Workshops
A.R.T./New York offers a suite of workshops for our members as skills-building opportunities fully included in the cost of membership. We strive to offer education from multiple perspectives and pedagogies for staff in every department of our member companies. Members are encouraged to send interns and associate-level staff members to workshops as part of their professional development offerings.
We have organized our workshops into tracks based on the topic of focus. Some workshops are cross-listed under multiple tracks but refer to the same event. Click on each track below to view the available workshops.
Virtual Learning
A.R.T./New York staff and instructors are working remotely due to ongoing COVID-19 safety issues. All of our workshops are offered online via Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom link in their confirmation emails.
Tracks
The Fundamentals
While some of these workshops intersect with other tracks, the workshops listed below are designed for our Incubator and Tier 4 members. If you're new to producing or running a theater company, these workshops offer a taste of everything you need to get started!
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 1
Anne Dunning
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the first in a three-part series comprised of two group workshops and a one-on-one consulting session for each participant theatre. This workshop provides critical conceptual and practical building blocks for theatres developing organizational structures that fully reflect and support the work they are developing and producing. Topics examined include realities faced by small theatres today; key defining and guiding values and processes of each theatre's organization and culture based on its own unique qualities; and, insights into broad organizational application of these unique qualities. Participants are given an assignment to write an Organization Profile for review in Part Two.
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 2
Anne Dunning and Nello McDaniel
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the second in the three-part Organizational Planning and Process (OP&P) series and focuses on reviewing and discussing the Organization Profile writing assignment of from Part One. The draft work of each participant theatre is reviewed and discussed in small group breakout sessions led by Anne and Nello. These review and discussion sessions provide each theatre with helpful feedback and insights toward greater clarity in their Organization Profiles from colleagues and the AAR consultants. Prerequisite for this workshop is attendance in the OP & P Part One and completion of the Organization Profile assignment.
Budgeting Your Values
Roberta Pereira
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This hands-on workshop will focus on the challenges and opportunities of centering your values (whatever those may be!) when creating a production budget. No budgeting experience is necessary and space is limited!
Cultural Coordinator: The New Essential Role in Theater
Tavia Jefferson
Monday, October 26, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In recent months, there has been an explosive culture shift resulting in a call for reform within the theater community as it relates to the pervasive racism that diminishes the safety and equality of BIPOC voices. As we move forward in building tactics for a more equitable space, it is necessary to provide a consultant that can not only identify potential blind spots on the ground floor of the creative process, but also provide the insight, mediation, and perspective to soothe potential cultural barriers for all throughout the production.
Join theater vet and communications expert Tavia Jefferson as she expounds on the role of Cultural Coordinator™ - an assigned, essential role within an entertainment production that serves as an advocate, educator, liaison, and mediator to ensure cultural equality throughout each stage of a theater production process.
Form 990: A Walking Tour
Gary Eisenkraft, C.P.A.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Form 990 is the essential document used by tax-exempt organizations for financial reporting. Both federal and state governments use this form as a compliance tool that discloses clear and evident proof by tax-exempt organizations that they are not required to pay taxes.
Every year, nearly 600,000 organizations file Form 990 with the IRS. This publicly available document is also used by state regulators, policymakers, the media, researchers, and contributors. It provides regulatory oversight and an opportunity to demonstrate transparency to those interested parties.
Topics covered in this workshop will include:
- When to file 990 vs. 990-EZ or 990N
- Governance Section
- Core form and schedules
- New special events and program reporting requirements
- Compensation reporting
- Public Support Test
- When to prepare your Form 990 yourself and when to hire a professional preparer
- How to choose a preparer if you need one
Arts Advocacy
Zak Malik
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
The New York City cultural community is vital to the heartbeat of New York. It actively contributes to the city’s economic development, the educational and social development of our students, and the quality of life for our residents. Fortunately, our City government recognizes the importance of cultural organizations, and supports them through a variety of methods. This includes capital and expense funding from City agencies, Borough Presidents, and the NYC Council, legislation to support cultural organizations, advocacy efforts to strengthen the cultural community, and more.
