Conversations from the Sundance Institute Labs | Financial Wellness in the Arts with Elaine Grogan Luttrull
About this Event Recording
Go behind the scenes to learn from Sundance Institute Advisors in our Conversations from the Labs series. This collection of videos will deepen your understanding of all the creative disciplines that are supported through our Labs including Feature Film Directing and Writing, TV Writing, Emerging/Interdisciplinary Media, Documentary, Producing and Film Music.
Building healthy financial habits can be a challenge for anyone. In the arts, we have the added complication of managing cash flow, measuring success in creative and financial terms and relying on sometimes uncertain sources of income. This conversational workshop covers healthy approaches to identify realistic business and personal expenses, strategize and identify key metrics to build wealth and plan for tax obligations effectively. The framework for addressing these things revolves around building knowledge, establishing habits (and holding ourselves accountable for those habits), reclaiming control where we can and knowing what to pay attention to in order to meet our creative and financial goals.
Download Elaine Grogan Luttrull's slides and framework handout.
More conversations in this series include actor/director Ed Harris, writer/director Karyn Kusama, writer/director Rick Famuyiwa, editor Dylan Tichenor and others.
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Elaine Grogan Luttrull
Elaine Grogan Luttrull, CPA-PFS, AFC® is a financial educator who believes financial knowledge and habits can lead to creative empowerment. She leads Minerva Financial Arts, a company devoted to building financial literacy and empowerment in creative individuals through workshops and one-on-one advising. Her workshops have been featured nationally by funders, state and local arts councils, and colleges and universities that serve creative individuals.
Elaine also teaches at the Columbus College of Art & Design, where she served as the Department Head for Business & Entrepreneurship from 2014-2018. Previously, Elaine served as the Director of Financial Analysis for The Juilliard School and in the Transaction Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young in New York. She is the author of Arts & Numbers (Agate, B2 2013), and she contributed regularly to Professional Artist magazine. She is based in Columbus, Ohio where she serves on the boards of the Short North Alliance, Healing Broken Circles, and the Lark Play Development Center.