action items:
fyi - we are now between Memorial Day and Labor Day - things is a little slow, which makes this the perfect time to clean house, update the addressbook, put together the strategic plan for the future, and write the boiler plate text for your grant/presenter submissions.
skip to:
shows parties training requests for X submissions advocacy & services
check out:
Bridgespan's new Cost Analysis Tool Kit
Also I have been having fun with this tool Action Method Online
it is free for non-profits.
shows:
Get out of the theater! Go check out what's happening on Governor's Island!
PLOT 09 is a new public art quadrennial, produced and presented by Creative Time.
"This World & Nearer Ones" Opens June 27, 2009 w/ Reception: 2-4 pm
Open to the public: Fridays: 11-4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays: 12-6 pm
Tours of This World & Nearer Ones by Creative Time staff are available every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 28 on. Tours leave from the Creative Time Visitor Center at 2:30, and last one hour. Tours are free and no reservations are required.
On Governors Island
While you are there check out Figment's City of Dream's Mini-Golf Course and the sculpture garden near-by.
Or if you can't handle the sun you should definitely check out
Colin Gee's Across the Road @ The Chocolate Factory June 17 - 20th
as well as
Colin Gee's blog
Youtube video of Objective Suspense
and the recent NYTimes article
parties:
Phew - all the benefits are over. Thank you to everyone who supported the benefits I was pushing - thank you to everyone who supported an arts institution this year. You know they need it and are very grateful!
training opportunities:
I am just ripping this from the Field - but perhaps you all aren't reading the ERPA blog:
Artists usually turn to service organizations for business training and we do offer all kinds of great services like that. BUT (and not to shoot The Field or any other service org in the foot!) there are other Small Business helpers out there ...
For example, SCORE!
One of our ERPA artists has been doing some stuff with SCORE and she says "SCORE has been very helpful. You can do individual counselling or take classes. We have done both. Classes give a good overview, and then you can meet with the specialists to talk about specifics. We found that it can be difficult to register for the classes...so we have just started showing up. We haven't been kicked out yet:) " Most (if not all) of their stuff is free and alot is available online.
"Also NYC Business Solutions Center is a good resource too. They also offer seminars and classes. We have made some good connections there too."
request for information/things/people:
OfficeOps: Live/Work Artist Studios and Event Spaces Located in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, two blocks off the Morgan Ave stop on the L train, they offer a range of spaces and services for both private and professional applications. In addition to rehearsal space, classes and rooftop events, there are around 85 residents in 50 different offices and live/work studios. If you are interested in visiting the building for an event, project, or short or long term space rental, please e-mail info@officeops.org or call 718-418-2509 to schedule an appointment. Visit officeops.org for more information.
calls for submission:
Mabou Mines/Suite Residency Program - choose "RESIDENCY" in their menu at the bottom
Deadline for intial proposal June 23
The Field's Artward Bound
This creative retreat brings individual performing artists together for 10 days in the Massachusetts Berkshires to focus on their art.
Deadline: Wednesday, June 24, 5pm
LMCC Swing Space Project-Based Residencies
Swing Space makes vacant spaces available to artists, arts groups, curators, and arts organizations for the development and presentation of new projects in the visual and performing arts. Projects recommended by our independent review panel will be considered for placement from November 2009 through July 2010 for residencies lasting 2–4 months.
More information about Swing Space, including complete Application Guidelines, is available here.
Deadline: Wednesday, July 15 at 5PM
LMCC: Borough-wide grants
MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ARTS FUND (MCAF) Provides grants of up to $5,000 for arts projects by individual artists and small nonprofit organizations.
FUND FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES (THE FUND) Provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations presenting arts projects that benefit Manhattan communities.
Two grants, one deadline: Tuesday, September 22, 2009.
EMPAC The Artist in Residence program and The Scholar and Researcher in Residence Program
Deadlines Rolling
advocacy made easy & human services for artists:
Email your Congress people and tell them to approve $170 million for NEA.
one more little item....
I attended the TCG conference earlier this month and took tons of notes
if you are curious to see what was on the plate there
the notes are all posted on the fat kid dancing blog
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