I believe a truly happy life comes from listening to your intuition, exploring your curiosity and forging your own path...
Are you ready to take the next step with your mosaic practice by pursuing public art projects?
Do you want to see your work in the public sphere?
Let me walk you through the ins and outs of applying for, navigating, and earning income from public art projects?
Creative placemaking is and amazing way to direct your mosaic practice.
Sometimes the public art application process can seem daunting...
But I'm here to tell you it's absolutely possible to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence required to successfully compete in this market.
I've been doing it for 30 years.
I'd love to teach you how.
What You'll Learn in the Course...
You may be interested in developing or growing a professional mosaic practice around public art and community projects (or adding these elements to your mosaic business).
The Applying for Public Art Projects course will help you master the ins and outs of responding to RFQs (Requests for Qualifications), the art of working with civic entities and public art departments, how to prepare for presentations and proposals, and how to successfully navigate the application process. I'll also let you know what you can expect along the way, how to consider budgets for public projects, and understand the contractual process.
I've had over 30 years experience with this work and I'm happy and proud to share what I've learned. You will not find this type of educational training available with this depth and breadth anywhere else.
Whatever your goals and interest, I have created this course so that you can use the information to support or develop a business that works for YOU.
Course topics include:
• Applying for Public Art Projects
• Strategies for success
• Self inquiry
• Building your portfolio towards public art
• Sourcing opportunities
• RFQs vs RFPs
• Elements of an RFQ
• Should I apply for this?
• Red tape
• Financial considerations
• Budgets for public art projects
• Sample budget (and math)
• Budget worksheets
• Contracts and payments
• Developing proposals and presentations
• Site meetings
• Community interface
• Project design
• Proposal elements and project description
• Presentation to selection committees
• Navigating the system and working with city agencies
• Resources and more...
Imagine...
Imagine understanding exactly what goes into applying for public art projects... all the steps and ins and outs.
Imagine being able to confidently navigate the whole process in a way that is professional and aligns with your goals and interests.
Imagine being able to build your portfolio towards public art and source the kinds of projects that interest and inspire you.
Imagine being able to create a business from your mosaic practice that is enjoyable, manageable and profitable.
Sound pretty awesome?
Please join me for:
Applying for Public Art Projects
Content from Business of Mosaics Masterclass
Everything you need to know to source, apply for, and win public art projects that are in line with your personal and professional values and intentions.
Get ready to:
Confidently apply for public art projects and understand the process from A to Z.
Generate income doing something you love.
Learn how to define, direct and build your mosaic business
in a way that works for you!
Course Benefits
Your investment includes:
+ 16 instructional videos, organized in easily digestible lengths, delivered in accessible, real world language
+ 10 downloadable pdfs with helpful information and supplementary materials including a sample budget and worksheet (including how to calculate the math), a sample public art agreement and targeted resources and more...
+Access to a private online forum to connect with Business of Mosaics Masterclass learners and alumni
If you have more questions about the course, please feel free to reach out.
Note: In order to successfully contextualize the information presented, it is recommended that students have a working knowledge of mosaic making. Technical mosaic making or designing is not part of this course.
In this course, we investigate these questions and more…
Should you apply for that public art project?
What really goes into putting a proposal together for public mosaic projects?
What is the difference between an RFP and an RFQ?
How can you make the most return on a project with a fixed budget?
What’s the difference between public art and privately funded art in public spaces?
This course covers the ins and outs of responding to RFQs (Requests for Qualifications), working with civic entities and public art departments, preparing for presentations and proposals, and navigating the application process for public art projects.
I’ll let you know what you can expect during the public art selection process, how to consider budgets specifically for public projects, and how to understand the contractual process.
This course covers interfacing with industry professionals, and working with arts commissions, civic entities, percent for art programs and community members. Sources for finding out about opportunities are offered as well as helpful resources.
Online Learning That Fits Your Schedule
Since the course is online you can access it from anywhere. And because it’s recorded, it’s accessible to you at your own pace. Perfect for all schedules.
Course content is available as soon as you register.
Course content is evergreen - meaning you can access it at your own pace and come back to it later. You don't have to finish the course in four weeks. You can take as much time as you need to absorb the material.
We all learn differently and our schedules vary. That's why I've created digestible, manageable bites of information that offer you freedom and flexibility. I want you to learn in a way that works for you!
What Students Have to Say...
Applying for Public Art Projects from the Business of Mosaics Masterclass class helped me understand and navigate the public art application process from start to finish.
Since having taken this course, I have successfully worked with state and city agencies to create several public mosaic projects! The information in the course was invaluable…It gave me a realistic view of what goes into applying for (and actually doing) public projects, as well as educating me around which types of projects are best to apply for in relation to my experience, style and energy. The budget sheets were especially helpful!
-Vicki M, Course Graduate
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I referred to my binder just before a meeting today about an upcoming mural!
