PROGRAMS

At Artskeeping, an artist is defined as a person who has superior skills or ability to create. We see artists as entrepreneurs who want to spend their energy creating and contributing to the world. Artskeeping was developed through research that conveyed one simple fact, artists don’t love numbers. This solution allows artists to grow their brand and business by providing real-time bookkeeping, financial reports, and conversational reporting to the artist. 

Vision: Create a place where being an artist does not mean living in poverty.

Mission: The mission of Artskeeping is to provide access to financial literacy, wealth building and value creation for artists. 

Problem: Currently, there are over twenty million artists in the world. They do not have a financial solution that provides an efficient business process and workflow and in many cases, what is provided is manual. Artists have to repeat processes and efforts in their accounting system that create incorrect, error prone data. Artists do not have access to financial reporting on their business and when they do, the reports are aged. This results in incorrect analysis based on incorrect or old data. We found that 100% of the artists we surveyed are treated as independent contracted workers and often suffer from delayed payments and in some cases, not being paid at all. The artists do not properly track their Accounts payable and accounts receivable and rarely know how to treat grant funding, when received. We discovered that most artists don’t know how to govern their books and financial life and many have undocumented policies and procedures. If the artist works with other artists, this process is conducted under the table of in other manners that are out of compliance. As a result of these problems, artists don’t know their value and have a hard time determining their value. Resources are lost and in some cases opportunities to build a great brand and business are missed.

Solution: Artskeeping has developed a financial solution that uses technology to automate and communicate the accounting and back office process for the artist. We develop a curated process, policy and procedure document for each artist based on their creative style set. We take this guideline of controls to create an automated workflow. Our process certifies that all parts of the operations are compliant and efficient. This workflow is then used to create the automated data entry process for the artist. The data is entered, audited and reconciled before financial reports are generated. Our intelligent technology has a built in verification process that operates in real time through peer to peer communication. The data is mapped to the curated, compliant chart of accounts based on the entity type and the industry code. Once complete, reports are generated with an easy to read dashboard that displays the metrics and conversational financial language reporting. The system is audited for business process optimization annually before the year end tax file is prepared.

Artskeeping is unique because it is built for artists. Artists are provided with a decision tool conveniently on the dashboard that allows the system to serve as a financial educator and virtual accountant. The artists now have the resources to create and grow their business simultaneously.

Implementing an automated process starts with planning. Planning fosters clean, consistent data.  Artskeeping revolutionizes the accounting and business workflow by eliminating manual processes creating a new customer experience. Artists will see, understand and experience their brand and business at its highest potential.

The mission of the National Opera House is to restore and maintain the historic house at 7101 Apple Street in Pittsburgh PA. Through this preservation we continue a legacy of creative excellence that nurtures talent and widens access to opportunities. 

Our values are: 

Equity ensures everyone in a community has access to the same opportunities, resources, and outcomes regardless of their perceived “place” in society.

Transparency We are accountable for our actions and conduct ourselves through open communication, business practices authenticity. 

Community Is the shared sense of belonging based on mutual goals, values, interests and location. Our community is ever expanding and evolving.

Education Is a tool that allows us to observe, understand, reason, act and succeed.

To achieve our missions and values we are committed to providing Artskeeping to all professional artists because we see this as a way to educate and build the community. Artists who can sustain their lives will make the world a better, more creative place.