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Artist as Citizen: Art at the Center of Revitalization and Placemaking
By Michael DeLong, EAP Fellow With topics such as creative placemaking taking center stage in discussions around the arts, the question of how artists engage as citizens offers a dynamic opportunity for exploration. On April 24, 2012, Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA convened a panel in San Francisco at Intersection for the Arts around the topic of ...
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The Artist-Administrator Balancing Act
Wednesday, May 23, 5-7pm (reception to follow) The Artist-Administrator Balancing Act A Panel Discussion / Workshop The San Francisco Foundation, 225 Bush Street, Suite 500 This is a Free event. Space is limited; order tickets on Eventbrite. Arts administrators simultaneously working as artists balance the demands of multiple professions, a common challenge in the field. While ...
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The Artist as Citizen and Public Arts Partnerships
The Artist as Citizen and Public Arts Partnerships Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5-8pm Intersection for the Arts 925 Mission Street, Suite 109, San Francisco (map) FREE Order tickets via Eventbrite EAP brings together dynamic panelists to discuss artistic citizenship and issues of engagement with place. For this program, among other inquiries, we ask: * ...
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Taxes, the Arts, and You
By Karl Cronin, EAP Fellow From a Sobering Affair … to Ecstasy? On February 18, at 5:00 p.m., I left Fort Mason feeling oddly ecstatic. My pulse racing, I jumped on my bike and peddled feverishly. Blowing through stop signs. Dodging dog walkers. I simply couldn’t wait to get home and… start my 2011 tax ...
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Mapping MAPP: The Mission Arts & Performance Project
By Katie Fahey, EAP Fellow Moving images were projecting on the horizontal boards of the backyard fence on Shotwell Street, sounds emanating from the speaker system running through conjoined power bars. Artists Sebastian Alvarez, Ralph Vazquez Concepcion, and Surabhi Saraf were rehearsing for the following night at Patio 308. “What’s happening here? It’s 9:30,” grumbled ...
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A Change Would Do (Us) Good
By Adam Fong Changing jobs can be painful, but it might just be a service to the field. At Grants for the Arts’ 2011 Fall Public Meeting on Leadership Issues in the Arts, Marc Vogl hit on why staff changes, particularly in leadership, are so delicate. “The reason it’s sensitive is that it’s personal. This ...