Adam Forest Huttler

Real Name
Adam Forest Huttler
Last Seen
Nov 20, 2008 at 8:22 am
Company
Fractured Atlas
Location
New York, NY
Occupation
Executive Director, Fractured Atlas
My Work in the Arts
Blogging, Consulting, Cultural policy, Management, Theatre, Writing
Interests
Economics, internet technologies, open source software, politics
Seeking
Members to spread the good word about Fractured Atlas
Offering
All the stuff listed on this website.
Website
www.fracturedatlas.org
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Fractured Atlas Blog

  • Los Angeles Artist Workshops There’s a great organization in Los Angeles called The Center for Cultural Innovation.  They offer a variety of workshops and services.  Two upcoming workshops include Expanding Your Income Stream: The Ins and Outs of Licensing Your Art and Tax Tips Specifically for Artists.  The workshops are $25-$40 depending if you are a member of CCI [...] Posted on Nov 20, 2008
  • Featured Member: Carrie Ahern Carrie Ahern Dance uses deceptively simple movement to distill questions about the complex nature of being human. Inspired largely by philosophical works, the company's next project is a dance interpretation of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", to premiere in Fall 2009. Posted on Nov 20, 2008
  • …Brought to you by The Rockefeller Foundation! Fabulous news! Fractured Atlas has been named as a recipient of a grant award from The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund. Disbursed over two years, the $150,000 grant will support Place + Displaced, our community mapping and civic participation project. Place + Displaced is intended to identify sources of cultural vitality and support [...] Posted on Nov 19, 2008
  • Guess how many organizations provide fiscal sponsorship? A bunch of terrific organizations provide fiscal sponsorship and I was fortunate to meet and learn about them last week at the second Annual Gathering of the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors. The NNFS is dedicated to improving the practices, capabilities, and awareness of fiscal sponsorship in the nonprofit sector through education and advocacy. [...] Posted on Nov 18, 2008
  • MAP Fund registration is now open 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 [...] Posted on Nov 18, 2008
  • Space Opportunities for Artists at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will begin accepting online applications for the next session of its Swing Space program on December 10, 2008. In partnership with area landlords, LMCC makes vacant storefront, commercial and office space downtown available to artists, curators, and cultural organizations for periods of two to four months. The program is designed to [...] Posted on Nov 18, 2008
  • Dispatch from the NAMP front 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 [...] Posted on Nov 14, 2008
  • Featured Member: Kiros Pictures Kiros Pictures is a small film production company founded by two screenwriter/producers that, to date, has produced five short films and is transitioning this year into feature film development and production. Kiros comes from the Greek word meaning "a moment of divine time," referring to the opportune moment in which something should be brought into existence. The company's goal is to bring unique and interesting film to the world at just the right time. Posted on Nov 13, 2008
  • O Canada! I’m in Moncton, New Brunswick this week for the annual Canadian Public Arts Funders conference.  I’ve been invited to speak about “emerging alternatives to the traditional non-profit model” for the arts.  I warned them that all of my meager knowledge on this subject is based on US laws and tax policy, but they assured me [...] Posted on Nov 12, 2008
  • Federal aid for state budgets Paul Krugman has some insightful things to say about the urgent need for federal aid for struggling states during a fiscal crisis: [S]tate and local governments operate under fiscal rules that lead to booming spending and tax cuts when the economy is strong and the reverse when the economy is weak. This is bad governance: services [...] Posted on Nov 8, 2008
  • Featured Member: Stone Soup Theatre Arts 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. Posted on Nov 6, 2008
  • Grant Sessions for Visual Artists in NYC 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 [...] Posted on Nov 5, 2008
  • Closed for Election Day (go vote!) The Fractured Atlas office will be closed on Tuesday for Election Day.  We’ll be back in the office on Wednesday and responding to phone calls and emails as usual. In the meantime, get out and vote! Posted on Nov 3, 2008
