But Can I Pay My Rent Tho?!: Surviving As a Social Change Artist

Friday, September 23, 2016 5:30 pm-8:30 pm

[ Leeway Office -1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832 ]

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Please Note: This workshop takes place on both Friday, September 23 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm & Saturday, Spetember 24 from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm at the Leeway office. Participants must be able to attend both sessions.

 

Without art, there can be no movements. But artists are often unrewarded for being the drivers of change, which has created a culture of unsustainable practices. This workshop will make space for artists to develop long-term strategies towards a life supported by their creative work. Participants of these sessions are artists and cultural producers of all disciplines who are ready to build a career from their practice or become more financially sustainable in their existing arts/cultural producer career. Through a day and a half workshop, we will focus on: 1. evaluating your financial needs and potential worth in the market 2. refining your marketing needs 3. creating a finalized outreach plan 4. learning how to advocate for yourself effectively.

J Mase III (ACG '07) is a black/trans/queer poet based in NYC. A blogger for the Huffington Post he is author of “If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell My Kidney I was the Fiercest Poet Around” as well as "And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer's Reflections on Grief, Unemployment and Inappropriate Jokes About Death." As an educator, J Mase has worked with thousands of community members in the US, the UK and Canada on the needs of LGBTQIA youth and adults in spaces such as k-12 schools, universities, faith communities and restricted care facilities among others. He is the founder of the international performance tour Cupid Ain’t @#$%!: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Poetry Movement and is the founder of awQward, the first ever trans & queer people of color specific talent agency. You can find him on Facebook, twitter and www.awQwardtalent.com!

Performance poet J Mase III, will lead this workshop on Friday, September 23 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm & Saturday, Spetember 24 from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm at the Leeway office. Participants must be able to attend both sessions. ASL and childcare available with notice prior to September 20. There will be an option to request when reserving a ticket. This workshop is free, but space is limited. To RSVP please click here.

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