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Member Spotlight: Brendan McGeehan, David Rose, & Jim Hamilton Blog Feature
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By Molaundo Jones on March 13th, 2019

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Member Spotlight: Brendan McGeehan, David Rose, & Jim Hamilton

Tips and Tools | Arts | Festivals | Fundraising | Artists and Members


by Molaundo Jones, Social Media Specialist at Fractured Atlas

left to right: David, Brendan, and Jim, creators of the “Singing Nina” cultural festival and conferenceDavid, Brendan, and Jim, creators of the “Singing Nina” cultural festival and conference

Brendan McGeehan, David Rose, and Jim Hamilton are the creators of the project “Singing Nina: a cultural festival and conference,” a new fiscally-sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. “Singing Nina” is a one day, multi-location event held in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Presented by Germantown Arts, the mission is to celebrate the life and music of the cultural icon, Nina Simone.

How has Fractured Atlas benefitted your artistic practice?
Fractured Atlas focuses and legitimizes our artistic endeavor with this event.

Poster for Singing: Nina with Nina Simone in blue and the title in yellow

How has Fractured Atlas benefitted your income generation?
Being a fiscally-sponsored project of Fractured Atlas opens up possibilities for corporate sponsorship by offering tax deductible donations as an option and allows us to apply for grants.

What specific Fractured Atlas services/programs have you used?
Artful.ly is a great interface that we are using to sell tickets to our event.

Why do you think artists and organizations should become members of Fractured Atlas?
Trying to become our own 501c3 was overwhelming and seemed daunting. It was so easy to apply for fiscal sponsorship through Fractured Atlas.

Nina3“Singing Nina” conference musicians  DJ Rich Medina“Singing Nina” conference musicians and DJ Rich Medina

What has been one of your biggest challenges as an artist or for your arts project and how did you push through it?
Funding continues to be a challenge and we are in the process of fundraising for our event.

Do you have any upcoming events that people should know about?
Our “Singing Nina” cultural festival and conference is being held on Sunday, May 19th.

What is your biggest accomplishment as a result of being a Fractured Atlas member?
Our biggest accomplishment has been having the ability to apply for grants for the first time!

You can learn more about the Singing Nina cultural festival at www.germantownarts.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/2026348860992325/.

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About Molaundo Jones

Molaundo Jones is a visual artist, entrepreneur, and arts adminstrator. As Social Media Specialist, he creates strategies and content for social media marketing and works with our members to develop a comprehensive calendar of events. Molaundo is a New York native, earned his MFA in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, and BA in Marketing at Morehouse College. He is founder of The Clever Agency, a communications consultancy and develops professional development programs for Queens Council on the Arts. He has also worked with the New York Foundation on the Arts' Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program and Artist as Entrepreneur Bootcamp and has served as a grant panelist for Bryant Park Corporation, Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Museum of Art and Design.