Artist Exchange-North

Author and humorist Rebecca Rule will bring her wry tales of life in New Hampshire to the North Country on February 1 for ArtWorks-NH’s annual Artist Exchange-North. The regional business training specifically for artists will be held at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in Whitefield from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rule, the author of five books, including “Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller's Guide to New Hampshire,” has an eye and ear for the peculiarities of rural folk, and a gift for knitting those eccentricities into hilarious tales of everyday life.

Artist Exchange-North attendees will spend the remainder of the daylong conference gathering practical business information from local experts.

Eric Lang of Legal Ledgers in Berlin will offer financial management tools and a basic understanding of what it takes to get a handle on a business’s financial future. Roxanne Herres of Sunny Valley Creations in Columbia will share tips on building a Web site.

Luncheon speaker Steve Gamlin of Jigsaw Consulting in Exeter, a “motivational humorist,” will present on Attitude, Action and the Law of Attraction.

The day will wrap up with a presentation of ArtWorks-NH’s Artist Innovation Award, and a roundtable discussion of lessons and ideas generated by the trainings.

MicroCredit-NH is offering discounted fees for early registration to this event. The fee through Jan. 15 is $45 for MicroCredit-NH members and $55 for non-members; after Jan. 15, $55 for members and $65 for non-members. Price covers morning refreshments and lunch.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. Please go to www.microcreditnh.org or call (800) 769-3482 for more information or to register.