Since 2008, ERPA dialogues have engaged more than 500 artists and cultural stakeholders in topics ranging from alternative fundraising tactics, to the romanticization of the starving artist paradigm, to a smackdown exposé on the ‘new’ economy.
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Public Display of Invention at WNYC
Public Display of Invention at WNYC, September 21, 2009
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The New Economy Smack Down
Galapagos Art Space, May 13, 2009
View full blog post and stream audio online.
Artist or Cultural Entrepreneur?
Chez Bushwick, Thursday, October 9, 2008
View full blog post and stream audio online.
No more Grants and Grandma: Alternatives to Traditional Fundraising
Joe's Pub, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
View full blog post and stream audio online.
Starving Artist: Fact or Fiction: Non-Profit Doesn’t = No Money
Galapagos Art Space, Tuesday, September 16, 2008
View full blog post and stream audio online.
Showing posts with label ERPA Podcasts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ERPA Podcasts. Show all posts
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Public Display of Invention
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Public Display of Invention
Monday, September 21, 7:30-9:30pm
WNYC's The Greene Space
seven unique visions to catalyze and sustain the cultural economy
Presented as part of The Field’s Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists program (ERPA -pronounced ur·pah) made possible by the NYC Cultural Innovation Fund of The Rockefeller Foundation.
ERPA asked “How can artists make new money for their work?” And then ERPA challenged artists to propose inventive, sustainable and replicable models to do this.
Presenters: Kahlil Almustafa, Rachel Chavkin / The T.E.A.M., Nick Brooke, Jon Stancato / Stolen Chair, Connie Hall / Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, JoAnna Mendl Shaw / The Equus Projects, and Caroline Woolard / Our Goods.
In November 2008, 116 artists and companies applied to The Field’s grassroots search for new economic models. Seven artists with the most feasible, sustainable, innovative and replicable models were selected. Since then, the ERPA 7 as we affectionately call them, have been hard at work planning, testing, and tweaking their unique approaches to financial stability. The Field gave them each $5,000 and a variety of professional development resources to support their planning. In late August 2009 the ERPA 7 applied to The Field for up to $25,000 in implementation funds to take their projects to the next level. STAY TUNED!! We will announce the recipients of the implementation grants in late September.
What is ERPA really? In 2008 (before the economy tanked), The Field received a generous award from The Rockefeller Foundation’s inaugural Cultural Innovation Fund to tackle the debilitating financial instability that many performing artists face every day. True to The Field’s grass roots, we took this project directly to our artists and asked them “what would you do?” This query resulted in two streams of attack: dynamic public dialogues (aka Invention Sessions), and an ambitious entrepreneurial lab (the ERPA 7). Since then, our Invention Sessions have engaged more than 500 artists and cultural stakeholders in topics ranging from alternative fundraising tactics, to the romanticization of the starving artist, to a smackdown exposé on the 'new' economy. (For full audio coverage of past Invention Sessions, please visit the ERPA Blog: EconomicRevitalization.blogspot.com). The Invention Session held at Joe’s Pub was also featured on WNYC Public Radio. As the economy continues its rocky road, The Field is committed to short- and long-term solutions and micro and macro efforts. We will continue to host Invention Sessions and skill-building programs that help artists revitalize their own economy. In the spring of 2010 we are also launching Economic Revitalization services in East Harlem and the Bronx with support from State Senator José Serrano.
