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WEEKEND UPDATE FOR ARTISTS & ORGANIZATIONS |
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MEET RUTH MANNES
WPKN 89.5FM MON. APRIL 13, 12pm
On our next SPOTLIGHT ON ARTS & CULTURE interview show on WPKN 89.5 FM, Mon. April 13 at noon, Meet Ruth Mannes, the new Executive Director of MoCA Westport (formerly the Westport Arts Center). With its roots in the Westport Artists group that formed in 1947, the Westport Arts Center was born 50 years ago in 1969 as The Westport-Weston Arts Council. After several temporary homes it landed in 2002 at Riverside Avenue across the Saugatuck River from the Westport Library. After 17 years in that location, it has re-grouped as MoCA Westport and moved into the handsomely renovated former TV studio of Martha Stewart just across the Norwalk border at 19 Newtown Turnpike, close to The Merritt Parkway. Ruth Mannes is a long-time Westport resident, very active with Westport schools on the PTA executive board, and with her husband, a very active art collector in her own right. Hear her ambitions for this new institution that, as it has moved out of downtown Westport, seeks to re-connect with Westport artists, other Westport institutions and the wider community. Tune in to WPKN 89.5 FM at noon Monday!
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What It’s Like to Visit Virtual Galleries as an Art Critic |
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Hyperallergic's Seph Rodney has a very useful review of his recent experiences with a variety of visits to virtual museums and galleries. What he most misses are curated tours - tours with a point-of-view. |
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One of the Most Inventive Events So Far |
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One of the most inventive virtual events coming up is Virtual One Act: a virtual gathering of Connecticut based actors, artists and musicians. Conceived by Executive Producer, Jim Luurtsema, the event, Sat April 18, 7:30pm, brings together over 35 performers, directors and playwrights. Six one-act plays will be performed. Sacred Heart University's Jessica Smith is directing one of the plays |
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MARKETING ROUNDTABLE: Going Digital |
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Cultural Alliance Organization Members: stay tuned for details of an online CAFC Marketing Roundtable presentation Thurs. April 23, 2pm on “Going Digital: Making the Biggest Impact in Presenting Your Programs Online.” |
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Elaine Grogan Luttrull, finance expert, will discuss financial implications of the COVID-19 outbreak. Designed to guide creatives through the unique financial challenges they face and provide tangible strategies for managing with the ongoing uncertainty. A Creative Capital Workshop |
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Mon. April 13, 1pm A free NYFA webinar Topics will include: Strategy: where and how to look for emergency grants for artists and freelancers; Collaboration: how you can engage with other artists in this difficult process; What you can do to help: going beyond monetary contributions to strengthen the arts community |
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Fri. April 17, 2-4pm This interactive workshop geared toward artists in crisis creates a shared space for collaboration and support while providing concrete resources for turning one’s creative practice toward management, adaptation, business resiliency, and self-advocacy. Presenter Ngoc-Tran Vu is a 1.5-generation Vietnamese American interdisciplinary and transnational artist whose socially engaged work draws from her experience as a community organizer, educator, and healer. Suitable for artists in all disciplines. Register for Zoom Webinar |
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EIDL, PPP, PUA: REALITY CHECK |
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Read this New York Times story from yesterday giving those awaiting the email from the SBA about their loans a reality check: Small Businesses Wait for Cash as Disaster Loan Program Unravels
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| If you are in financial need, remember to check out the new Artist Relief Fund: a $10 million fund awarding $5,000 grants for living expenses: https://www.artistrelief.org |
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Take the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Organizations. This survey is designed to collect information about the financial and human impacts that the spread of the coronavirus has had on arts and cultural organizations since that date. The survey also collects basic information about the participating organizations so that the data can be analyzed by specific geographic regions, artistic disciplines, and budget categories. Thank you in advance for spending five minutes to fill it out! Take it here!
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| Take the AFTA SURVEY FOR ARTISTS: This survey should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete, and requires no preparation. This survey is entirely anonymous and is not connected with any application to Artist Relief or any other funding application. Your responses won’t just sit in a database. We will be developing a simple dashboard to summarize the results, educate decision-makers, craft ways of supporting creative workers, and more. Take the survey here. |
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