As of late, women of color have been heralded for their ability to reactivate consciousness and change the field. And while they are often championed for their inventiveness, experience and multi-layered perspectives, they are also often driven into professional corners where their unique points of view can become occupational deficits.

This workshop will focus on the types of financial resources artists need to sustain their practice – including fundraising and fiscal sponsorship, as well as finding, researching and applying for these different types of opportunities.

Work shouldn’t suck.

Perhaps no one believes this more than Fractured Atlas, a national arts service organization that works to empower artists and cultural stakeholders and eliminate systemic and practical barriers to expression.

It takes many different types of knowledge working together to thrive as a team. Members of CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, Fractured Atlas, and Allied Media Projects will explore how the resource-sharing model of fiscal sponsorship can provide artists and projects with nonprofit compliance and administration.

In this panel, Allied Media Projects, CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, Fractured Atlas, and Fusion Partnerships will explore how the resource-sharing model of fiscal sponsorship can meet the needs of artists + organizers and ensure a more just and sustainable environment where artists can not only survive but thrive.

Come to this workshop to learn about another alternative: fiscal sponsorship! Our expert speakers will explain how your group can financially partner with an existing nonprofit to take advantage of their 501c3 status. This means more perks— access to charitable donations, grants, tax exempt status— and less paperwork.

One hundred years after the Great War on Women, the all female preserve of North America must choose between re-unification or permanent segregation from Outlanders (men). 

What are you willing to sacrifice for peace?

While women prominently lead arts institutions and attain various levels of power, they are not immune to the societal systems of patriarchy and white supremacy. So how do female arts leaders view their own relationship to power and privilege?

This session introduces financial management and legal protections for artists, designers and creative entrepreneurs. 

Join us to hear about the latest programs and services from a cross-section of NY metro area entrepreneurial resources to help you with your small business, career or artistic endeavor!

From 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST, listen to Courtney Harge, Alysa Nahmias, and Gigi Rosenberg tweet about “Fundraising Myth Busting″ for New York Foundation for the Arts. 

Members of CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, Fractured Atlas, and Allied Media Projects will explore how the resource-sharing model of fiscal sponsorship can meet the needs of artists and cultural workers.

Dance Business Bootcamp is a full-day workshop for independent artists, choreographers, and small-budget dance groups looking to accelerate their operations. The session is facilitated by Fractured Atlas, a national organization that empowers artists to succeed as entrepreneurs, in collaboration with Dance/USA.

SmART Bar sessions are optional 20-minute one-on-one consultations between Conference participants and industry leaders (or 'SmART Bar Bartenders') who are willing to share their expertise.

Join some of the activists and writers who are actively involved and leading the women’s movements as they discuss how they hope the new movements will impact an increasingly stratified society.

The Ed Portal is proud to bring Courtney Harge, Member Advisor for Fractured Atlas (an organization dedicated to supporting artists at every level of the cultural ecosystem), to Allston-Brighton! Artists and creatives will learn more about fiscal sponsorship through small group events or an evening workshop.

The Future is Female Festival is a cross-country event throughout March of short plays by women of all backgrounds about the meaning of “the future is female.” Buy tickets here.

SR Socially Relevant Film Festival panels and workshops are free of charge and open to all filmmakers and members of the audience (as space permits). 

RSVP is required as in some cases space may be limited.

In collaboration with the Future Is Female Festival, Dark Matter Productions presents SMASH!, a night of short plays by female-identifying playwrights smashing the patriarchy, the establishment and the bourgeoisie in 2017.