Emerge Art Gallery held its monthly “Art Means Business” event on Wednesday, March 19. The art gallery works with both East Carolina University and Pitt Community College to host this event for creative minds to come together and learn about art and business concepts.
“It’s a way to help them navigate not only their own means of making their art, but then also the business aspect,” marketing and exhibitions director at Emerge, Sarah Lazure said. “So, anything that we can do to create that community that they have a place to have mentors and ask questions.”
The event is open to any students. Whether it be artists, musicians, dancers, or photographers, anyone with a creative drive or curiosity is welcome.
The “Art Means Business” event is held on the third Wednesday of every month at Emerge Art Gallery.
“All creatives both on and off campus are welcome,” Director of the ECU Crisp center Emily Yeager said. “Even if you are unsure if you want to become entrepreneurial with your creative gifts, we welcome you.”
The Crisp center is the small business resource center in the ECU College of Business. They work with Emerge Art Gallery on events and workshops.
“The Pitt County Arts Council, headquartered at Emerge Art Gallery, has hosted “Art Means Business” in the past,” Yeager said. “We decided to revive this series due to increasing demand from the creative community in Pitt County and surrounding areas.”
Not only does Emerge Art Gallery partner with ECU, they also partner with Pitt Community College.
“[Emerge] wanted to branch out and get more of the other communities involved so that it wasn’t just necessarily the people we knew,” Lazure said. “So being able to, you know, utilize contacts throughout the university, as well as Pitt Community College and then also having the ability to partner with their faculty or staff that have experience and are willing to share that with our community members.”
Events such as the “Arts means Business” workshops allow students to learn and develop their art and entrepreneurial skills.
“Additionally, we believe that supporting creatives to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations means supporting those that contribute to the very fabric and vibe that makes our community a great place to live, work, and play,” Yeager said.
The goal of this event was to give creators in the community an outlet to learn new things related to their path that might not be taught in a classroom. Lazure has seen good results from the workshop. The next “Art Means Business” workshop will be held Wednesday, April 16 and is open to anyone interested.
“It’s just been nice to see that community gathering, that sharing of ideas, kind of the breakdown of silos between different genres of art and also just being able to provide these skills and experiences and resources for our community,” Lazure said.
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