Reviews
Tere O’Connor’s Construct-a-Guy and The Lace at New York Live Arts: Architectures of Multiplicity
Tere O’Connor’s Construct-a-Guy and The Lace at New York Live Arts bring forty years of choreographic thinking into a single program. These dances reveal O’Connor’s evolving architectures of multiplicity, rigor, and queer complexity, inviting audiences into a system of movement shaped by attention and continual recalibration.
Reading The Field
Choreographies of Collapse: Performance in a Time of Climate Reckoning – Reading the Field – June 2025
Explore how contemporary performance artists engage climate collapse through site-specific rituals, ecological movement, and embodied environmental resistance.
No Soft Returns: Performance at the Edge of the Body – Reading the Field – May 2025
Five artists reclaim the body as rupture, resistance, and ritual. Explore extreme embodiment in this month’s Reading the Field from Contemporary Performance.
OPEN CALLS
Festivals
The Dark Festival Highlights | PS21 Winter Performance Festival
Festival Highlights from The Dark 2026 at PS21, featuring works by Okwui Okpokwasili, Autumn Knight, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and Sister Sylvester across Columbia County, New York.
Artist Development
Creative Capacity: What Fills You, What Drains You, and Why Boredom Matters
Not all time is equal. As artists, we need to recognize what drains us, what restores us, and why boredom might be the missing piece in our creative capacity.
Set up a Creative Practice Notebook in 6 Steps
There’s no single way to keep a creative journal—but if you’re trying to sustain an artistic life across the cycles of making, pausing, researching,...
5 Things to Consider When Running an Artist’s Email List
Developing and maintaining an active email list is a crucial strategy for keeping your audience informed about your latest projects, upcoming events, and other relevant updates. Regular communication helps build a loyal following and keeps people engaged with your work. Here’s how to effectively create and manage your email list:
CV Maintenance: The Key to Being Ready for Opportunities
Maintaining an up-to-date CV is essential for every artist. Treat it as a living document you maintain as you go, keeping a Google Doc or Word document on your computer to make it an actively updateable repository of your work.
10 Secrets To Getting Your Work Noticed, Attended, Presented, and Toured.
In a world filled with the constant noise of social media, news, and competing media, making a genuine connection based on the values of your work and community can be challenging. To establish a strong foundation for your work, focus on effective communication tailored to various audiences. Know your field through key resources, research institutions, and funders aligning with your work. Develop a compelling artist's statement and concise bio, maintain an updated CV and website, build an active social media presence, and maintain an email list to keep your audience informed. These steps ensure your work is not only created but also recognized and appreciated.
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Latest Reviews
Open Call: BAX Artist in Residence, Brooklyn | Deadline April 2, 2026
Open Call: BAX Artist in Residence (AIR) 2026–2028, Brooklyn, NY 18-month multidisciplinary performance residency for NYC-based artists, deadline April 2, 2026 Opportunity Snapshot What: Artist in Residence...


