This May, Fractured Atlas had the opportunity to bring together the 2016 Arts Entrepreneurship Awards honorees in New York City. The event, Creative to the Core, celebrated the work of five organizations who are pushing the boundaries of conventional business practice in the arts. Representatives from each organization engaged in an insightful panel discussion about what it takes to bring innovative approaches to their arts businesses and their visions for the future of the field.
We are excited to share the conversation, which was recorded on May 11, 2016 at The Jerome L. Greene Space. Listen to it here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-198354022/creative-to-the-core-a-conversation-on-arts-entrepreneurship
Congratulations to the 2016 Arts Entrepreneurship Award honorees and thank you to those who participated in Creative to the Core!
What’s next?
There is never a dull moment for this year’s honorees and panelists. Keep a pulse on the amazing work they’re doing; read some memorable quotes from Creative to the Core and check out their upcoming projects:
IndianRaga
What are you passing on to the next generation? […] What can I say to make the arts go up on their priority list?
— Sriram Emani, Co-Founder and CEO
IndianRaga recently launched IndianRaga Championship, a monthly competition for musicians and dancers at all levels to participate and have opportunities to perform. Apply to this month’s first dance competition and winning performances will be showcased on the IndianRaga Facebook and other social media channels for the world to see.
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Something that is really important to me is empowering the audience and the artists to own what it takes to create the art, and to feel empowered within that relationship to step up beyond a transactional experience.
—Isaiah Tanenbaum, Marketing Director
Experience Flux Theatre Ensemble’s Living Ticket Initiative by seeing their new production Rizing, currently running in New York through June 4th. You can also check out the production budget for Rizing in their Open Book.
Museum of Impact
I want everyone to see a museum as their living room, as their third space, as a place they could go to discuss what is happening in society and how to better it.
—Monica Montgomery, Founder
The Museum of Impact is on the move again — they’re about to launch a new exhibit! Stay tuned for details,or follow them on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.
Scatter Collective
Technology has a profound power to influence culture.
— Alexander Porter, Creative Director
Scatter Collective was recently profiled on an episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour. Discussing virtual reality and their current project Blackout, listen in on a brainstorming session with Scatter’s Head of Production Mei-Ling Wong, Creative Director Alexander Porter, Technical Director James George, and Scatter collaborator and filmmaker Hannah Jayanti.
The Sketchbook Project
People really underestimate the cost of doing an arts-based business […] what’s unique about all of us is that we’re raising money in a creative way.
—Steven Peterman, Co-Founder
The Sketchbook Project just moved into their new location at 28 Frost Street in Williamsburg with a library, classrooms, studios, and event space. You can also submit your sketchbook to The Sketchbook Project 2017 Challenge! Add your work to the world’s largest library of artists’ books, crowd-sourced from every corner of the globe.
Amy Whitaker
When you hear all of these amazing people talking [on the panel], I think you can picture this Venn Diagram that is partly about art, partly about business, and then partly about something else that’s a civic sense of purpose.
— Amy Whitaker
Panel moderator Amy Whitaker is publishing her second book this summer, a work she calls “a manifesto and a love story for how creativity and business go together.” Read a review of Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses and pre-order the book.
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