  • Find Your Blue Ocean There are three basic phases to the strategic planning process. First, you have to determine your identity and clarify your creative offering, as discussed in a previous post, “Professional Identity: Who Are You? And What Do You Do?” Next, it’s wise to assess your environment: What is the state of your industry? What are the characteristics of [...] Posted on Oct 30, 2008
  • Featured Member: Ellen Priest A Philadelphia-area visual artist and member of Fractured Atlas since December 2003, Ellen Priest has taken jazz as the subject of her paintings since 1990. She creates a series of mixed-media paintings based on a single jazz composition. Her recent work has used jazz pianist/composer Edward Simon’s “Venezuelan Suite” as its inspiration. Posted on Oct 29, 2008
  • Me on Technology in the Arts (nasally voice and all!) A few weeks ago I was in Pittsburgh for the Technology in the Arts Conference.  Presumably because I was both a presenter and a member of the conference steering committee, they decided to interview me for the official podcast.  If you’ve got an interest in the subject matter, it might be worth a listen.  I’m [...] Posted on Oct 24, 2008
  • A Little Recession Never Hurt Anyone Andrew Taylor writes about the impact of economic downturns on philanthropic giving. The general assumption about all forms of philanthropy in economic hard times — individual, foundation, corporate — is that as money tightens, contributions decline…. But if history is any indication, at least these charts suggest our general assumption may be wrong. Prepared by Alexander [...] Posted on Oct 23, 2008
  • Featured Member: Small Pond Entertainment New York-based Small Pond Entertainment is an emerging theatre arts organization that was started five years ago by artistic director Michael Roderick when he found that it was virtually impossible for an artist to be at their best when they also had to produce.  In this interview with Fractured Atlas, Michael elaborates on his organization’s [...] Posted on Oct 22, 2008
  • Mellon Foundation Awards for Open Arts Network Partners Continuing a week of large funding announcements, Fractured Atlas would like to congratulate the four theatrical organizations that were awarded significant Mellon Foundation grants.  Two of the four companies, New Dramatists and The Playwrights’ Center, are Open Arts Network partners.  Here is some more information about the grants…. “The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has named the [...] Posted on Oct 21, 2008
  • Bad music for a good cause Randomville is a webzine that covers music, film, graphic arts, and all kinds of pop culture goodness. They’ve been around for 4+ years and each year they choose a charitable organization to receive donations raised through a unique fundraising effort called The Torturethon. This year they chose Fractured Atlas! The Torturethon is basically an opportunity to [...] Posted on Oct 20, 2008
  • Discounted Danny Hoch This one goes out to our members in NYC… As part of Fractured Atlas’s Place + Displaced project we sponsored a series of performances of Danny Hoch’s new show Taking Over in some NYC neighborhoods that are experiencing gentrification-related struggles.  Taking Over is now headed to The Public Theater, and there are discounts for members of [...] Posted on Oct 20, 2008
  • FA Board Member in the NY Times Fractured Atlas Board member Ken Weinberg had an article published in the NY Times earlier this week.  Ken is an E.R. doc in Teaneck, NJ and also works with Physicians for a National Health Program and Columbia University’s Program in Narrative Medicine.  The piece in the Times no doubt draws upon his experience with the [...] Posted on Oct 17, 2008
  • Innovative Support for Artistic Excellence The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Nonprofit Finance Fund announced the first 10 grantees of their new program, “Leading for the Future: Innovative Support for Artistic Excellence.”  These are not your typical, run-of-the-mill grants, though.  Each recipient is getting $1,000,000+ over five years, combined with extensive technical assistance.  This massive injection of support is [...] Posted on Oct 16, 2008
  • Featured Member: Mariana Bekerman Mariana Bekerman discusses her company's repertoire, her finest achievements and the importance of being true to yourself as a dancer. Posted on Oct 16, 2008
  • Artist as Entrepreneur Contest Hey everyone! As Fractured Atlas continues to promote education in the business aspects of being an artist, I wanted to make you aware of some other individuals and groups that are doing similar work. Entrepreneur the Arts, run by Lisa Canning, works with artists and arts organizations to improve their business capacity. [...] Posted on Oct 15, 2008