Interdisciplinary performance artist Joseph Keckler captivates audiences with his vivid, imagined worlds. Whether creating a dialogue between art forms or channeling the voices of talking beasts, his performances are one-of-a-kind. Keckler spoke to us about his creative process while preparing for an upcoming European engagement.
How you define yourself as an artist?
I suppose I am a singer, a monologist, and a conceptual artist.
What is the [...]
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, [...]
A national nonprofit organization, Creative Capital works in long-term partnership with artists using a non-traditional approach to support that combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project’s success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees.
This new online repository makes historically significant performances by African American artists readily available to artists, scholars and students.
For this week’s Fractured Atlas member profile, I posed questions to the members of GoGoVertigoat Dance Project, a New York-based dance/performance collective that “cross-dresses, crosses species, crosses disciplines, and crosses other self-imposed, political and social borders.” Members of the group told me everything I didn’t know about this particular breed of goat…
We’re pleased to announce the four most recent grantees from our Microgrants program!
The Chicago-based performance group Synapse Arts Collective creates opportunities for all types of artists to work collaboratively on performance-based projects. Integrating movement experimentation, theater, photography, music, visual art, video, creative writing, and stage design, the group strives to both inspire their audiences and evoke critical thinking and emotion.
The 2009 MAP Fund online application is now open for registration. Please keep in mind the following eligibility requirements:
Applications must come from organizations based in the United States that have current nonprofit federal tax status - 501(c)(3). Artists or ensembles without 501(c)(3) status may apply to MAP through a fiscal sponsor.
Organizations and artists must demonstrate [...]
Name: Kathryn Blume
Website: www.kathrynblume.com
Hometown: Charlotte, VT
Artistic Discipline: Theater/Performance Art
Fractured Atlas Member Since: October 2004
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship, Liability Insurance
Today, we’re featuring Kathryn Blume, a solo performer who is “trying to create entertaining, relevant, and (hopefully) personally and politically inspiring work.” Currently, Blume is touring her new show The Boycott [...]
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