Now more than ever, we need to engage with elected officials and City agencies and advocate for our organizations and the cultural community as a whole. This workshop will aim to provide an overview of the political landscape, and share best practices on how to best engage with different government entities and advocate for your organization. You will hear from a government relations professional as well as several theatres on strategies that have worked for them in the past, and how they may have shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With many different ways to interact with government, it can often be overwhelming, but this workshop will help break down concrete actions you can take.
Foundations 101: Part 1
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 2, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
This workshop will focus on how to identify and research foundation prospects and getting your foot in the door with a new donor. Whether you are stuck in a rut with the same circle of supporters or you are just starting out as a grant writer, this session is geared towards expanding your list of prospects and increasing your response rate.
Foundations 101: Part 2
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 9, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
So you’ve been invited to apply. Now what? This session will go step by step through the process of writing a grant narrative, from determining what to apply for to proofing and review to choosing what attachments to include. We will also discuss best practices for grant reporting.
Foundations 101: Part 3
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 16, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Your budget tells a story about your organization just as much as your narrative does, and for many funders it is the most important element of the application. In this session we will look at budget templates for grant applications, going step by step through the process of building a project budget, as well as crafting an institutional budget for an application, and best practices for how to share your financials with a potential funder.
Accessibility
Make your shows and organizations more accessible by learning how to include audiences, artists, and staff with disabilities.
Accessible Virtual Events and Performances for Blind Audiences
Walei Sabry and Chi Nguyen
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
As events become increasingly held in virtual spaces, it’s important to include as many audiences as possible. One particular group that has limited accessibility to theater and performances is the blind community. In this workshop you will learn about making virtual events , screenings and performances accessible to blind audiences. Attendees will get a chance to learn about which virtual platforms are accessible, how to advertise in an accessible way, hiring audio describers as well as how to audio describe videos/performances, and what to include in your access check.
Accessible Hiring Practices for Artists and Administrators
Alie B. Gorrie
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
You want a diverse workplace (or a diverse production) that is welcoming and open to all, but do your hiring practices reflect that? In this workshop, you will hear from artists and administrators with disabilities about some best practices for developing truly accessible hiring processes. Whether you are casting your next production or putting out a call for an open admin position, there are steps you can take to make sure disabled candidates have equitable access to your organization.
Disability Artistry
Panelists TBA
Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Join A.R.T./New York and Queens Theatre for a conversation with a panel of disabled artists about what disability artistry and aesthetic mean to them, and how they incorporate it into their work.
Audience Development
From community engagement to social media strategies, this track is dedicated to helping you know your audience better and develop them into loyal fans of your work!
Branding Through Social Media
Francisco Mendoza
Monday, October 5, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Social media is hailed as an "indispensable" marketing tool for any company, especially non-profits, since it's a (mostly) free way to establish an online presence. However, recent changes to the algorithms that define how posts are delivered to users, combined with an excessive number of brands trying to reach consumers on these platforms, have put into question how much value social media can really add to any marketing plan. In this workshop, we'll tackle the principles of creating an organic "always-on" social media strategy, focusing on a) clearly conveying your company's mission, b) setting yourself apart from the competition and c) finding an audience to whom this content is relevant.
Radically Centering Arts Audiences: Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach to Reopening
Tom O'Connor
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
As arts and culture organizations grapple with massive societal shifts, their intended programming may be on hold, but their audience relationships most certainly are not. Building upon Tom O’Connor’s recent piece, “Engaging Arts Audiences in a Time of Trauma,” this virtual workshop is designed to help cultural organizations center the experiences of their audiences in planning for reopening, leaning on a model of trauma-informed care used in health settings.
Body Autonomy
Learn how to develop policies and procedures to report and prevent harassment and abuse.
The Insider's Guide to Intimacy Direction During a Revolution inside a Pandemic (Because it's a lot)
Ann James
Wednesday, October 13, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Join Ann James, founder of Intimacy Coordinators of Color for this informative two-way discussion on how intimacy in performance, social justice and the ongoing pandemic coincide to make theatre moving forward a whole new ball of wax. She will guide you and your team through:
- What IS Intimacy Direction anyway?
- Why do theaters need this kind of support moving forward?
- How to vet an Intimacy Director
- How to manage the Power Dynamic successfully
- Race and Intimacy Direction
- Effective strategies to share with the directors you hire
- Having a voice in the New Standards of theater practice
These topics and much more will be explained and discussed in what hopes to be a lively 2-hour presentation of new developments in this growing field. Be on the right side of understanding and get all the information you need to decide if you should hire an Intimacy Director for your upcoming season. Questions and dialogue encouraged but not required.
