The Field

After nine months of entrepreneurial investigations, 7 dynamic artists and companies will present their unique models for economic and financial sustainability. Each artist will have 15 minutes to show off their wares and field questions from a discerning public audience (that's you!)

Join us to witness the fruits of t...heir labor and hear how individual artists and arts organizations plan to revitalize their own economy.

Featuring: Kahlil Almustafa, Nick Brooke, Rachel Chavkin/The TEAM, Connie Hall/Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, JoAnna Mendl Shaw/The Equus Projects, Jon Stancato/Stolen Chair, and Caroline Woolard/Our Goods.

Free! at WNYC's swanky new The Greene Space. RSVP is deeply encouraged. You can do that here: http://www.thefield.org/p-653-public-display-of-invention.aspx

And if you really can't attend, we will post it online and you can peruse it at your leisure. Links for that vid to come soon.

Part of The Field's Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists program (ERPA). Funded by The Rockefeller Foundation's Cultural Innovation Fund.

WNYC: 44 Charlton Street (between Varick and 6th Avenue). 1 to Houston, C/E to Spring.
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New Economy Smack Down
Hosted by Jennifer Wright Cook & Robert Elmes
Wednesday, May 13, 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
FREE with RSVP at www.thefield.org, plus cash bar

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 key note address and panel of arts and business leaders will help set the stage for this impromptu evening of possibility.

Hosted by Robert Elmes, Galapagos Art Space, and Jennifer Wright Cook, The Field, with panelists:
Moira Brennan, Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
Miguel Gutierrez, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People
Brian Rogers, The Chocolate Factory Theater
Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, The Lost Notebook
RoseAnne Spradlin, RoseAnne Spradlin Dance
Jeff Hnilicka, Funding Emerging Arts with Sustainable Tactics (FEAST)
Aaron Landsman, Thinaar/Elevator Repair Service (ERS)
Heather Hitchens, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)

Special performance by aerialist Lisa Natoli! Plus, did you know that Galapagos has a 16oo sq ft lake inside the building with island seating on the lake??? You have to see it to believe it.

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.

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-Alexandra Beller (Artistic Director) has presented over 30 works in the last five years, working on the edge between dance and theater. As a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1995-2001), she performed in over 50 countries and throughout the US. She has also been an Artist in Residence at Dance New... Amsterdam.

-Sara Juli (Creator/Performer) is a dancer, choreographer, arts manager, curator, and producer of dance in New York City. The Money Conversation premiered at P.S. 122 and has toured to Europe. Her work has been commissioned by the American Dance Festival and presented in theaters across NYC.

-James Scruggs (Writer/Video Designer) is the creator of the award winning show Disposable Men, presented in venues across NYC and and produced through the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP); and Rus(h), produced by HERE at 3LD Art & Technology Center. He is the former FAR Space & Production Manager at The Field.

Moderated by The Field

Admission: $10 General, $5 Members Field/DNA Members
Dance New Amsterdam Members contact DNA for the discount code
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Abrons Arts Center Fielday
Saturday, January 24, 7:30pm
$10 cash at the door or at www.thefield.org

Ten artists workshop their pieces onsite at Abrons Arts Center this month, with the support of rehearsal space and Fieldwork to prepare for this final showcase. Join us for the fruits of this winter's creative lab.

Artists...: bangZOOM, Crystal Bella, Marilynn Danitz/High Frequency Wavelengths, Alaine Handa, La Magdalena, Nikki Manx Dance Project, Isaac Rathbone, Jocelyn Soulet, Aubrey A. Strickland, & Ella VeresRead More

Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 11:30am-1pm
Doors open at 11am for coffee - a free cup of joe!!!
Joe’s Pub (Please RSVP at www.thefield.org)

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 st...ability? 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.

Join The Field and Joe’s Pub in a lively discussion about new ways to make money. Learn about The Field’s Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) project and how you can apply to participate in ERPA.

Moderated by Jonah Bokaer

With Panelists:
• Catherine Barnett, Vice President, Project Enterprise
• Chris Elam, Artistic Director, Misnomer Dance Theater
• Esther Robinson, Filmmaker and Founder, ArtHome; former Director of Film/Video & Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation

Location: Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street between East 4th and Astor Place
(http://www.joespub.com/content/view/21/36/)

Directions: Subway? Take the 6 train to Astor Place at Lafayette Street or the N/R/W train to 8th Street at Broadway. Driving? There is a parking garage at 403 Lafayette Street, just south of The Public Theater.Read More