So here we are folks. The PLAE deadline for applications is today. All the info is below. I have to say that I'm very excited about the variety of applicants who have submitted, from actors to visual artists, this is going to be a great group! Hope some of the readers will come out as well. It's going to be really cool!
Excelsior!
Program to Launch Artistic Entrepreneurs (PLAE)
July 13th-August 31st 2009
Every Monday from 7:00pm- 10:00pm
Applications due July 6th, 2009
PLAE:
This
is an 8-week
development
program geared toward equipping arts entrepreneurs with the tools to
realize
their goals. The course will meet once a week and will feature guest
speakers in leadership positions throughout the field of the arts who
will participate in the discussion of each entrepreneurs project and
offer guidance and support. The class will be
structured around the selected applicants who will create an 8-week
action plan and implement a new task or initiative every week. Topics
covered will include networking, developing structure for businesses,
understanding the psychology of the arts leader, identifying unique
qualities in projects, and fostering on-going relationships with arts
professionals. The course will be interactive and satellite networking
events will
be suggested each week. Participants in the course will work together
in groups as well as on their own to complete the tasks they have
outlined. The class will be strictly limited to 15 members and the
class will not be conducted if enrollment is under five people.
Who Should Apply:
Any artists who are seeking to develop a new business idea or company
or to restructure a current arts model. Level of experience in an arts
related field is only one factor in the selection process. If a banker
who has never done a show before has a great idea for a dance company,
excellent. The course will thrive if it is full of people who are seriously committed to starting something
new and exciting. Any artist – producer, dancer, visual artist,
musician, etc. is eligible to apply.
The online application form can be found Here.
Application deadline is July 6th, 2009.
Those selected will be notified by e-mail (by July 7th). If accepted, the full tuition will be $400 for 8 weeks. Payment is Due by July 12th. Your acceptance email will provide payment options and instructions. This includes the cost of books that will be taught in the course as well as handouts and materials.
The course will run 7:00pm-10:00pm every Monday from July 13th-August 31st 2009. Location TBD.
E-mail any questions to PLAE2009@gmail.com.
My Bio:
Michael Roderick has produced at Manhattan Theatre Source, Theater Row Studios, Where Eagles Dare, the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, the Red Room, the Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios and has produced shows in the NY International Fringe Festival, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, among others. He has worked as an office associate for Davenport Theatrical Enterprises and has Off Broadway producing credit as an Associate Producer of the musical ROOMS a Rock Romance at New World Stages as well as an Associate Producer of The New Hopeville Comics at The Chernuchin Theater at ATA. Michael recently received the MITF Producer's Award for his show "The Director's Reality" at Where Eagles Dare and he is currently the program director for Self-Producing Artists at Theater Resources Unlimited. Michael is also a graudate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's 14-week Program as well as the Six-week Creative Intensive Program. Michael is the organizer of the Independent Producers Alliance of NY and he holds a BA in Secondary Ed English and Theatre Performance from Rhode Island College as well as a Masters in Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities from NYU.
Comments