Contribute

Your financial contribution allows us to continue building our communtiy program and equips us with the funds to support the artists that make The Artist FIles: Works in Progress happen

Advance Tomorrow Through Today's Gift

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    Make a difference

    Your financial contribution elevates SMDC community programs and allows us to offer a generous stipend to the artists making these programs possible.

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    Support the Performing Arts

    The performing arts keep us human! during economic downturns, the arts—-especially modern dance- and the artists that make a living from creating often get overlooked and underfunded.

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    Be Part of A Proces

    When you show up to our Work In Progress events, you allow artists to experiement with their work while giving them feedback to shape the work as it is being built.

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    Donate

    any amount you donate on any day of our 7 day No Fuss Fundraiserbetween 9/21 and 9/28 allows us to pay austin artists as they create new work for the community

    ***all donations are tax deductible***

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    Learn

    We will send emails and texts everyday from 9/21-9/28 so you can get the info from the source about what will happen on October 20th at the Ground Floor Theatre

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    Purcahse

    You can can reserve your seats by purchasing tickets in advance using our sliding scale option. the first $25 helps us pay the venue. Anything above $25 goes back to the artists on deck!

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What Exactly IS the Artist Files: Works in Progress?

“The Artist Files is a collaborative initiative between Austin Artists and the greater Austin area community, exploring the theme:

Trust: the most needed currency”

“Seasoned art makers will engage with the community to highlight the creative process. Central to the project is the Critical Response PRocess (CRP), a curiosity based framework created by reknowned choreographer Liz Lerman.”

  • Erica Santiago mentored by Susan Douglas Roberts

  • Hannah Requa mentored by Elizabeth Gilaspy

  • Navaji mentored by Lisa Nicks

  • Guest Artist LIsa Nicks

  • CRP Facilitate by Kate Warren