Welcome to Artists U.  Artists U is a cooperative platform for helping performing artists with planning, long-term thinking, and problem-solving. Through monthly group meetings and biweekly one-on-one sessions with a facilitator, artists work to make their artistic and professional lives proactive rather than reactive. We come together as artists, as citizens, as friends to strengthen our work, our communities, our connections. Conceived and directed by Andrew Simonet, Artists U is hosted by the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and funded by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a program of the The Ford Foundation supported by local funders: The Pew Charitable Trusts, The William Penn Foundation, The Pew Fellowships in the Arts, The Independence Foundation, The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, and The Samuel S. Fels Fund.