This past week I spent 4 days in Houston at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference – better known as NAMP. Produced by Americans for the Arts each year, the conference is a unique chance to share best practices and bright ideas in arts marketing. This year, due to popular demand, the conference included development [...]
Founded in 2001, Stone Soup Theatre Arts creates collaborative work based on relevant social issues. Each season, the company chooses a theme and begins with a published work, usually by an international playwright. The season culminates in a collaboratively-created piece based on research, workshops and travel.
Check out this two session seminar on Monday, November 17th, 6-8:30pm and Monday, December 1st, 6-8:30pm at NYFA.
Inside the Grant Process:
From Applications to the Panel
Grants provide much needed funding, yet the process can be overwhelming. Join NYFA for a two part workshop on grant seeking, including an inside look at how a grant panel is [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
It’s a fact, most artists want to up their income. So get out there and jump on these opportunities. Here’s a few good ones coming up in New York.
On September 24th from 9:00am - 12:00 pm check out Introduction to Grassroots fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Learn how to create a compelling case [...]
Theatre Development Fund’s (TDF) TAP Plus program, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), makes available grants of up to $5,000 for open captioning. This service is provided in order to increase attendance by people who are hard of hearing or deaf at cultural events that are open to the [...]
October is Funding for Arts Month at the Foundation Center! Throughout the month, take advantage of the special events, classes, and Web resources available to help artists and nonprofit arts organizations become better grantseekers; network with fellow artists and colleagues; and gain insights into what’s happening in your local arts funding community. For more information or to [...]
Over at Donor Power Blog, guest blogger Andrew Rogers writes about 3 things nonprofits can learn from political direct mail. There’s some simple but profound advice here that we can all learn from. My favorite nugget:
When you communicate with your donors, are you talking about your organization … or about their dreams for a [...]
Here’s some good news for fiscally sponsored projects! A minor, but exciting new feature has just rolled out on the website. When viewing your fund history, you can now choose to download a spreadsheet of the data. By popular request, the spreadsheet export includes full donor addresses (except for anonymous donations, [...]
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