Knight Foundation
To promote economic stability for the city's cultural community by offering support to emerging creative businesses with pre-seed funding, mentorships programs and workshops
Summary: To promote economic stability for the city’s cultural community, the University of the Arts will offer support to emerging creative businesses with pre-seed funding, mentorship programs and workshops. The effort will expand its current programming to accommodate burgeoning creative businesses, providing access to workshops on business and entrepreneurship not normally available to the artistic community. Classes will help new companies develop business plans, offer free advice on strategies, marketing, legal questions and business critiques.
Mira Zergani joined the University's Advancement Office in 2007. With nearly 20 years of experience in fundraising, grantsmanship and development, Mira has previously worked at the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Zoo and the American College of Physicians. Mira has also served as adjunct faculty since 2004 in the University of the Arts' Museum Studies department.