Flushing Town Hall to Offer Free Virtual Artist Professional Development Conversations Starting September 23
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To enhance its mission of bringing people together by providing global arts for global communities, Flushing Town Hall invites artists of all disciplines to take part in a new free series of Artist Professional Development Conversations, that will share tips, insights, and best practices for navigating the business side of an artistic career.
Launching on Wednesday, September 23 at 7:00 PM (EST), the new professional development series "Ask a Presenter" with Ellen Kodadek, FTH Executive Director and Artistic Director, will kick off with a conversation on how to get in touch with venues. Ellen Kodadek will demystify the process of reaching out to venues and organizations for presentation opportunities and go over how to know if a presentation space is a good fit for an artist’s practice, how to best communicate with the venue to gain their interest, and strategies for making the best impression to presenters. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.
The session is free but RSVP is required. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event date. Artists can RSVP here.
Continuing the series on October 28, Jessican Peña, FTH Artistic Director of Development, and Jay House, FTH Grants Manager will lead a conversation about "Fundraising for Individual Artists 101." Both FTH staff members will discuss an overview approach to fundraising tailored for individual artists. Strategies for getting financial and other types of support for arts practice from friends, family, and other sources not in artists’ networks will be covered. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.
The session is free but RSVP is required. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event date. Artists can RSVP here.
The virtual artist professional development series will continue throughout the fall with each session featuring talks with Flushing Town Hall staff members to discuss how to better support, present, and market an artistic practice. Topics include fundraising, booking and programming with presentation venues, and PR and marketing strategies.
New dates and RSVP information will be posted under Flushing Town Hall’s online programming FTH at Home.
WED, SEPT 23, 7 - 8 PM EDT on Zoom Webinars
Free Virtual Professional Development Conversation for Artists: "Ask a Presenter" with Ellen Kodadek, FTH Executive Director and Artistic Director
Join Flushing Town Hall’s Executive Director and Artistic Director, Ellen Kodadek, in a conversation as she helps demystify the process of reaching out to venues and organizations for presentation opportunities. The conversation will include information on how to know if a presentation space is a good fit for your practice, how to best communicate with them to gain their interest, and strategies for making the best impression to presenters. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.
The session is free but RSVP is required. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event date. RSVP here.
WED, OCT 28, 7 - 8 PM EDT on Zoom Webinars
Free Virtual Professional Development Conversation for Artists: "Fundraising for Individual Artists 101" with Jessican Peña, FTH Artistic Director of Development, and Jay House, FTH Grants Manager
Join Jessica and Jay as they discuss an overview approach to fundraising tailored for individual artists. Learn strategies for getting financial and other types of support for your art practice from friends, family, and other sources not in your network! The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.
The session is free but RSVP is required. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event date.. RSVP here.
Flushing Town Hall greatly appreciates the supporters of our current campaign, Step Up for Flushing Town Hall, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Special thanks to our Step Up Campaign donors with gifts of $100 and above: Karen Argueta, Henry Assael, Larue Brathwaite, Claire Bullard, Jenna Capeci, David Fesser, Susan Hennessy, Raymond Jasen, Carmen Jimenez, Bob Kodadek, Anne Lewent, Jeri Lim, Martha Ma, TeHsing Niu, Jessica Peña, Richard Quatrano, Dominique Sellers, Thomas Simmons, Mike Sperendi & Jan Schneider, Jill Ward, Daryl Ware, and Lucy Wong.
Crazy Talented Asians & Friends: An Evening of Live Comedy and Animation Shorts is sponsored by a generous anonymous donor. Flushing Town Hall thanks Charles B. Wang Community Health Center at Flushing New York for their support.
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts dba Flushing Town Hall is a not for profit organization which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York State Assembly Member Ron Kim; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Mayor Bill de Blasio; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; Council Members Adrienne Adams, Costa Constantinides, Daniel Dromm, Barry Grodenchik, Peter Koo, Karen Koslowitz, Francisco Moya, and Paul A. Vallone; and the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.
Support for our programs is also provided by Acrobuffos/Seth Bloom & Christina Gelsone, Angela An, Robin Bell-Stevens, Viviana M. Benitez, Dongjiang Bi, Cathay Bank, Douglass Chan, Amy Mak Chan, Calvin W. Chan, Sharon Chen, Ginger Chinn, Dr. Hsing-Lih Chou/New York Institute of Culture and the Arts, Con Edison, Crossings TV, Exploring the Metropolis, Kuang-Yu Fong/Chinese Theatre Works, Barbara Garii, Matthew Goldner, Howard Graf & Kathy Donovan, Guru Krupa Foundation, Lily Han, Heather Harrison, Belinda Pilin Hsu, Alice & Steve Huang, Hung Pin Hung, Investors Foundation, Raymond D. Jasen, the Jim Henson Foundation, Ellen Kodadek, the Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Nelson Lee/Flushing Bank, Janet T. Leow, Anne Lewent, James S. Liao, Emily Lin/Lin & Loveall Foundation, Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Frank Macchio, Materials for the Arts, William McClure/Queens College, Mets Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Jassy Z. Min, New York Chinese Chorus, TeHsing Niu, Northwell Health, Carlos Ortiz, Queens Art Education Center/Arthur Liu, Richard Quantaro, Queens Courier, Resorts World, Camillo Reyes, RuDance/Asian American Dance Sport Corp., Dominique Sellers, Helen Shieh, Richard Siu, Curtis Smith, Mike Sperendi & Jan Schneider, Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Michael Tang, Veronica Tsang, Tai & Tony Wang/Glow Foundation, Jay Wegman, Constance Wingate, Lucy Wong, Anna Wu, Minwen Yang, Hank Yeh, Sandy Yeh, Shane Yeh, and Angela Qi Zhang.
Special thanks to Calvin W. Chan, Raymond D. Jasen, Ellen Kodadek, Anne Lewent, William McClure, and TeHsing Niu for underwriting a portion of FTH at Home: Global Arts for Global Kids.
Although we cannot list every donor, Flushing Town Hall is grateful for all gifts received and wishes to thank everyone for their ongoing generosity.