About the ERPA 7
Kahlil Almustafa will bring performance poetry to his hometown of Jamaica, Queens. Through poetry workshops at high schools, performances at theaters, and Living Room Readings, Almustafa will promote poetry as a tool for community engagement. KahlilAlmustafa.com
Rachel Chavkin/The T.E.A.M. will launch American Geographic, an initiative designed to increase national visibility, annual work-weeks for its company members, and forge a country-wide network of audiences and supporters through direct engagement with communities around the nation. With American Geographic, the T.E.A.M. will re-envision itself as a year-round employer and therefore will seek to provide an essential year-round benefit - health insurance - to its part-time employees through corporate sponsorship. The T.E.A.M. hopes to develop a model of engagement between small arts companies and large corporations that will build a mutually beneficial bond between the business and arts community and enable future arts companies to pursue essential benefits for part-time employees. TheTEAMPlays.org
Nick Brooke composes collages of pop song fragments and sound effects, and then trains live performers to sound like these recordings, while creating intricate theatrical tableaus. He wants to use ERPA to create a ‘micro-commissioning’ program, in which small fragments, songs, or vignettes of a larger work are supported by smaller commissions. These microcommissions will be collaged on the web in an interactive installation, which will let participants converse with the artist, and see their works constantly change. NBrooke.com
Jon Stancato/Stolen Chair proposes a way to adapt the business plan followed by most Community Supported Agricultures (CSA). Like the CSA model, Stolen Chair hopes to build a membership community which would provide 'seed' money for the company's development process and then reap a year's worth of theatrical harvests. StolenChair.org
Connie Hall/Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant not only generates an abundance of comic material and great food, but also offers an alternative producing model for artist-driven theater. Through the ERPA program, the actor-run theater company will develop a sustainable business model using income generated by the sale of food and beverages to support its artistic work. AvantGardeRestaurant.com
JoAnna Mendl Shaw/The Equus Projects will develop their Regional Touring Program to include on-site coordinators in four regional hubs throughout the country, enabling each to advocate on the company's behalf and cultivate performance and workshop participation. This program will build upon The Equus Projects' strong national support base, cultivating effective leadership with a handful of key supporters. DancingWithHorses.org
Caroline Woolard/Our Goods proposes an online peer-to-peer network where creative people can trade objects, services, and space with each other. Check out the prototype at OurGoods.org. There you will find a work dress designed by Caroline waiting to be traded for your skills or artwork!
Download Audio File
Public Display of Invention
Monday, September 21, 7:30-9:30pm
WNYC's The Greene Space
seven unique visions to catalyze and sustain the cultural economy
Presented as part of The Field’s Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists program (ERPA -pronounced ur·pah) made possible by the NYC Cultural Innovation Fund of The Rockefeller Foundation.
ERPA asked “How can artists make new money for their work?” And then ERPA challenged artists to propose inventive, sustainable and replicable models to do this.
Presenters: Kahlil Almustafa, Rachel Chavkin / The T.E.A.M., Nick Brooke, Jon Stancato / Stolen Chair, Connie Hall / Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, JoAnna Mendl Shaw / The Equus Projects, and Caroline Woolard / Our Goods.
In November 2008, 116 artists and companies applied to The Field’s grassroots search for new economic models. Seven artists with the most feasible, sustainable, innovative and replicable models were selected. Since then, the ERPA 7 as we affectionately call them, have been hard at work planning, testing, and tweaking their unique approaches to financial stability. The Field gave them each $5,000 and a variety of professional development resources to support their planning. In late August 2009 the ERPA 7 applied to The Field for up to $25,000 in implementation funds to take their projects to the next level. STAY TUNED!! We will announce the recipients of the implementation grants in late September.
What is ERPA really? In 2008 (before the economy tanked), The Field received a generous award from The Rockefeller Foundation’s inaugural Cultural Innovation Fund to tackle the debilitating financial instability that many performing artists face every day. True to The Field’s grass roots, we took this project directly to our artists and asked them “what would you do?” This query resulted in two streams of attack: dynamic public dialogues (aka Invention Sessions), and an ambitious entrepreneurial lab (the ERPA 7). Since then, our Invention Sessions have engaged more than 500 artists and cultural stakeholders in topics ranging from alternative fundraising tactics, to the romanticization of the starving artist, to a smackdown exposé on the 'new' economy. (For full audio coverage of past Invention Sessions, please visit the ERPA Blog: EconomicRevitalization.blogspot.com). The Invention Session held at Joe’s Pub was also featured on WNYC Public Radio. As the economy continues its rocky road, The Field is committed to short- and long-term solutions and micro and macro efforts. We will continue to host Invention Sessions and skill-building programs that help artists revitalize their own economy. In the spring of 2010 we are also launching Economic Revitalization services in East Harlem and the Bronx with support from State Senator José Serrano.
