Workshops,
Groups & Seminars

The Actors Fund offers a broad spectrum of online and phone programs to support the unique, essential needs of all who work in entertainment and the performing arts. Learn more and register for free workshops and services pertaining to The Career Center, Financial Wellness, Health & Health Insurance, Housing and Social Services.
 

Investing Basics for Creative Professionals, Part 1 and 2

 

Part 1: Wednesday, November 4, 2-4 pm PT
Part 2: Thursday, November 12, 12-2 pm PT
Attendance at both sessions is recommended but not required

Join The Actors Fund and David Maurice Sharp, author of The Thriving Artist, for this informative and engaging webinar specifically designed for creative professionals.

Learn the elements of a sound financial plan, including assessing your comfort level with risk, the basics of different types of investments, and ideas for creating a portfolio with limited and varying income. This webinar will also explore individual retirement accounts, social security income and Union pensions. David will demystify the jargon and help you understand how to begin (or continue!) to integrate wealth-building into your financial life, and what you need to know about investing amid the Covid-19 crisis.

 


The Career Center

The Career Center offers a comprehensive suite of online programs and services that help entertainment industry and performing arts professionals to identify and find sideline work and discover new careers outside the industry.
 
Get started by attending The Career Center Orientation to enroll in the career services offered.
 
Additional workshops include Spotlight Series: Spotlight on Stage Managers, Submitting Online Applications and Networking Principles and Practices.
 
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Financial Wellness

Financial Wellness online workshops and seminars increase your financial knowledge and help you learn the tools and skills to support lifelong financial health and stability.

Learn the basics of financial wellness by attending Budgeting Nuts & Bolts and check out Money Matters: Managing Student Loans Amid COVID-19*.

*Time listed in Eastern Time

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Health & Health Insurance

The Actors Fund offers personalized health insurance counseling and enrollment support via Entertainment Health Insurance Solutions, referrals to health care resources, seminars on how to best care for yourself and more.

Don’t find yourself caught without health insurance; attend the free workshop of Every Artist Insured: Getting Affordable Coverage In CA During COVID-19.
 

Each month’s Health Insurance HQ provides an update on the health care landscape from the expert team at The Actors Fund’s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC). This month, AHIRC has so much information to share, we have two HQs: learn myths versus facts on Open Enrollment and get the facts on the Republican and Democratic platforms for health care.

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Housing

The Actors Fund operates several affordable housing residences across the country, including The Palm View in West Hollywood, and also offers online resources to help you learn more about affordable housing opportunities and other housing-related issues you may encounter.
 
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Social Services

With respect and understanding, our professional social workers offer our community help to address a wide array of challenges via online and phone counseling and support groups, education and practical help—completely free of charge.

Upcoming online support groups and seminars include Mind Body Spirit: A Group for Black Women in Entertainment, National Dancer Info Session and Finding Hope in Uncertain Times (CA residents only).
 
You can also join a waitlist for the next cohort of the Support Group for Entertainment Professionals by emailing [email protected].

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