Creative types get a bit of business schooling

[20 August 2006 - Los Angeles Times] As it distributes grants to artists, the Creative Capital Foundation also tries to teach them how to succeed in the wider world. Founded in 1999, Creative Capital has delivered $5 million to nearly 250 artists, and in the process is creating a new template for private arts funding, using a mix of old-style grant-making and post-dot-com venture capitalism to re-imagine the relationships among artists, funders and markets. More