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Together There
Boosting a prosperous, equitable, cooperative future for managing the arts.
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FocusON: Ottawa (Video)
Featuring archival video from 80-min info session in Ottawa on the vision of Artse United to design a cooperative digital future for managing the arts.
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Digital Life
Early insights from more than 150 pages of community input on the design of Artse United's cooperative digital future for managing the arts.
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aHa! Grant Writing (PDF / VIDEO)
If you missed the webinar, Grant Writing for Artist-Producers with producer Jessa Agilo, you can watch or download the presentation today for free.
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Found it! No sweat
How much sweat equity does it take to launch a new startup in the arts? ArtsPond founder Jessa Agilo exposes her truths.
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Scoping an Alliance
Review background information and contribute to a national conversation on the formation of a cross-sectoral Digital Arts Services Alliance.
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aHa! Bookkeeping Essentials
Learn the essentials of bookkeeping and using Quickbooks to manage finances for individuals and small non-profits in the arts on Oct 9-10, 2019.
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aHa! Excel Bootcamp
Become a power user of Microsoft Excel in this two-day participatory bootcamp for artist-producers with producer Jessa Agilo on Oct 7-8, 2019.
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Introducing our core creative actions on-the-ground and in-the-cloud
Digital Shift
Initiated in 2016, DigitalASO is a cross-sectoral effort to empower the digital transformation of Canadian arts services through digital literacy research, training, platform and alliance-building.
De-gentrify Ontario
Founded in 2017, Groundstory is a collective impact effort with a mandate to uproot the adverse effects of gentrification on the arts and other vulnerable, low-income groups in Ontario.
Hatch Open
Hatch is an open source Arts Resource Planning (ARP) software solution that serves as the core technology for Artse United. Stay tuned for updates on design of early-stage modules in financial and project management and business intelligence analytics.
Go Artsy
Artse United is an emerging digital arts management platform cooperative serving individual creators and producers and larger organizations across all disciplines in Canada.
Spotlight
A spotlight on our resources, events, and activities
DASSAN19: All Digits on Deck
The second edition of the Digital Arts Services Symposium, “All Digits on Deck”, takes place at the Toronto Reference Library and other venues from March 15 to 20, 2019. Detailed programming announcements are available at DigitalASO.ca.
Podcasts from the Pond
Are your digital systems beat? Looking for stories and insights on the effects of gentrification in the arts? Check out our two podcasts, DigitalGO at DigitalASO.ca and Round the Block at Goundstory.ca.
Groundstory Applied Research 2019
Groundstory applied research continues throughout Winter and Spring 2019 including two province-wide general public and arts industry worker surveys, an international literature review, and regional focus groups. Visit Groundstory.ca for more information.
Artse United Public Outreach
Phase 1 outreach for Artse United begins with focus group meetups in Toronto from June to August 2019. Public consultations will also take place Ontario-wide, including Toronto, London, Sudbury and Ottawa from September 16-24. Visit Artse.ca for more information.