Cultural Coordinator: The New Essential Role in Theater
Tavia Jefferson
Monday, October 26, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In recent months, there has been an explosive culture shift resulting in a call for reform within the theater community as it relates to the pervasive racism that diminishes the safety and equality of BIPOC voices. As we move forward in building tactics for a more equitable space, it is necessary to provide a consultant that can not only identify potential blind spots on the ground floor of the creative process, but also provide the insight, mediation, and perspective to soothe potential cultural barriers for all throughout the production.
Join theater vet and communications expert Tavia Jefferson as she expounds on the role of Cultural Coordinator™ - an assigned, essential role within an entertainment production that serves as an advocate, educator, liaison, and mediator to ensure cultural equality throughout each stage of a theater production process.
Finance
Do budgets mystify you? Are you worried about being in compliance with IRS rules for non-profits? This track covers everything you need to know to keep your organization in a healthy financial standing.
Budgeting Your Values
Roberta Pereira
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This hands-on workshop will focus on the challenges and opportunities of centering your values (whatever those may be!) when creating a production budget. No budgeting experience is necessary and space is limited!
Form 990: A Walking Tour
Gary Eisenkraft, C.P.A.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Form 990 is the essential document used by tax-exempt organizations for financial reporting. Both federal and state governments use this form as a compliance tool that discloses clear and evident proof by tax-exempt organizations that they are not required to pay taxes.
Every year, nearly 600,000 organizations file Form 990 with the IRS. This publicly available document is also used by state regulators, policymakers, the media, researchers, and contributors. It provides regulatory oversight and an opportunity to demonstrate transparency to those interested parties.
Topics covered in this workshop will include:
- When to file 990 vs. 990-EZ or 990N
- Governance Section
- Core form and schedules
- New special events and program reporting requirements
- Compensation reporting
- Public Support Test
- When to prepare your Form 990 yourself and when to hire a professional preparer
- How to choose a preparer if you need one
Fundraising
The essentials of fundraising with individual donors from crowdfunding to special events and everything in-between!
Arts Advocacy
Zak Malik
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
The New York City cultural community is vital to the heartbeat of New York. It actively contributes to the city’s economic development, the educational and social development of our students, and the quality of life for our residents. Fortunately, our City government recognizes the importance of cultural organizations, and supports them through a variety of methods. This includes capital and expense funding from City agencies, Borough Presidents, and the NYC Council, legislation to support cultural organizations, advocacy efforts to strengthen the cultural community, and more.
Now more than ever, we need to engage with elected officials and City agencies and advocate for our organizations and the cultural community as a whole. This workshop will aim to provide an overview of the political landscape, and share best practices on how to best engage with different government entities and advocate for your organization. You will hear from a government relations professional as well as several theatres on strategies that have worked for them in the past, and how they may have shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With many different ways to interact with government, it can often be overwhelming, but this workshop will help break down concrete actions you can take.
Grantwriting
Learn the fundamentals of writing competitive grants for foundations and funders in the arts!
Creating a Grant Narrative in a Continually Changing World
Melissa Sandor
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
As organizations, we need to remain adaptable to the changes in the world around us. Maybe now, more than ever... Unforeseen events have drastically changed our cultural landscape and our shared community. How do we begin to express what our organizations are doing to dive into this moment? In this 2-hour, interactive workshop, we will empower language as a tool with which to tell our organizational stories. Come ready to write!
Foundations 101: Part 1
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 2, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
This workshop will focus on how to identify and research foundation prospects and getting your foot in the door with a new donor. Whether you are stuck in a rut with the same circle of supporters or you are just starting out as a grant writer, this session is geared towards expanding your list of prospects and increasing your response rate.
Foundations 101: Part 2
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 9, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
So you’ve been invited to apply. Now what? This session will go step by step through the process of writing a grant narrative, from determining what to apply for to proofing and review to choosing what attachments to include. We will also discuss best practices for grant reporting.
Foundations 101: Part 3
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 16, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Your budget tells a story about your organization just as much as your narrative does, and for many funders it is the most important element of the application. In this session we will look at budget templates for grant applications, going step by step through the process of building a project budget, as well as crafting an institutional budget for an application, and best practices for how to share your financials with a potential funder.
