In the past few weeks I have managed to experience my first hurricane and my first earthquake; given, by the time each reached the Fractured Atlas office they were nowhere near as dramatic as they were in most other parts of the country, but it really gets one thinking.
My first thought was of disaster films. [...]
Fractured Atlas is offering five different free fiscal sponsorship and fundraising sessions by webinar in October. If you’ve never participated in a webinar before, there’s no need to worry - it’s quite easy. All you need [...]
This September seems to have flown by, but we still have eight days of National Preparedness Month ahead of us!
Here at Fractured Atlas, September 1 is the beginning of our fiscal year so I like to think of my work for National Preparedness Month as a kind of New Year’s resolution: what am I going [...]
How many times have I written encouraging words about how easy disaster planning can be, how simple we can make it, how not very frightening it can be?
Well, our friends at SouthArts have done me one better (way more than one, actually) and have been working tirelessly for years on an amazing project, ArtsReady, that [...]
It’s come to this: the conversation in the Fractured Atlas kitchen is revolving around who has a “go bag” ready, how many alternative sources of light we each own, and who is lucky enough to have a bathtub here in New York City to fill with water in case the plumbing goes down. It’s still [...]
Emily Gray (our Director of Liability Insurance), Ian Moss, (our Research Director), Adam Natale (our Director of Partnerships and Business Development), and I have proposed panels and presentaions for the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival taking place in March of 2012 in Austin, Texas. The SXSW festival and conference is a convergence [...]
We are thrilled to announce that we are now hiring for a newly-created position at Fractured Atlas — Program Specialist, Insurance. If you work well in a fast-paced environment, have incredible customer service skills, enjoy learning new information and skills, and manage to maintain a sense of humor through it all, this position might just [...]
How did you get involved in the arts?
I grew up in an avant garde art family, so I’ve been performing since the age of four. Officially I started making dances in college, which was unexpected. I hadn’t taken classes, except for ballet in high school (I was terrible.) When I started making things and performing, [...]
I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Colombia. I’m a pretty rockstar traveler after much experience, so I thought I would share my advice for light bags and happy travels:
6: Bring an Oprah Magazine
Really, she’s been everywhere, found her bliss there, monetized it, and has selected the perfect cashmere blanket to take [...]
I recently moved into a new apartment where I have both upstairs neighbors and radiator heat for the first time in years. As you might guess, this special combination leads to a number of consternation-inducing noises from time to time.
A few nights ago I was in bed alternating between reading “The Failure of Risk Management” [...]
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