Memories: FAB x MR DANCE BLOCK SALON Spring '17

FAB x Movement Research: DANCE BLOCK SALON

Abrons Arts Center -- March 28, 2017

facilitated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa

All photos 

©Deneka Peniston

Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) paired up Movement Research for their first collaborative Dance Block Salon. The organizations invited artists from their respective communities to show work in an atmosphere of non-judgmental sharing, radical support and community building. 

I was honored and thrilled to be asked to facilitate the evening and guide the feedback sessions.

Artists showing work included Rina Espiritu, Jenny Boissiere & Dancers, Cain Coleman of ColemanCollective and Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson.

Staff, presenting artists and dancers
gather in Abrons's studio G05 before the salon.

Introducing the evening:
Nadia Tykulsker, FABnyc Director of Programs (above)
Lindsey Dietz Marchant, Movement Research Managing Director (below)

Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Above: Jenny Boissiere talks about her work.
Below: Cain Coleman performs.

Choreographer Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson,
above and below

Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson's troupe performs.

Above: Rina Espiritu listens to audience feedback.
Below: Dance artist Heather Robles hugs Espiritu after feedback session.

Small, intimate feedback groups for each choreographer
encouraged easygoing participation.

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FAB RESPONSE salons offer artists feedback: April 26, May 3

Alice Klugherz showed a solo work-in-progress
at the first FABnyc RESPONSE salon on April 12.
(photo: Deloris Onwuka)

Malcolm Betts presenting at RESPONSE
(photo: Deloris Onwuka)

Malcolm Betts with music/movement collaborator Andy Kobilka
(photo: Deloris Onwuka)

Please join me and FABnyc for our second RESPONSE salon and give your feedback to artists showing informal 10-minute presentations of works in various stages of development. You need not be an artist to attend.

We next get together on Wednesday, April 26 (2-4pm) at Arts on Site, 12 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village near Cooper Union. (Info and registration here)

Our final salon in the series will be held on Wednesday, May 3 (2-4pm) at Arts on Site. (Info and registration here)

Come join our friendly circle! We’re looking forward to seeing you!

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Accessibility:

Please note that the Arts on Site studio is up four flights of stairs with elevator access limited to the building's upper-floor residents. I have requested a change in venue if the RESPONSE series continues past the current May 3 end date.

 
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FABnyc's new RESPONSE series: show work, get peer feedback [UPDATE]

Sign up now* for a spot in RESPONSE, FABnyc's series of sessions (part of The Sustainable Artist Toolkit), intended to foster a culture of support and care in our artist community. I'm honored to be the facilitator for the launch of what we hope will be a useful, ongoing resource.

The series offers opportunities for participants to sign up to present work and to respond to those presentations.

Spots to share your work will be given on a first-come first-serve basis. We would like to adopt a “pay-it-forward” model and ask that artists that wish to present work also sign up for an alternate session as a responder.

At RESPONSE, artists share work in development and receive feedback from peers in safe, supportive space. We will be asking the presenting artists to give us a brief idea of the kind of feedback they would find most useful. In general, we hope you will approach this time with respect and empathy for your fellow artists and offer the kind of responses and reflections you would seek for your own work. This is not a space for judging the merit of artistic product but for sharing what you’ve experienced and asking questions that will help artists see their work through your eyes and move it forward. Please feel free to give us your helpful suggestions to make future RESPONSE sessions work well for everyone.

Available salon dates are:

Mar 1, Apr 12, Apr 26 and May 3--all Wednesdays, 2-4pm

NOTE: The March 1 salon has been cancelled.

*Sign-up!

We are taking reservations for these slots now.

hosted by Arts On Site, 12 St Marks Place, Manhattan

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Coming in January: free Writers Circle for POC arts writers

Sign up for my free dance and performance WRITERS CIRCLE sponsored by FABnyc, starting in January!

Are you dissatisfied with the state of critical writing about dance and performance? Writers Circle supports artists of color, across the spectrum of movement-based performing arts, as they practice and share clear, effective writing in response to performance. Previous writing on the arts is not required, but you should have basic facility with written expression.

East Village locations. For complete schedule and location details and to sign up, click here.

This workshop is part of FAB’s year-long series, The Sustainable Artist Toolkit.

