Business Skills for Creative Souls

Monday, June 7, 2010 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) Centaur Theatre 453 St. François-Xavier Montreal

Join us for a day of inspiration and information for artist entrepreneurs from all artistic disciplines

	A true Montreal legend...   Oliver Jones is one  of Canada's finest and most renowned Jazz musicians. His six-decade career intertwines with that of the very proud history of jazz in his native Montreal - the thriving city that also produced the late Oscar Peterson, Oliver's life-long friend and one of his influences. Oliver was born and raised in the predominately working-class district of Saint Henri in Montreal, several blocks from Peterson. Young Oliver would sit on Peterson's porch listening to his mentor practice and it was Oscar's sister, Daisy who would become Oliver's first piano teacher, continuing on for the next twelve years. These lessons solidified young Jones' skills, which were already considerable; Oliver was performing publicly at the age of five and was just nine years old when he had his first nightclub appearance. Oliver Jones’ six-decade musical career has been rich and varied. His classical music education was followed by stints at Montreal’s Café St-Michel, enthralling patrons with his acrobatic piano stunts. From his teens to his early twenties, Jones could play anything from swing to rock-n-roll; in those days playing jazz was not considered a viable career. YES is honoured to have Mr. Jones recount his remarkable career during his Keynote Address at the 10th Annual YES Artists’ Conference.

		KATIE MALLOCH
		Katie began working at the CBC in 1972 on an array of projects. With her first love being jazz, it came naturally when she and producer Alain de Grosbois teamed up in 1983 to create Jazz Beat, a network radio show that combined discs and live recordings. Currently, Katie continues her love affair with jazz as the weekday host of CBC Radio 2’s Tonic, giving her the chance to mingle jazz with some of her other favourite types of music. "The show also features latin, soul, and movie music, everything from Tony Bennett to film noir themes, from Erykah Badu to Dexter Gordon. It can be boppish or funky or very romantic, but it MUST have heart and soul."

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Here are images from the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference, held on Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal.

Andy Nulman (Just for Laughs) moderates the morning panel "Creation & Inspiration: How They Made It!" at the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference, June 2010.	Kevin Allwood (Allwood Fashion Corp.), Marie-Jo Leroux (Ubisoft), Dil Hildebrand (Painter), Mila Aung-Thwin (Eye Steel Fim), Alain Goulem (Actor) and Monique Polak (Marianapolis College) and  for the morning panel "Creation & Inspiration: How They Made It!"	Robert Soroka (JMSB-Concordia/McGill/Dawson) and  Michelle Sullivan (HKDP) delivered a presentation on marketing and social media techniques for artists.	Participants engage in a presentation on marketing and social media techniques for artists.
Industry Panel: "Getting a 'YES'!" Guest panelists included: From top left Greg Dunning (Telefilm Canada), Sarah Rushton (Canadan Council for the Arts), John Aylen (YES), Jim West (Justin Time Records, Inc.),Jane Needles (QDF), Marc Lanctôt (Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal), Andrea Kenyon (Kenyon Wells Casting),	Oliver Jones is interviewed by CBC Radio's Katie Malloch at the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference, June 2010.	John Aylen (YES), OIiver Jones and Iris Unger (Executive Director, YES), at the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference, June 2010.	Participants at the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference, June 2010.

Here are images from the 9th Annual YES Self-Employed Artists' Conference, held on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal.

Morning Keynote: Liane Balaban (Actor, New Waterford Girl, One Week, Last Chance Harvey)	Andy Nulman moderates the Artists' Panel:  Creation and Inspiration	From left to right: Alan Handel (Handel Productions),  Julian Espana Keller (Interdisciplinary Artist), Liane Balaban (Actor), Iris Unger (Executive Director, YES Montreal), Andy Nulman (Airborne Mobile), Andrea Kenyon (Andrea Kenyon Casting Associates), Dulcinea Langfelder (CEO and Founder, Off Interarts Studio), Dawn Taylor Watson (Musician & Actor), Joel Yanofsky (Literary Journalist, Concordia Professor)	Outside the Centaur Theatre
Participants at the 9th Annual YES Self-Employed Artists' Conference	"Show me the money!" Panel discussion with Dave Cool (MsAuslan Brewery), Jane Needles (Executive Director, QDF), Nancy Rosenfeld (President, Stephen R. Bronfman Foundation) and James Simon (Illusionary Success Inc.)	"Networking Your Way to Success" segment with Peter E.H. Palmer (Dale Carnegie Business Group) and Alyssa Kuzmarov (Oracle Productions)	Andy Nulman gives the Afternoon Keynote, entitled "POW! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting from the Power of Surprise".