Work Samples & Grant Supplemental Materials
Sarah Benvenuti
Monday, December 7, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Writing a successful grant application isn’t just about the narrative! In order to win over funders, your entire application package - from budget to work samples and more - have to all tell the same, compelling story. In this two-hour workshop hosted by Benvenuti Arts Founder, Sarah Benvenuti, we’ll focus on storyboarding out your entire grant, ensuring that you’re creating the best supplementals package to support your request. We’ll cover work samples, budgets, and other administrative documents, looking at examples and working through some simple best practices. All attendees will have the opportunity to review their samples individually, getting feedback from Benvenuti and other attendees.
Organizational Management
These workshops are designed to teach best practices for producing, general management, and office systems.
Engaging Arts Partners
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop will closely examine and discuss specific strategies, opportunities and implementation of successful partnerships. The workshop will explore a variety of partnerships to include, cultural, religious, educational, civic, professional and community based organizations. Case studies will be shared along with recommendations on sustainability and growth of engaged partners.
Creative Recovery: Why Emergencies Need Arts
Amelia Brown
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
From natural disasters such as hurricanes to human made disasters such as racism, emergencies are increasingly a part of our everyday lives. As emergencies rise and evolve, we must adapt how we prepare, respond and recover from emergencies. As we approach this work in new ways, we can explore the intersectional nature of emergencies and the role of creativity to transform crisis situations. This session will consist of a presentation followed by a moderated Q & A with Amelia.
In this session you will learn:
- Types of emergencies
- How emergencies intersect
- Why emergencies need arts
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 1
Anne Dunning
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the first in a three-part series comprised of two group workshops and a one-on-one consulting session for each participant theatre. This workshop provides critical conceptual and practical building blocks for theatres developing organizational structures that fully reflect and support the work they are developing and producing. Topics examined include realities faced by small theatres today; key defining and guiding values and processes of each theatre's organization and culture based on its own unique qualities; and, insights into broad organizational application of these unique qualities. Participants are given an assignment to write an Organization Profile for review in Part Two.
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 2
Anne Dunning and Nello McDaniel
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the second in the three-part Organizational Planning and Process (OP&P) series and focuses on reviewing and discussing the Organization Profile writing assignment of from Part One. The draft work of each participant theatre is reviewed and discussed in small group breakout sessions led by Anne and Nello. These review and discussion sessions provide each theatre with helpful feedback and insights toward greater clarity in their Organization Profiles from colleagues and the AAR consultants. Prerequisite for this workshop is attendance in the OP & P Part One and completion of the Organization Profile assignment.
Online Workshops
If you want to attend a workshop but can't make it in person, check to see if there is a webinar or livestream available! These workshops can be joined remotely via Zoom.
Engaging Arts Partners
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop will closely examine and discuss specific strategies, opportunities and implementation of successful partnerships. The workshop will explore a variety of partnerships to include, cultural, religious, educational, civic, professional and community based organizations. Case studies will be shared along with recommendations on sustainability and growth of engaged partners.
Creative Recovery: Why Emergencies Need Arts
Amelia Brown
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
From natural disasters such as hurricanes to human made disasters such as racism, emergencies are increasingly a part of our everyday lives. As emergencies rise and evolve, we must adapt how we prepare, respond and recover from emergencies. As we approach this work in new ways, we can explore the intersectional nature of emergencies and the role of creativity to transform crisis situations. This session will consist of a presentation followed by a moderated Q & A with Amelia.
In this session you will learn:
- Types of emergencies
- How emergencies intersect
- Why emergencies need arts
Branding Through Social Media
Francisco Mendoza
Monday, October 5, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Social media is hailed as an "indispensable" marketing tool for any company, especially non-profits, since it's a (mostly) free way to establish an online presence. However, recent changes to the algorithms that define how posts are delivered to users, combined with an excessive number of brands trying to reach consumers on these platforms, have put into question how much value social media can really add to any marketing plan. In this workshop, we'll tackle the principles of creating an organic "always-on" social media strategy, focusing on a) clearly conveying your company's mission, b) setting yourself apart from the competition and c) finding an audience to whom this content is relevant.
