From the Fractured Atlas Blog

• Throwing money at famous people Ian Moss has some insightful things to say about the misguided tendency of some funders to make large grants to already successful artists: [I]n a world of six-hour news cycles, the idea that the average person (or even a highly-educated person) would somehow “realize the theater is important” because a heretofore unknown organization gave one person [...]
• Shout-out to an Old Friend As you may know, Fractured Atlas began its life as a performing arts production company.  (I was a theatre director and I founded the company, in part, to provide a vehicle for producing my own work.) Well, the first show I produced was called The Pumpkin Pie Show.  It featured a series of stories written and [...]
• McCain vs. Obama on Arts Policy Americans for the Arts (actually the Americans for the Arts Action Fund) has published a comparison of the arts positions of John McCain and Barack Obama.  I’m not wild about the list of issues they asked the campaigns about, since they address only very superficial considerations.  Still, it’s an interesting read.
• Time is running out! If you haven’t yet registered to vote, I’m here to remind you that your time is running out. REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE Also, since I don’t have five real friends, but hopefully at least five blog friends, it’s my duty to pass this along:
• Featured Member Profile: Cara Winter Name: Cara Winter Website: www.carawinter.net Hometown: New York, NY Artistic Disciplines: writing, acting Fractured Atlas Member Since: February 2002 Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship, Health Insurance, Liability Insurance Cara, tell us about your work in a few sentences. For about a decade, my focus was on performing, and I worked and toured all over the country.  But I’ve always written, on [...]
• Produce! A one day workshop in New York A one-day workshop for non-conformist performers determined to take their vision from the page to the stage. The workshop will feature a panel discussion with notable actors and writers who have seen their work produced On or Off-Broadway, and break-out groups that will provide instrumental tools to seeing one´s work produced: development, budgeting, fundraising, marketing, [...]
• Fuel to the fire Found a great comment on censorship tonight by one of my favorite authors, Philip Pullman. He observes: “The inevitable result of trying to ban something – book, film, play, pop song, whatever – is that far more people want to get hold of it than would ever have done if it were left alone. Why don’t the [...]
• Get Your [Expletive Deleted] Together! I just want to take a minute of your time to plug a really great organization that has helped hundreds of artists get their $*&# together in terms of their career.  And, it basically has the best name of any organization out there… Getting Your Sh*t Together! Getting Your Sh*t Together (GYST) is an artist-run company [...]
• Strategic Planning in the Arts “…the process itself is more important than the plan.” - Jeffery Timmons, New Venture Creation One of the key objectives for our professional development program is to help artists achieve success through manageable, persistent, strategic and consistent action; without sacrificing their spirit. Basically, we want to help you learn how to design a strategic plan for your [...]
• City of Angels Arwen Lowbridge, Adam Natale, and I are in Los Angeles this week. We’re meeting with LA artists, service organizations, and others in an effort to gather information about the LA arts community’s needs. If you’re in town, feel free to drop me a line at adam [dot] huttler [at] fracturedatlas [dot] org.

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