About the ERPA 7
Kahlil Almustafa will bring performance poetry to his hometown of Jamaica, Queens. Through poetry workshops at high schools, performances at theaters, and Living Room Readings, Almustafa will promote poetry as a tool for community engagement. KahlilAlmustafa.com
Rachel Chavkin/The T.E.A.M. will launch American Geographic, an initiative designed to increase national visibility, annual work-weeks for its company members, and forge a country-wide network of audiences and supporters through direct engagement with communities around the nation. With American Geographic, the T.E.A.M. will re-envision itself as a year-round employer and therefore will seek to provide an essential year-round benefit - health insurance - to its part-time employees through corporate sponsorship. The T.E.A.M. hopes to develop a model of engagement between small arts companies and large corporations that will build a mutually beneficial bond between the business and arts community and enable future arts companies to pursue essential benefits for part-time employees. TheTEAMPlays.org
Nick Brooke composes collages of pop song fragments and sound effects, and then trains live performers to sound like these recordings, while creating intricate theatrical tableaus. He wants to use ERPA to create a ‘micro-commissioning’ program, in which small fragments, songs, or vignettes of a larger work are supported by smaller commissions. These microcommissions will be collaged on the web in an interactive installation, which will let participants converse with the artist, and see their works constantly change. NBrooke.com
Jon Stancato/Stolen Chair proposes a way to adapt the business plan followed by most Community Supported Agricultures (CSA). Like the CSA model, Stolen Chair hopes to build a membership community which would provide 'seed' money for the company's development process and then reap a year's worth of theatrical harvests. StolenChair.org
Connie Hall/Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant not only generates an abundance of comic material and great food, but also offers an alternative producing model for artist-driven theater. Through the ERPA program, the actor-run theater company will develop a sustainable business model using income generated by the sale of food and beverages to support its artistic work. AvantGardeRestaurant.com
JoAnna Mendl Shaw/The Equus Projects will develop their Regional Touring Program to include on-site coordinators in four regional hubs throughout the country, enabling each to advocate on the company's behalf and cultivate performance and workshop participation. This program will build upon The Equus Projects' strong national support base, cultivating effective leadership with a handful of key supporters. DancingWithHorses.org
Caroline Woolard/Our Goods proposes an online peer-to-peer network where creative people can trade objects, services, and space with each other. Check out the prototype at OurGoods.org. There you will find a work dress designed by Caroline waiting to be traded for your skills or artwork!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Economy Smack Down
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The New Economy Smack Down
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 7pm-9:30pm
Galapagos Art Space
Hosted by Robert Elmes, Galapagos Art Space, and Jennifer Wright Cook, The Field
Don’t be brought down by the economy, instead usher it in with an evening of lively debate, truth-telling, and prophesizing. Join us to wrestle with the urgent issues and uncertainty that confront the performing arts community. A two-part panel of arts and business leaders will help set the stage for this impromptu evening of possibility.
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The New Economy Smack Down
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 7pm-9:30pm
Galapagos Art Space
Hosted by Robert Elmes, Galapagos Art Space, and Jennifer Wright Cook, The Field
Don’t be brought down by the economy, instead usher it in with an evening of lively debate, truth-telling, and prophesizing. Join us to wrestle with the urgent issues and uncertainty that confront the performing arts community. A two-part panel of arts and business leaders will help set the stage for this impromptu evening of possibility.
Fire Side Chat
• Heather Hitchens, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
PANEL 1: Cultural Stakeholders and Gatekeepers
• Moira Brennan, Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
• Aaron Landsman, Thinaar / Elevator Repair Service (ERS)
• Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, The Lost Notebook
• Brian Rogers, The Chocolate Factory Theater
PANEL 2: Cultural Entrepreneurs
• Rachel Chavkin, Theatre of the Emerging American Moment (TEAM)
• Miguel Gutierrez, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People
• Jeff Hnilicka, Funding Emerging Arts with Sustainable Tactics (FEAST)
• RoseAnne Spradlin, RoseAnne Spradlin Dance
• Jon Stancato, Stolen Chair
Special Performance by Aerialist Lisa Natoli
This event is co-presented by The Field and Galapagos Art Space as part of The Field’s Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation’s 2008 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund. Learn more about ERPA!