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Visit Arts On Site's Open House, October 23

Studios at Arts on Site
East Village
(photos courtesy of Arts on Site)

Arts On Site is a brand new non-profit organization offering affordable rental space to all art forms, creating a home for the arts with an aim to build community.

You're invited to an Open House on Sunday, October 23, 2pm-10pm, hosted by Arts on Site in partnership with Fourth Arts Block (FAB) and Danspace Project at St. Marks Church to celebrate the launch of Arts on Site. Get to meet the Arts On Site team as well as the community of teachers and artists holding events and classes at this new East Village space for the arts.

2-7pm OPEN HOUSE and DEMONSTRATIONS

Find out about upcoming events, classes, and workshops. Visitors are invited to explore Arts on Site's newly renovated studios and participate in a wide variety of sample classes lead by its current roster of artists.

7-10pm SOCIAL HOUR and PERFORMANCES

In the spirit of collaboration, Arts on Site has teamed up with Fourth Arts Block (FAB) and Dancespace Project at St. Marks Church to present a short evening of performances. After the performances, enjoy a drink at a social hour with fellow artists, local business owners and community organizations from the area.

Arts On Site is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting artists of all disciplines by offering affordable studio rental space and a diverse calendar of classes, events, and workshops. Studios are open from Monday through Sunday, 7am-10pm, located at 12 St. Marks Place, 3F. For more information please visit artsonsite.org or email to artsonsitenyc@gmail.com.


ARTS ON SITE
12 St. Marks Place (Studios 3F & 4F), Manhattan
artsonsitenyc@gmail.com

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FABnyc launches The Sustainable Artist Toolkit

The Sustainable Artist Toolkit

 (#ArtistToolkit)

Artists, Cultural Workers, Revelers & Explorers of creative expression: DON’T PANIC.

FAB is excited to bring to you The Sustainable Artist Toolkit – a series of workshops led by A. Nia Edwards-Austin, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Kendra Ross, and Sydnie Mosley, for artists, cultural workers, creativity seekers… and everyone in between. Learn to tell your stories, share resources, activate the community, cultivate thoughtful responsiveness — all while working towards a generative and caring ecosystem.

And I'm excited to be part of the team bringing this new initiative to our arts community. You'll hear more about my part of it in coming months but, first up:

Sydnie L. Mosley
(photo: Ferima Faye/F.F. Visual)

BodyBusiness Resource Sharing: getting what you NEED with what you HAVE

led by Sydnie L. Mosley and SLMDances

Wednesday, Sept 21, 7-9pm

Through a series of artist-guided activities, SLMDances will share practices that work towards a cooperative economy based on trust, value transparency and accountability, all while honoring individual voices. In school, in our jobs, in society, we are taught “resources are scarce” — but what if the skills, goods, services, and/or opportunities we already possess becomes the central resource of worth instead of money?

Artists, cultural workers, makers: let’s fully embody a vision of a community that has mastered the art of sharing in order to negotiate obstacles and achieve common goals! In this session, reflect on what you have & what you need, equitably distribute resources, experience how a cooperative economy operates, and together, find ways to shift the culture in our day-to-day.

This model was co-conceived with Our Goods and elevates a vision that values artists’ creative labor and production while decentralizing money as the only source of real worth.

For more #ArtistToolkit programming details and to register for this and other events in the series, click here.

And connect with FABnyc on social media:

Facebook: @FABNYC 
Twitter: @fourthartsblock
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Hmmm....an Idea Party! Good idea!

Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) announces...

In partnership with OurGoods, we have launched Connect the Blocks, an initiative to help dance makers and artists learn to share and barter resources in an increasingly competitive economic climate. The notion is that, by finding ways to share resources, we can accomplish more together than we would by staying in continued competition for scarce resources. 

Upcoming Connect the Blocks Idea Parties--Wednesday, October 10 (6:30pm) and Thursday, October 25 (6:30pm)--will be facilitated meetups where participants brainstorm practical solutions to artistic and production challenges.

Location: Downtown Art, 59-61 East 4th Street, 7th Floor, Manhattan

RSVP: rsvp@fabnyc.org
Get more information on these two idea parties on Facebook here.

Help the cause. Tweet this message today:

Get practical solutions to artistic & production challenges at Idea Party http://ow.ly/eg2l6 @FourthArtsBlock @OurGoods #connecttheblocks