Accessible Virtual Events and Performances for Blind Audiences
Walei Sabry and Chi Nguyen
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
As events become increasingly held in virtual spaces, it’s important to include as many audiences as possible. One particular group that has limited accessibility to theater and performances is the blind community. In this workshop you will learn about making virtual events , screenings and performances accessible to blind audiences. Attendees will get a chance to learn about which virtual platforms are accessible, how to advertise in an accessible way, hiring audio describers as well as how to audio describe videos/performances, and what to include in your access check.
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 1
Anne Dunning
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the first in a three-part series comprised of two group workshops and a one-on-one consulting session for each participant theatre. This workshop provides critical conceptual and practical building blocks for theatres developing organizational structures that fully reflect and support the work they are developing and producing. Topics examined include realities faced by small theatres today; key defining and guiding values and processes of each theatre's organization and culture based on its own unique qualities; and, insights into broad organizational application of these unique qualities. Participants are given an assignment to write an Organization Profile for review in Part Two.
Creating a Grant Narrative in a Continually Changing World
Melissa Sandor
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
As organizations, we need to remain adaptable to the changes in the world around us. Maybe now, more than ever... Unforeseen events have drastically changed our cultural landscape and our shared community. How do we begin to express what our organizations are doing to dive into this moment? In this 2-hour, interactive workshop, we will empower language as a tool with which to tell our organizational stories. Come ready to write!
The Insider's Guide to Intimacy Direction During a Revolution inside a Pandemic (Because it's a lot)
Ann James
Wednesday, October 13, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Join Ann James, founder of Intimacy Coordinators of Color for this informative two-way discussion on how intimacy in performance, social justice and the ongoing pandemic coincide to make theatre moving forward a whole new ball of wax. She will guide you and your team through:
- What IS Intimacy Direction anyway?
- Why do theaters need this kind of support moving forward?
- How to vet an Intimacy Director
- How to manage the Power Dynamic successfully
- Race and Intimacy Direction
- Effective strategies to share with the directors you hire
- Having a voice in the New Standards of theater practice
These topics and much more will be explained and discussed in what hopes to be a lively 2-hour presentation of new developments in this growing field. Be on the right side of understanding and get all the information you need to decide if you should hire an Intimacy Director for your upcoming season. Questions and dialogue encouraged but not required.
Budgeting Your Values
Roberta Pereira
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This hands-on workshop will focus on the challenges and opportunities of centering your values (whatever those may be!) when creating a production budget. No budgeting experience is necessary and space is limited!
Cultural Coordinator: The New Essential Role in Theater
Tavia Jefferson
Monday, October 26, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In recent months, there has been an explosive culture shift resulting in a call for reform within the theater community as it relates to the pervasive racism that diminishes the safety and equality of BIPOC voices. As we move forward in building tactics for a more equitable space, it is necessary to provide a consultant that can not only identify potential blind spots on the ground floor of the creative process, but also provide the insight, mediation, and perspective to soothe potential cultural barriers for all throughout the production.
Join theater vet and communications expert Tavia Jefferson as she expounds on the role of Cultural Coordinator™ - an assigned, essential role within an entertainment production that serves as an advocate, educator, liaison, and mediator to ensure cultural equality throughout each stage of a theater production process.
Form 990: A Walking Tour
Gary Eisenkraft, C.P.A.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Form 990 is the essential document used by tax-exempt organizations for financial reporting. Both federal and state governments use this form as a compliance tool that discloses clear and evident proof by tax-exempt organizations that they are not required to pay taxes.
Every year, nearly 600,000 organizations file Form 990 with the IRS. This publicly available document is also used by state regulators, policymakers, the media, researchers, and contributors. It provides regulatory oversight and an opportunity to demonstrate transparency to those interested parties.
Topics covered in this workshop will include:
- When to file 990 vs. 990-EZ or 990N
- Governance Section
- Core form and schedules
- New special events and program reporting requirements
- Compensation reporting
- Public Support Test
- When to prepare your Form 990 yourself and when to hire a professional preparer
- How to choose a preparer if you need one
Arts Advocacy
Zak Malik
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
The New York City cultural community is vital to the heartbeat of New York. It actively contributes to the city’s economic development, the educational and social development of our students, and the quality of life for our residents. Fortunately, our City government recognizes the importance of cultural organizations, and supports them through a variety of methods. This includes capital and expense funding from City agencies, Borough Presidents, and the NYC Council, legislation to support cultural organizations, advocacy efforts to strengthen the cultural community, and more.
