Budget Crafting: 2026 Workshop Series for Musicians

Are you an artist preparing to apply for grant funding?

In this workshop, participants will learn:

• Fundamentals of creating meaningful project budgets; 
• Best-practices;
• How to categorize income and expenses;
• How to align a budget to a proposal narrative.

Whether this is your first time creating a budget or you’re looking to refine an existing one, Oakland-based musician and grant-supported artist Suki O’Kane will provide practical guidance so you leave with a clearer understanding of how to approach budgets for grant applications.

Oakland-based musician, composer, improviser and instigator, Suki O’Kane works with artists from a wide array of music, movement, expanded cinema and public art genres. She is a student of monumental and durational forms, combining Jurassic electronics, everyday objects and found sounds to create noisy, hand held miniatures. Suki also serves as an Administrator with the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, honing her craft in nonprofit finance for the good of the Fund and in partnership with Fund grantees and grantseekers.

NOTE: Attendees are highly encouraged to bring work-in-progress budgets. Budget templates are available on the InterMusic SF website

This workshop will be facilitated by InterMusic SF. Each spring, InterMusic hosts free professional development workshops on a broad range of topics. Workshops are specifically designed for professional musicians + facilitated by Bay Area experts. This February–June, join us for a curated series of workshops that will help you sustain your career as an artist or arts professional.

If you are attending in-person, the workshop will be held at the InterMusic SF Administrative Office at 135 Main St Suite 1030, SF. If you are having trouble finding the office, please contact us at [email protected] or (415) 818-2825.

If you are attending virtually, the Zoom link will be sent to RSVPs closer to the start time and linked on this page.

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