We are
The Arts Firm

Helping organizations and artists reach, reflect and strengthen our communities.

Meet Our
Experts

Experience, knowledge & skills for your project team, 1×1 Sounding Board support, and ArtsBoost courses from our roster of over 12 experts. Hailing from across the country, our team will have the insight you’re looking for.

Erika Beatty

founder and managing director

Erika Beatty is known for strategic integration of new ideas and technology, creating collaborative partnerships and teams that excel, and developing organizations with good governance, sound strategy and sustainable finances. Following a 20 year career as chief executive of Canadian symphony orchestras (including Symphony Nova Scotia) she shifted to supporting content creation and the creative industries including Anhinga Films (“GreenRights in the Maritimes“), Handful of Films and Screen Nova Scotia.

Most recent clients include Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Screen Composers Guild of Canada, Mulgrave Road Theatre, Esprit Orchestra, Orchestras Canada, and Choral Canada. Erika is a member of a member of Arts Consultants Canada, has national non-profit board experience, has served on provincial and federal funding panels, has represented clients at international markets and events and served on the board of the Greater Halifax Partnership from 2012 – 2018. In 2012, she was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts John Hobday Award for excellence in artistic administration.

Originally from Ontario Erika has worked and volunteered across the country, settling in Nova Scotia in 2008. In 2018 she founded The Arts Firm to meet the need of the Canadian arts sector to have access to deeply experienced cultural experts working in virtual teams, as needed and where needed.

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The Arts
Firm Approach

We take a hands-on and personalized approach that can fit organizations of all shapes and sizes. Project stages are determined by scope, complexity and timeline of the work to be done. Many projects incorporate the following approach:

  • Introduce & DefineConnect with you in a video kick-off to clarify goals, identify and coordinate people, information, tools, and other resources
  • Draft & DesignResearch and define framework and deliverables. Enable expertise, analyze and recommend action items
  • Produce & DeployStructure and create materials, limited rollout to test and adapt to ensure effective delivery
  • Refine & ReviewFinalize deliverables. Ensure smooth transfer of any ongoing operating details, and share early results

We’ve been there. And we can help.

ArtsBoost

Accelerate Your Career

Explore our growing catalogue of online courses and join our community of learners.

  • On-Demand Courses

    Explore courses designed for working in the arts, delivered by experts from across the sector and beyond.

  • Industry Leading Instructors

    ArtsBoost instructors are experts in their fields and bring knowledge from within and outside of the arts sector.

  • Community of Learners

    Join the ArtsBoost community and network with arts professionals from across Canada

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Sounding Board

We’re Here to Help

Book 1×1 time with an Arts Firm expert for confidential support. We help tackle your challenges.

  • Expertise where you need it

    Our roster includes experts from across the sector

  • Your On-Call Expert

    Book as many or few sessions as you need to get the job done

  • Confidential & Secure

    We take your privacy and security seriously

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Contact Us

We’re here to help, when and how you need us. The Arts Firm is a digital consulting group. We work remotely with each other and with our clients.

Mailing

31 Kings Wharf Pl.
Unit 703
Dartmouth, NS
B2Y 0C1

Phone

902-536-1909

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Values

We want Canadian arts work to be equitable and sustainable.

We are curious and seek out authentic and respectful relationships with everyone we work with: consulting teams, clients, and their communities.

We connect with work that is meaningful, enjoyable, and full of discovery, and we look for clients who feel the same.

With each new project and team member, we increase our scope, deepen our insight, and extend our foresight through a variety of thought, skills, and lived experiences.

The Arts Firm and its associates work from their homes on both unceded and Treaty territory across Northern Turtle Island.

As an online and decentralized organization, The Arts Firm recognizes the impacts of colonization on digital literacy, access, and bandwidth, which limit the breadth of perspectives in the online space.

As consultants, we acknowledge that many Indigenous scholars and elders are regularly called upon to serve as consultants and advisors without adequate compensation.

As a team, we strive to communicate transparently and equitably and to defer to Indigenous ways of knowing in ensuring that exchanges with our clients and colleagues are reciprocal, mutually beneficial, and lay a sustainable foundation for future generations.