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August Schulenburg

Global Connections Begins

by August Schulenburg March 24, 2011 Global Citizenship
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In the spirit of World Theatre Day on March 27th (have you watched Jeffrey Wright’s moving message?), we’re sharing a more in depth look at our recent Global Connections grantees. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a teleconference meeting where the participating artists shared the genesis of their plans, with a contagious enthusiasm building [...]

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Creative Thinking In Action

by August Schulenburg March 8, 2011 Interviews

On Monday, March 14th from 2-3:30PM EST, Kevin Gillese, Maria Striar and Seema Sueko  will lead the next installment of  our A-ha! Leadership Webinar series, “Creative Thinking In Action.” They kindly took a break from their busy schedules to answer some anticipatory questions about the themes of the Webinar,  including how the creative process can cross [...]

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#MeetMems: 3 New Member Theatres!

by August Schulenburg March 7, 2011 Meet the Members

Whether they’re bringing some heat to St. Louis, or the Bard to Upstate, or blurring the boundaries of media from BAM to Bogota; we’re thrilled to welcome three new Member Theatres to TCG! The Builders Association 453 Broome St, #4C New York, NY 10013 Marianne Weems, Artistic Director Erica Laird, Managing Director Sharon Connelly, Board [...]

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#MeetMems: South Coast Repertory

by August Schulenburg March 3, 2011 Meet the Members

As part of our regular series, Meet the Members, TCG’s staff will be sitting down with South Coast Repertory’s David Emmes and Paula Tomei to talk about their work. We will be live tweeting this conversation @tcg using the hashtag #meetmems, so if you’re on Twitter, please join us at 3PM, EST. Here are the [...]

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State of the Artists Survey

by August Schulenburg February 17, 2011 Events

Last night, HERE Arts Center hosted a town hall (and live streamed it!) as part of our Town Hall series, joining theatres like Jobsite Theater, New Georges, Playwrights Horizons and Westport Country Playhouse in advancing the conversation surrounding the Artist-Institution relationship. Now we’re taking the next step of our Field Conversations by soliciting the opinions of [...]

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#NEA365

by August Schulenburg February 16, 2011 Advocacy

“While no government can call a great artist or scholar into existence, it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to help create and sustain not only a climate encouraging freedom of thought, imagination, and inquiry, but also the material conditions facilitating the release of this creative talent.” – U.S. Code § 951. Declaration of [...]

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