The Watering Can
The Watering Can was founded to fill a need in the Sioux Falls area supporting artists and creatives in their business and professional development.
The Watering Can was founded to fill a need in the Sioux Falls area supporting artists and creatives intheir business and professional development. It is our hope to empower artists to succeed in both termsof productivity and financial stability. Allowing them to pursue their passion and contribute to the vibrancy of our community.
A quote by Andy Warhol has been an inspiration:
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
The Watering Can is fiscally sponsored by the Sioux Falls Arts Council. With a mission:
To embrace the arts through community development and assistance to artists in their professional & leadership development.
Initial goals of The Watering Can:
- Provide professional development for artists and creatives
- Local scheduled classes
- Online classes
- Coaching and consulting
- Creating community for peer support and sharing of resources & knowledge
- Support established creatives to move to the next level
- Mentor program
- Leadership development to encourage and support creatives to step forward and have the skills to lead.
- To be a vehicle for organizations, communities, governmental entities and other nonprofits to develop and implement community development projects and events.
- Provide education and opportunities for collectors and potential patrons to be comfortable and willing to financially support artists and their work.
Leadership development to encourage and support creatives to step forward and have the skills to lead.
To be a vehicle for organizations, communities, governmental entities and other nonprofits to develop and implement community development projects and events.
Provide education and opportunities for collectors and potential patrons to be comfortable and willing to financially support artists and their work.
The WC remains flexible understanding the needs of the community and arts are continually changing. We are fluid and able to respond to the ebb and flow of both.
Claudia Dail, a certified business coach, CBC, with vast experience in business, organizational, and leadership development as well as mentoring founded The Watering Can to support local artist in developing business skills.
In 2014 the first business skills for artists series was held with support from JAM, an artist reuse center and Exposure, a gallery and artist studio space. This series has been offered once or twice each year. The content was continually refined to meet the needs of artists. The ASN, Artist Support Network met monthly for several years offering a place to gather, share information and gain business knowledge.
Current programing is a Speakers Series focused on visual artists with business information from experienced professionals. These sessions are held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 at Rehfeld’s Underground, 431 N. Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls SD, lower level. There is an elevator at the front of the building. This Series is made possible through a grant from the Sioux Falls Community Foundation.
