Meet Terrain's newest cohort of arts-based businesses ready to take their fresh ideas to the streets of Spokane!
ABOUT
Help us celebrate Terrain’s Creative Enterprise cohort #5 by attending their Pitch Party (think shark-tank, but friendly, and no cut-throat investors (lol)!
13 artist entrepreneurs — full list below — will give 3-minute presentations, followed by Q&A from a panel of local business experts.
This is the cohort's last step as they wrap up their business plans and begin to take their fresh ideas to the streets of Spokane! Let's cheer them on!
But first! Please register — IT'S FREE — via the "Find Tickets" button just so we know how many people to prepare for. You can also register here: bit.ly/CEpitchparty23
What's Creative Enterprise you say? It's Terrain's business incubator for artists. You can learn more about the program at: terrainspokane.com/creative-enterprise
EVENING OVERVIEW
5:00PM-6PM (meet & greet)*
6PM-8:00PM (pitches and Q&A from panel)
8:00PM-8:30PM (stay and mingle if you want)
*open-house style, very casual
COHORT
Gayle M Kruger • Dancing Pine Soapworks
Curtis Baruth • District 16
Benjamin Dysart • Dysart Knives
Elizabeth Merriam • Flourish Botanicals
Fernando Ortiz • Harmony Woods
Katie Muirhead • Katie + Kin Ceramics
Melanie Hewitt • LibroBuch
Mary Hanlin • Life is Shit Toilet Spray
Makayla Sotin • Makayla Sotin Design
CarliAnn Forthun Bruner • Kindling Dance Commons
Sarah Moulton • Sarah Rose Photos LLC
Mike Beegle • Nokh
Tammy Merrill • Greencastle Soap Supply Company
PANELISTS
Lisa Gardner • Director of Communications and Community Engagement, Spokane City Council
Juliet Sinisterra • Executive Director, UDistrict
Vange Ocasio Hochheimer, M.A., Ph.D. • Professor of Economics and Finance, Whitworth University
Sarah Brown • Owner, Work/Life
A MASSIVE thank you to our program partners, WSMA and Spaceworks Tacoma for supporting this program!