LOCATION: Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main StreetCorner of Water Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn, F to York, C/E to High Street, 2/3 to Clark Street
AUDIO GUIDEPOSTS: Heather Hitchens @ 7:05, Aaron Landsman @ 31:35, Morgan van Prelle Pecelli @ 41:10, Brian Rogers @ 51:00, Moira Brennan @ 57:10, RoseAnne Spradlin @ 1:17:55, Jeff Hnilicka @ 1:30:00, Jon Stancato @ 1:44:00, Rachel Chavkin @ 1:58:10, Miguel Gutierrez @ 2:05:00 (TRT 2hrs 37min!)
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Artist or Cultural Entrepreneur?
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Artist or Cultural Entrepreneur?
ERPA Invention Session #3
Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:30-10pm
Chez Bushwick
Moderated by Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, Artistic Director, Emerging Artists, 3LD Art & Technology Center and Founder, The Lost Notebook
Panelists:
• Ryan Fix, Founder, The Pure Project
• Lara Galinsky, Vice President of Strategy, Echoing Green
• Jmy Leary, Dance Artist
In any economy, being a professional artist really means that you are on a path to one of three possibilities: (1) get hired by an established artist or company, (2) be a pickup artist (i.e. self-employed freelancer), or (3) start your own company. In all of these cases, you are an entrepreneur with an emerging micro-enterprise – your art. And as the term entrepreneur implies, you have to be willing to take full risk and reward for your new enterprise. However, it seems that we often shy away from taking our work as seriously as we could to optimize our success. Instead of thinking of it as “selling out”, is there a way to buy in? Can we learn to get organized, plan our businesses, and think about our growth, audiences, finances and work as the entrepreneurial enterprises that they are? Are there tools we can learn to use that might guarantee a higher probability of success, sustainability and aesthetic risk taking? Is there a way to be both pragmatic and artistic?
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Artist or Cultural Entrepreneur?
ERPA Invention Session #3
Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:30-10pm
Chez Bushwick
Moderated by Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, Artistic Director, Emerging Artists, 3LD Art & Technology Center and Founder, The Lost Notebook
Panelists:
• Ryan Fix, Founder, The Pure Project
• Lara Galinsky, Vice President of Strategy, Echoing Green
• Jmy Leary, Dance Artist
In any economy, being a professional artist really means that you are on a path to one of three possibilities: (1) get hired by an established artist or company, (2) be a pickup artist (i.e. self-employed freelancer), or (3) start your own company. In all of these cases, you are an entrepreneur with an emerging micro-enterprise – your art. And as the term entrepreneur implies, you have to be willing to take full risk and reward for your new enterprise. However, it seems that we often shy away from taking our work as seriously as we could to optimize our success. Instead of thinking of it as “selling out”, is there a way to buy in? Can we learn to get organized, plan our businesses, and think about our growth, audiences, finances and work as the entrepreneurial enterprises that they are? Are there tools we can learn to use that might guarantee a higher probability of success, sustainability and aesthetic risk taking? Is there a way to be both pragmatic and artistic?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
No more Grants and Grandma?
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No more Grants and Grandma?
ERPA Invention Session #2
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 11:30am-1pm
Joe’s Pub
Moderated by Jonah Bokaer
Panelists:
• Catherine Barnett, Vice President, Project Enterprise
• Chris Elam, Artistic Director, Misnomer Dance Theater
• Heather Rees, NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund
• Esther Robinson, Filmmaker and Founder, ArtHome; former Director of Film/Video & Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation
If the majority of New York's ambitious performing artists will never attain financial stability from grants and individual donations, what are some other ways we can build financial stability? What are microfinance, venture capitalism, entrepreneurship, patient capital and investment funds? What do these things mean and how can we successfully modify them to meet our singular needs? Hear from experts in these fields and learn how you can appropriate their solutions for your art-making.