-Barbara B, Course Graduate
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This is not just another business course. It's specific to mosaic artists and artisans. In addition to the many "business" lectures, it guides one to to explore what they really want their business to be -- specific to the desires and needs, balancing nuts and bolts training with what will work for YOU.
-Christy P, Course Graduate
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This course is a huge asset for an artist wanting to make a business out of their creative practice! I would absolutely recommend this course to others!
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The structure was perfect - many short videos made learning easier to digest and to refer back to. I was 100% focused.
- Shelley B, Course Graduate
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I am really impressed with how you have organized the modules into bite-sized info, and your lectures are digestible and super interesting. You are a truly great teacher.
- Katie W, Course Graduate
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The course structure and platform were perfect for me. I was able to do (the lessons) at my own pace. The platform was very easy to use and I appreciated all the downloadable PDFs.
- Kathy S, Course Graduate
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As a mosaic artist and business owner, I can say there is no other resource that could assist me in running my business like this.
- Vicki M, Course Graduate
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The knowledge in (this course) is thorough and spot-on... The information was easy to digest and it is the BEST info I could get for my situation.
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The course was concise and full of pertinent information. It was well-organized in timing and topics, with a boat load of info! All presented by a beautiful, witty and wise woman.
- Ippy F, Business of Mosaics Masterclass Graduate
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Thank you again for such an amazing course and experience. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the course!
- Monica F, Business of Mosaics Masterclass Graduate
I am really enjoying your course! I took this photo this morning and wanted to share it with you, as I am happy to tell you I had a new commission inquiry yesterday! Thank you for being so generous and organized with information on moving forward with turning my love of mosaics into a profitable business.
-Jennifer K, Student
Course Curriculum
I invite you to watch the welcome.
The videos in each lecture range from a few minutes - 20 minutes.
All are broken down into sections that are easy to digest.
There is a good amount of content and resources in this complete course.
How “Applying for Public Art Projects" came to be...
Inspired by in-person weekend seminars I'd offered over the past fifteen years in the Business of Mosaics, in 2021 I greatly expanded the content and created a new, in-depth, online Business of Mosaics Masterclass.
This one-of-a-kind professional development course focuses on the multiple facets of launching, managing and growing a successful mosaic business… while maintaining a mindful work-life balance.
After launching the Business of Mosaics course, I learned that many of my students really wanted the chance to dive in deep on how to prepare and apply for public art projects as part of their creative or professional mosaic practice.
By popular demand I'm thrilled to offer "Applying for Public Art Projects" (content from the Business of Mosaics Masterclass) as a stand-alone course.
This rich-format course, complete with sample budget and calculation worksheets and a sample public art contract is asynchronous so you can do it at your own pace, in your own space.
Discover the ins and outs of sourcing, responding to RFQs, and applying for public art projects as part of creating a mosaic art business that has meaning, and continues to inspire you.
Ready to take the leap?
Investing in your own success can be transformational!
I hope you'll join me!
What you’re doing for this industry is unprecedented.
- Lillian Sizemore, Mosaic Artist and Scholar
This is the best online class I have ever taken!
- Kathy S, Course Graduate
You were born with potential...
You were born with greatness...
You were born with wings...
Learn to use them and fly.
-Rumi
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About Laurel True
Laurel True is an artist, teacher and advocate of creative expression. Through her studio, True Mosaics Studio, she has specialized in creative placemaking, public art and architectural mosaics for the past 30 years. She has created architectural installations, mosaic murals and sculptural forms for parks, transit systems, streetscapes, hospitals, social and education centers, and commercial and residential spaces across the US and in Haiti, Europe, Mexico, South and Central America and Africa.
She has an active studio practice through which she explores concepts of beauty, identity and perception using juxtapositions of materials and iterative processes.
Laurel co-founded the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, California and has fostered education in the mosaic arts through teaching and speaking around the world. She is Founding Director of Global Mosaic Project, which provides art education and entrepreneurial training to underserved communities in urban and developing areas through socially engaged art. True has trained thousands of students, volunteers, artists, teachers and community members in the creation of over 200 projects globally that contribute to environmental beautification, economic and community development, well-being and social justice.
Laurel apprenticed with artist Isaiah Zagar after receiving a degree in African Studies from University of Wisconsin. She has studied at Studio Arte del Mosaico in Ravenna, Italy; Universite Chiek Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal; Parsons School of Design in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. She participated in/partnered with TEDWomen, International Urban Mosaic Intervention in Chile, International Community Mural Arts Program in Turkey through the US State Department, Partners In Health, Build Health International, and the United Nations. She has self-published two books about her work with communities in Haiti.
With a keen interest in mindfulness practices, mind-body connection, and investing in the success of others, Laurel has helped countless people get in touch with their creativity, launch or strengthen their creative practice, spearhead mosaic projects, and launch their own businesses. She believes that we are all creative being and that creative expression is inextricably linked to well-being.
Laurel teaches workshops online and in person and in person all around the world. She teaches yearly retreats and training workshops in France and Mexico.