Now more than ever, we need to engage with elected officials and City agencies and advocate for our organizations and the cultural community as a whole. This workshop will aim to provide an overview of the political landscape, and share best practices on how to best engage with different government entities and advocate for your organization. You will hear from a government relations professional as well as several theatres on strategies that have worked for them in the past, and how they may have shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With many different ways to interact with government, it can often be overwhelming, but this workshop will help break down concrete actions you can take.
Foundations 101: Part 1
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 2, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
This workshop will focus on how to identify and research foundation prospects and getting your foot in the door with a new donor. Whether you are stuck in a rut with the same circle of supporters or you are just starting out as a grant writer, this session is geared towards expanding your list of prospects and increasing your response rate.
Foundations 101: Part 2
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 9, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
So you’ve been invited to apply. Now what? This session will go step by step through the process of writing a grant narrative, from determining what to apply for to proofing and review to choosing what attachments to include. We will also discuss best practices for grant reporting.
Organizational Planning and Process: Part 2
Anne Dunning and Nello McDaniel
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This workshop is the second in the three-part Organizational Planning and Process (OP&P) series and focuses on reviewing and discussing the Organization Profile writing assignment of from Part One. The draft work of each participant theatre is reviewed and discussed in small group breakout sessions led by Anne and Nello. These review and discussion sessions provide each theatre with helpful feedback and insights toward greater clarity in their Organization Profiles from colleagues and the AAR consultants. Prerequisite for this workshop is attendance in the OP & P Part One and completion of the Organization Profile assignment.
Accessible Hiring Practices for Artists and Administrators
Alie B. Gorrie
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
You want a diverse workplace (or a diverse production) that is welcoming and open to all, but do your hiring practices reflect that? In this workshop, you will hear from artists and administrators with disabilities about some best practices for developing truly accessible hiring processes. Whether you are casting your next production or putting out a call for an open admin position, there are steps you can take to make sure disabled candidates have equitable access to your organization.
Foundations 101: Part 3
Whitney Estrin
Monday, November 16, 2020, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Your budget tells a story about your organization just as much as your narrative does, and for many funders it is the most important element of the application. In this session we will look at budget templates for grant applications, going step by step through the process of building a project budget, as well as crafting an institutional budget for an application, and best practices for how to share your financials with a potential funder.
Radically Centering Arts Audiences: Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach to Reopening
Tom O'Connor
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
As arts and culture organizations grapple with massive societal shifts, their intended programming may be on hold, but their audience relationships most certainly are not. Building upon Tom O’Connor’s recent piece, “Engaging Arts Audiences in a Time of Trauma,” this virtual workshop is designed to help cultural organizations center the experiences of their audiences in planning for reopening, leaning on a model of trauma-informed care used in health settings.
Disability Artistry
Panelists TBA
Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Join A.R.T./New York and Queens Theatre for a conversation with a panel of disabled artists about what disability artistry and aesthetic mean to them, and how they incorporate it into their work.
Work Samples & Grant Supplemental Materials
Sarah Benvenuti
Monday, December 7, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Writing a successful grant application isn’t just about the narrative! In order to win over funders, your entire application package - from budget to work samples and more - have to all tell the same, compelling story. In this two-hour workshop hosted by Benvenuti Arts Founder, Sarah Benvenuti, we’ll focus on storyboarding out your entire grant, ensuring that you’re creating the best supplementals package to support your request. We’ll cover work samples, budgets, and other administrative documents, looking at examples and working through some simple best practices. All attendees will have the opportunity to review their samples individually, getting feedback from Benvenuti and other attendees.
View the full event calendar below.
A.R.T./New York welcomes people with all abilities to attend our workshops and roundtables. Interpretation services are available by request which must be made at least 3 business days before the event. For accessibility information, special circumstances, or other accommodations, please contact Kirsten Sweeney at [email protected].
The Nancy Quinn Technical Assistance Program is made possible in part by generous funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and New York State Assembly Member Deborah Glick.
Header: Tectonic Theater Project's production of Carmen. Photo by Stan Borough.