Artists are entrepreneurs by our very nature. We are nimble and rigorous risk-takers. We are running businesses, asking for "investors", delivering amazing ROIs (returns on investments!), raising capital, and leveraging resources. Traditional philanthropy is often demoralizing and puts us 8 rungs down on the ladder looking up and begging. And the demand for grants and "grandma" (i.e. individual patrons) way way way outpaces the supply. So what then? Alternative models can perhaps let us be in the driver's seat or on an even playing field. Partner, engage, collaborate, demand, up the ante, know your "product", know your constituents, clarify your goals and your vision, ask for help and then offer to help another. Get to know your neighbors (to paraphrase Esther Robinson!) Make your work and make it noisy.
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No more Grants and Grandma?
ERPA Invention Session #2
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 11:30am-1pm
Joe’s Pub
Moderated by Jonah Bokaer
Panelists:
• Catherine Barnett, Vice President, Project Enterprise
• Chris Elam, Artistic Director, Misnomer Dance Theater
• Heather Rees, NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund
• Esther Robinson, Filmmaker and Founder, ArtHome; former Director of Film/Video & Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation
If the majority of New York's ambitious performing artists will never attain financial stability from grants and individual donations, what are some other ways we can build financial stability? What are microfinance, venture capitalism, entrepreneurship, patient capital and investment funds? What do these things mean and how can we successfully modify them to meet our singular needs? Hear from experts in these fields and learn how you can appropriate their solutions for your art-making.
Artists are entrepreneurs by our very nature. We are nimble and rigorous risk-takers. We are running businesses, asking for "investors", delivering amazing ROIs (returns on investments!), raising capital, and leveraging resources. Traditional philanthropy is often demoralizing and puts us 8 rungs down on the ladder looking up and begging. And the demand for grants and "grandma" (i.e. individual patrons) way way way outpaces the supply. So what then? Alternative models can perhaps let us be in the driver's seat or on an even playing field. Partner, engage, collaborate, demand, up the ante, know your "product", know your constituents, clarify your goals and your vision, ask for help and then offer to help another. Get to know your neighbors (to paraphrase Esther Robinson!) Make your work and make it noisy.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Starving Artist: Fact or Fiction: Non-Profit Doesn’t = No Money
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Starving Artist: Fact or Fiction: Non-Profit Doesn’t = No Money
ERPA Invention Session #1
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm
Galapagos Art Space
Moderated by Sara Juli, Performance Artist, Director of Development at Dance Theater Workshop
Panelists:
• Robert Elmes, Director, Galapagos Art Space
• Amanda Clayman, Financial Wellness Program, The Actors Fund
• Chris Ajemian, Artist, Entrepreneur
• Brian Newman, CEO, Tribeca Film Institute
What makes us think that we're a 'sell out' if we make money from our art? Why do we seem to believe that we must suffer to make great art, yet we pine away for the seemingly Utopian government sponsored art cultures of Berlin and Brussels? Is there something inherently hierarchical and damaging in the 'gift economy' that the arts and philanthropy work in? The non-profit model that most artists use may not be the best model for our work, yet we gravitate to it like lemmings. What about being for-profit or for-benefit? What do those things even mean? What about LLCs and L3Cs and what about a blend model?
This program is presented by The Field as part of the ERPA program. View panelist bios and learn more.
Download Audio File
Starving Artist: Fact or Fiction: Non-Profit Doesn’t = No Money
ERPA Invention Session #1
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm
Galapagos Art Space
Moderated by Sara Juli, Performance Artist, Director of Development at Dance Theater Workshop
Panelists:
• Robert Elmes, Director, Galapagos Art Space
• Amanda Clayman, Financial Wellness Program, The Actors Fund
• Chris Ajemian, Artist, Entrepreneur
• Brian Newman, CEO, Tribeca Film Institute
What makes us think that we're a 'sell out' if we make money from our art? Why do we seem to believe that we must suffer to make great art, yet we pine away for the seemingly Utopian government sponsored art cultures of Berlin and Brussels? Is there something inherently hierarchical and damaging in the 'gift economy' that the arts and philanthropy work in? The non-profit model that most artists use may not be the best model for our work, yet we gravitate to it like lemmings. What about being for-profit or for-benefit? What do those things even mean? What about LLCs and L3Cs and what about a blend model?
This program is presented by The Field as part of the ERPA program. View panelist bios and learn more.
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