That's debatable!

The Field and the Abrons Arts Center invite you to

 

ERPA (Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists)

Next Gen Debate Series

Using a structured debate format with a moderator, participants will be divided into teams to debate some of the issues pin-pointed in the roundtables. Join The Field and host, Abrons Art Center, for the first of a series of fiery and critical discussions in the performing arts community.

Hypermedia Marketing: Alienating or Inviting?

Monday, April 11, 7pm

Twitter, Facebook, blogs, websites, apps etc.: What do these do to an already tense and widening generational gap? How can one stay afloat and keep tabs on every stream? How do you decide what level of engagement is right for you? Is this an opportunity or an obstacle for the performing arts community? This debate will investigate the myriad ways this “flood of material” is (mis)used, consumed and disseminated.

Debaters include Brian McCormick, Mathew Heggem, SarahAO Rosner, Wendy Perron and Eva Yaa Asantewaa!

"Starving Artist" vs. Entrepreneur: Is the language we use around the arts helping or hurting?

Tuesday, May 17, 7pm

Using a structured debate format with a moderator, participants will be divided into teams to debate and discuss the following issues. Do you pay yourself a living wage to make your work? Do you value your work as something that needs to happen? Does “non-profit” equal art-as-charity, a luxury commodity, a non-necessity? Does it support entrepreneurship? How does this language help art-makers to be seen, fundraise and be recognized as important and critical?

Debaters include Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, Jean Ann Douglass, Catherine Peila and Shalonda Ingram!

ERPA: Next Gen Debate Series
Abrons Art Center (Underground Theater)
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street), Manhattan
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