We are all familiar with motivational calls for “follow your dream” and “pursue your passion”, and right after we get questions like “can you make a living from it”? The world is full of talented people who should follow their passion; the brave go after it, and the wise learn how to do it.
Once a hobby, now a way of life
As the first of its kind, WISE focuses on helping artistic women integrate into the job market by providing them with the new skills needed to start a business and enjoy a successful career.
“This training will provide them with entrepreneurship skills to teach them to open their horizons to modern opportunities, and also what innovation processes and techniques are out there and where they can access them,” Diana Medrea-Mogensen, founder of We Are Entrepreneurs, told CPH POST.
The material used in the teaching has been developed in collaboration with 5 other European organizations (Versli mama and Dailininku from Lithuania, ETN from Italy, ANKA from Greece and Step by Step from Iceland), “We Are Entrepreneurs” is part of the WISE project in Denmark . The project is currently in the pilot phase, where the course is being tested by selected local women in arts and crafts. The pilot is organized in collaboration with Art Escape Studios and Café led by Melanie Dawn Smith, and it consists of 12 four-hour sessions during April, May and June 2022.
Participants have recently completed the first module, “Creative Entrepreneurship”, and are acquiring new business skills, and they are now getting ready to explore “Contemporary Opportunities in Arts” in May through module 2. Gallery visits, portfolio creation and NFTs are among the topics covered. In June, the artists will explore innovations in their field during module 3 through site visits and workshops. Following the principles of adult learning, WISE aims to keep training as practical and interactive as possible.
What comes next?
In September 2022, We Are Entrepreneurs and Art Escape Studio and Café will hold a dissemination event to present the project’s results to local stakeholders. During this event, the artists will present their work to the public in NFT format. In October 2022, selected NFTs created by participants from all 5 countries will be shown during Wise Women Week in Vilnius, Lithuania at Šv. Jono gatvės galerija.
In addition, We Are Entrepreneurs has started a collaboration with the Danish e-learning platform uQualio to reach as many women in the arts as possible. The plan is to put all the sessions in the e-learning format so that the WISE project can be used for many more.
Read more about the project here: https://wise-women.eu/
We Are Entrepreneurs was created by Diana Medrea-Mogensen with the aim of offering courses, coaching and developing free training programs for integration into the labor market through entrepreneurship. The education focused on problem solving, financial understanding and service mindset is the key to a more inclusive, balanced and sustainable world. Get to know We Are Entrepreneurs here: https://weareentrepreneurs.dk/
Source: The Nordic Page