American Music Center http://www.amc.net/
A membership organization for promoting modern American music, the American Music
Center offers musicians grants for performance, recording, and music copying,
and also offers New York dance companies grants to help meet the cost of using
live musicians in their performances. They also provide information assistance,
publish the monthly New Music Box web-zine,
and their website includes an extensive online reference, with links in pop,
rock, jazz, blues, rap/hip hop, country, folk, easy listening, children's, classical,
theater, and film music categories.
Artslynx http://www.artslynx.org
Artslynx is a massive, largely non-annotated International links database for
dance, theater, music, visual arts, film, writing and poetry, arts advocacy,
arts therapy/empowerment, arts education, arts administration, and arts employment.
Chamber Music America http://www.chamber-music.org
Chamber Music America is a membership organization for chamber music performers and allied professionals. CMA provides funds for creating and presenting new repertoire in classical and jazz idioms, conducting residency projects and developing professional skills. In addition, CMA confers several awards to chamber music professionals in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions.
Dance Theater Workshop http://www.dtw.org/
Dance Theater Workshop, the group that presents the Bessie awards, also acts
as a membership organization that provides access to the Artists' Community Federal
Credit Union, health insurance, performance and rehearsal-related information,
seminars, consultation, and promotional services. They also publish and distribute The
Poor Dancer's Almanac, a comprehensive survival manual and resource directory
for choreographers, managers, and dancers. Dance Theater Workshop presents performances
at the World Trade Center Plaza and at their own Schoenberg Theater.
Engine 27 http://www.engine27.org
Engine 27 is a non-profit organization devoted to the research, creation and
dissemination of multi-channel sound works. Founded by Jack Weisberg in 2000,
their gallery and production facility is situated in the Tribeca neighborhood
of
Manhattan in a former firehouse - Engine 27.
Their current initiatives include an Artist in Residence program, the commisioning
of new works, an historical reconstruction series, the development of in-house
productions, weekly gallery presentations of sound compositions and a concert
series.
Constantly growing in resources and tools available to those using our facility,
our focus is an integrated performance and creation space. In this gallery, sound
is dynamically controllable in realtime. Sixteen speakers, with 48 separate channels
of amplification, placed throughout the room permit sound to move from speaker
to speaker based on the artist's wishes.
GoTour http://www.gotour.org GoTour is a new and growing service for independent performing artists, arts
administrators, and audiences nationwide. GoTour is for those who create, support,
or love dance, theater, music, performance art, spoken word, and multidisciplinary
work. GoTour offers five major areas of information: Destinations:
a searchable database of artist-recommended local venues, ranging from coffee
houses to formal theaters, searchable by region, discipline and size of house; Local
Guides: articles by artists and arts administrators on their hometown
communities, places they've toured, and how they've maintained their careers,
plus advice from professionals on topics ranging from legal issues to the pros
and cons of touring. Provisions: local resources recommended
by artists and administrators in the community, including supports for the arts,
publicity, teaching opportunities, and where to meet and socialize with other
artists. Sharing the Road: classifieds for artists to find artistic
and production collaborators, services and goods, and other resources; Speak
Out!: a bulletin board service for focused, issue-oriented discussions
where participants share resources, brainstorm, and tackle what's affecting the
performing arts community.
The Living Room http://www.livingroom.org
The Living Room is a website for experimental musicians, performance and multimedia artists, and "all other persons interested in nurturing creative artistic endeavors." Its features include "The Meeting Room" (a discussion list), "The Living Room" (an archive of media files for exchange, and "The Kitchen" (events listings).
National Performance Network http://www.npnweb.org
The National Performance Network provides support for established and emerging
artists in dance, music, theater, performance art, puppetry, and spoken word.
The NPN serves as the developmental rung on the ladder for emerging contemporary
performing artists because it provides rare or first-time touring opportunities.
Their programs include 1-2 week residencies that include a public performance, "Creation
Fund" commission fees, and the "Special Underwriting, Research and
Frontier Fund" (SURFF), which funds artists to work with non-arts organizations,
diverse populations and audiences.
Theatre Communications Group http://www.tcg.org/
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a national service organization that exists
to strengthen, nurture and promote the not-for-profit American theatre. TCG serves
over 400 member theatres and 17,000 individual members. Their programs and services
include the publication of American Theatre magazine, the ArtSEARCH employment
bulletin, plays, translations and theatre reference books; grants to theaters
and theater artists ($4.4 million in 2000-2001); workshops, conferences, forums
and publications for theatre professionals and trustees; research on not-for-profit
theatre finances and practices; arts advocacy; and the U.S. Center of the International
Theatre Institute.
