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Claudia LaRocco's WNYC Performance Club Monday Morningish Scramble
- this week she was pondering new economic models and gave me a soap box
Shows & Discounts:
Banana Bag & Bodice's BEOWULF: A Thousand Years of Baggage @ Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement CLOSES APRIL 18!
check out New York Times Feature
use discount code "PRELUDE" and get $5 off!Object Collection's Problem Radical(s) @ Performance Space 122 opens April 24th!
check out Claudia LaRocco's discussion of Object Collection, the Wooster Group and experimental operas at WNYC
or check them out on WFMU 91.1 (www.wfmu.org) this Sunday night April 12 from 8-9 pm. They will be performing excerpts from Problem Radical(s) and doing an interview.
Opening party on the stage following the Friday April 24 (premiere!) performance.
DISCOUNT code FF12 and enjoy $12 single tickets! OR FF241 and enjoy 2 tickets for only $20
*Obligatory fine print: discount based on limited availability; may not be combined with other offers or applied to previous sales; may be discontinued at any time so book now and save!Hoi Polloi's The Less We Talk: A meditation on group singing @ The Ontological Theater opens April 16th!
Check out our video trailer here.
Use the code "choir" for $12 tkts for opening weekend!
Save the date to show these organizations your support:
13P SPRING BENEFIT @ Joe's Pub, May 11, 2009
Performance Space 122 Spring Gala, at Abrons Art Center, Wednesday May 27th
LEMUR's Microprocessor class begins April 13
Microcontroller Progamming for Artists: Introduction to the Arduino System
Learn how to create microprocessor-based art projects in this class geared toward beginners (no prior electronics or programming experience required). The class will demonstrate programming and electronics basics through hands-on microcontroller projects.
For more info and to register, go to lemurbots.org/classes.htmlBFA: Basic Finance for Artists @ LMCC
Basic Finance for Artists, a six-week intensive seminar on money management and personal finance for individual artists. Sessions: Tuesdays, May 12-June 16, 4–7PM
Registration is open April 1–20, 2009.NY BUTOH-KAN TRAINING INITIATIVE PHASE 3 a joint effort of CAVE and Garnica LEIMAY (LEIMAY) check out details - sessions started April 3rd but are going for the next few weeks so there is still time to sign up!
DCA:Free Training Sessions for Cultural Nonprofits
Registration is required. Read the Spring 2009 schedule.The Field's Spring Career Workshops
MARKET: Strategies for Internet Outreach - Jaki Levy, Tues, 6:30-9pm, Apr 14, 21, 28
MARKET: Public Relations Principles - Fran Kirmser, Wed, May 6, 6:30-9pm
FUNDRAISE: Grant Writing Fundamentals - Audra Lang, Weds, 6:30-9pm, May 20, 27, Jun 3
MANAGE: Strategic Partnerships for Success - Karen Bernard, Mon, 6:30-9pm, Jun 8
Troika Ranch is holding another Live-I workshop: "Composition for Media and The Stage" Dates: June 9 - 12 and 15 - 20, 2009. Troika Ranch's Live-I Workshop is an intensive workshop for artists who wish to develop their ability to realize media intensive works for the stage. Application Deadline: April 10th, 2009ABANDONED PRACTICES - a NEW PERFORMANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE
Hosted by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)SU-EN BUTOH COMPANY OPEN WORKSHOPS 2009
August 4-9 Summer Camp, Haglund Skola, Almunge, Sweden
October 21-25 Autumn Camp, Haglund Skola, Almunge, Sweden
Introduction to SU-EN butoh method and projects in nature. Open to all. No previous dance training is necessary, but participants need to be highly motivated and prepared to work hard.
For information on the workshops, cost and conditions: workshop@suenbutohcompany.net
Request for Information:
Anyone who happens to know anything about the Catskills region please let me know ASAP, a friend is trying to organize an arts excursion out there this weekend (4/11-12) and build contacts for future excursions:• Cultural producers (artists, art venues, retreats, professors and schools, etc.)
• Food producers (farms, farmers markets, restaurants, etc.)
• Political or social organizations and non-profits or engaged members/affiliates (community organizers, social clubs, advocacy organizations, etc.)
• Land holders that might favor interesting uses of their property
• Great campgrounds, hikes, views, parks, and other featuresAny introductions or recommendations you can make would be helpful. I'm more than happy to connect you with the organizer who can give more detail on the project if that's helpful.
EYEBEAM - development associate
BAX Artist in Residence
Deadline April 24EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010: Open Call For Proposals
Deadline May 1FIGMENT is a free, annual participatory arts and culture event to be held this year on June 12-14th on Governors Island. FIGMENT is now accepting submissions for projects and seeks artists, performers, musicians, dancers, builders, bringers, and creative people of all types.
Deadline May 15Performance Research Vol. 15, No. 1 (March 2010) : Memento Mori – Call for Contributions
The aim of this issue of Performance Research is to examine cultural representations of death and dying and their relation to performance. ‘Memento Mori’ invites proposals for articles, artist’s pages and other documents for this issue. In the first instance please send proposals of 300-500 words (full articles should ONLY be sent after acceptance to proceed to draft stage). For artist’s pages and other documents please send a sample of up to 3 images (or other material) and an accompanying rationale of 200-300 words.
Deadline May 15 - if you are interested in more information send me an email and I'll forward the full listingEYEBEAM open call for Summer/Fall 2009 Artist Residencies.
"How To Apply" Forum, in New York City, on April 16, 7PM
Residents are granted a $5,000 stipend and 24/7 access to Eyebeam's state of the art digital design and fabrication studios at their Chelsea facility.
Deadline May 15P73 Playwriting Fellowship is a year-long program that provides support to one early-career playwright each year, from January 1 to December 31. During the year, Page 73 serves as the fellow's producer and advocate, providing support for career development, the development of one or more new theatrical projects, and a cash stipend.
Deadline May 31Mabou Mines/Suite Residency Program - choose "RESIDENCY" in their menu at the bottom
Deadline for intial proposal June 23EMPAC The Artist in Residence program and The Scholar and Researcher in Residence Program
Deadlines Rolling
The Queens Arts Council is partnering with Fractured Atlas on a project to improve access to affordable quality health insurance for artists in NY State. This isn't something that will happen overnight, of course, but together we're working hard to lay some of the groundwork.
The first step is to participate and be counted. That's where you come in. Please take a few minutes to let us know about your health insurance needs and experiences.
Human Services for Artists:
The Artists Access Program at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn offers uninsured artists, musicians, dancers and art workers very affordable health care by paying as little as $15 for a physician visit, lab tests and X-Rays. Artists may exchange their talents in the hospital for credits towards healthcare. For each hour of approved art activity provided by an artist, 40 credits (equivalent to dollars for use within Woodhull to see a doctor or dentist) will be credited to your personal account. Each artist will be fee-scaled based on income and can use these credits to pay for his/her individual fee. Please call 877-244-5600 to speak directly with the program coordinator for more information.
One more little item....
Any of you politically motivated / poetic terrorists / arts action folks please email Austin Guest for more information about plans for a big day of actions to BREAK UP THE BANKS! on Saturday April 11th in NYC.
The event is being called by a coalition called A New Way Forward (ANWF) as part of a nationwide day of action. As for practical plans, we're thinking of the day as a "people's bank holiday" involving two parallel sets of actions:
(1) a series of many small, decentralized, prankstery and artistic direct actions at ATMs across the city leading up to...
(2) a mass rally location tbd - see website for info.
Each of the actions is tailored toward a specific audience and group of participants and lends itself to a particular style of organizing.