s an art extravaganza featuring 30+ works of art, artist talk, studio tour,  music, dance, raffle, and more!  Get tickets! The annual GUILDit Friends celebration, features: ~ 2-4pm ~ 30+ pieces of art by 20+ locally and internationally known artists~ 2-4pm ~ MC

Esprit De Corps LIVE

Join us on Sunday, April 24, from 2 – 4 pm at Bunker Center for the Arts. It’s a collaboration of live art featuring 4 visual art makers, 2 poets, a musician, a filmmaker, and more! Get tickets!   A GUILDit Friends celebration of live art collaborations:~ 2-3pm ~ 4 visual art makers: Ada Koch, Hugh Merrill, plus Angie &

Terri Pollack Art/Biz Talk, 1/27 @ KCAC

Join us on the fourth Thur. Jan. 27, 12– 1 pm, for an in-person forum @ KC Artist Coalition Gallery, 3200 Gillham Rd; Kansas City, MO or Facebook Live:  https://www.facebook.com/Goguildit/videos/. Mixed-media Artist Terri (Wheeler) Pollack will present her thriving 20+ year business, followed by an inspiring Q&A. Terri has won a prestigious River Market Regional Exhibition award. As

Join GUILDit during Global Entrepreneur Week, on 11/12, from 8-8:45am >> Panel Discussion with GUILDit, KCSourcelink, City of KCMO, and Eze Redwood >> Entrepreneurs create over 60% of the net new jobs in the KC regional economy year-in and year-out. Programs that support entrepreneurial growth are providing a 4:1 ROI in the form of economic

GK Callahan Art/Biz Talk

Join us on the fourth Thursday, June 24, 12– 1 pm, in-person @ Center for Spiritual Living (between Missy B’s and KU Med), 1014 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111 (masks required and free ones can be provided). Also online @ Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/Goguildit/live/  Visual Artist and UMKC Educator GK Callahan will present his

GUILDit Art/Biz at 1MC KC

Join us at 1 Million Cups – Kansas City (1MC KC) Wed. 5/19/21, 9–10am on Zoom https://kauffman.zoom.us/j/97200919140 or Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/1MillionCupsKC/videos/ At 1 Million Cups, GUILDit will present its mission, goals, needs, challenges for brainstorming. Help grow our nonprofit to serve more entrepreneurs. Details: GUILDit connects sole artists and entrepreneurs with resources and a strong

KC-GEW Special Edition

Kansas City’s Global Entrepreneur Week is one of the hundreds of conferences happing across the globe. KC is offering free 50+ business workshops from November 17-19th. GUILDit is promoting and supporting these insightful sessions giving by fellow KC entrepreneurs. Highlighted in our newsletter is Keynote Speaker Shawn Edwards who is a local filmmaker, workshops about

Halloween Haunts & Delights

Storytelling (tix available) & Raffle (sold-out) Thur., Oct. 29th 7-8pm on Zoom // Get tickets >> Join GUILDit for an evening of spooky stories, raffle giveaways, and help support arts entrepreneurship. Tickets start at $10.  Two epic tales of death and greed, from Africa and Europe, by two nationally known Kansas City storytellers.–  First Br.