About the session
🚀Are you an independent artist ready to take control of your financial future and professional career? This focused workshop is designed to equip you with the essential financial and administrative strategies needed to turn your artistic practice into a sustainable, thriving profession.
We will tackle the three core challenges facing today’s independent creators:
1. Secure Funding: The Grant Writing Advantage
Stop leaving money on the table! We will demystify the grant application process, teaching you how to identify the right funding sources (government, foundation, and private) and craft powerful, reviewer-ready proposals that successfully secure the capital you need for your projects.
2. Financial Sustainability: Build a Solid Foundation
Move beyond gig-to-gig uncertainty. Learn the essentials of budgeting for projects, structuring your artistic business, and creating diversified revenue streams to ensure your creative output is financially stable for the long term.
3. The DIY Manager: Professionalizing Your Practice
You are your own CEO. This session covers the core management skills you need: strategic career planning, effective contract negotiation, and mastering the administrative demands of intellectual property (IP) protection and key relationship management.
Walk away with a concrete plan to professionalize your practice and maximize your career potential.
Get your tickets now to reserve your spot! Limited seats are available.
The workshop also includes opportunities for discussion, networking and Q&A, making it a rich and engaging experience for participants.
Speaker BIO
Her career spans artist development, marketing, and diversity advocacy. As Marketing Director of #BigTicket, a monthly showcase of hip-hop talent, and through her multi-faceted work at FACTOR, Canada’s premiere grants/funding agency where she championed outreach and diversity initiatives that continue to shape the industry today.
Through her company, Rubaine Consulting, she produces strategic marketing campaigns and events, including founding the International Women’s Day Music Summit — a platform for creators in hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and Indigenous music to access safe spaces, educational programs, and performance opportunities.
Gabrielle’s commitment to amplifying marginalized voices earned her the 2018 Women in Media International Women’s Achiever Award for curating Queens of the Game (2014–2017), an online radio show celebrating women in music. She currently serves as Outreach Director for MMF Canada and is co-founder of the Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurial Society Hub where she helps community members tap into funding and financial literacy skills .
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