If you noticed my recent “Fractured Atlas On the Road” post, you may have seen that I attended Americans for the Arts’ Arts Advocacy Day the other week. I’ve been to this event a few times in the past and, although I do not believe in a big, one-day push for advocacy myself (I’m [...]
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Tags: advocacy, Americans for the Arts, Chris Shays, Dana Gioia, Jim Moran, John Legend, Kerry Washington, Louise Slaughter, NEA, Norm Dicks, Operation Homecoming, Robert Redford, Sundance Institute
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Sorry you haven’t heard from me lately! Beyond a bit of travel I did (which I’ll talk about in a separate post), we had some technical changes that prevented me from posting until now. Enjoy this week’s member profile!
Name: Terese Genecco
Website: www.teresegenecco.com
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Artistic Discipline: Music
Fractured Atlas Member Since: April 2006
Fractured [...]
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Tags: cabaret, Francis Faye, member profile, music
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Name: Jessica Hoel
Website: www.theHOELstudio.com and www.myspace.com/theHOELstudio
Hometown: Quincy, MA
Artistic Discipline(s): Visual Art, Photography, Creative Writing
Fractured Atlas Member Since: June 2006
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Community
Jessica Hoel is an artist working within a variety of disciplines. She is a visual artist, a writer, and a photographer, among other things, but it is very difficult to pigeonhole [...]
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Tags: Georgia O'Keefe, member profile
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Hey there Fractured Atlas fans!
Here at Fractured Atlas, we sometimes visit local and regional conferences, arts service organizations, and fairs in New York City and across the country. I thought I’d let you know where we’d be from time to time if you want to drop by and say hello!
Saturday 3/22Queens Art ConnectionHosts: [...]
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Tags: advocacy, emerging leaders, NYU, Queens, travel
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Name: Sweet Home New Orleans
Website: www.sweethomeneworleans.org
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Artistic Discipline: Arts Service Organization
Fractured Atlas Member Since: July 2007
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Liability Insurance
Sweet Home New Orleans is an organization that connects the culture bearers of New Orleans with 14 local and national non-profits. They help New Orleans musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social [...]
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Tags: arts service, member profile, New Orleans
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You might have noticed this already, but there are a whole lot of arts contests swirling around nowadays. From Fractured Atlas’ video contest that happened last year (non-profit), to the Doritos spot during a recent Superbowl (for-profit), to public art design contests in almost every major city (government). I even just found a [...]
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Tags: contest, Gemini, video, visual art, YouTube
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Name: Umbrage Editions
Website: www.umbragebooks.com or www.umbragegallery.com
Hometown: New York, NY
Artistic Discipline: Literature & Multimedia
Fractured Atlas Member Since: November 2005
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship, Health Insurance, Marketing & Promotion
Today, we’re featuring Umbrage Editions, a Fractured Atlas organizational member led by Nan Richardson. Umbrage Editions is a New York-based multimedia organization specializing in visual books [...]
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Tags: literature, Lynn Redgrave, member profile, multimedia
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Hey there Fractured Atlas fans! Sorry this is coming a bit late this week. I just returned from a great conference in Los Angeles hosted by our good friends, the LA Stage Alliance. While there, I was able to spend time with my colleagues at the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, one of [...]
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Tags: Blues, member profile, music, New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Patch Adams
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Name: Matthew Hislope, Rubber Repertory
Website: www.rubberrep.org
Hometown: Austin, TX
Artistic Discipline: Theater
Fractured Atlas Member Since: November 2006
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship
Today, we’re featuring Rubber Repertory, an Austin-based theater company run by member Matthew Hislope and Josh Meyer. As Hislope describes, a typical Rubber Rep show “is low budget and high risk — full of [...]
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Tags: Austin, MAP fund, member profile, theatre, Wallace Shawn
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Name: Lauren Zito
Website: www.theweakness.net or www.youtube.com/toolgirl150
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Artistic Discipline: Film/Video
Fractured Atlas Member Since: January 2007
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Film & Equipment Liability Insurance, Health Insurance
Today, we’re featuring Lauren Zito, a teacher, filmmaker, and actress residing in Pittsburgh. Currently, Zito is working on a long-term web serial video project titled “The Weakness.” The video [...]
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Tags: Cindy Sherman, film, Laurie Anderson, member profile, Tracey Ullman, video, YouTube
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