Taylor Ho Bynum Turns a 2000 Mile Bike Ride Into a Performance
In 2014, Taylor Ho Bynum, a world-class cornetist and composer, set out from Vancouver, Canada with his bike and musical instrument. As he made his way down the west coast, he stopped in various towns...
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The MAP Fund Now Accepting Applications! What Kind of Projects Do They Support?
Excerpt from niv Acosta’s “Discotropia” The MAP Fund, one of Creative Capital’s ancillary programs, supports live performance projects, and we love sharing an office with them because we get to hear...
View ArticleCorey Dargel to Perform at Creative Capital’s Homecoming Dance Benefit, Oct 15
Corey Dargel Presents “The Three Christs” at the 2015 Creative Capital Retreat Creative Capital artist Corey Dargel will perform at our upcoming Homecoming Dance Benefit (October 15, Manny Cantor...
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10 Tips for Performance Artists Working With Museums
Sarah Michelson’s performance at the Whitney Museum in 2014. Sarah also performed at the “New Circuits” conference at the Walker this past month. Earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting with...
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“Clytigation” By Michelle Ellsworth Blends Technology and Greek Mythology
Michelle Ellsworth (2013 Performing Arts) is an artist unlike any other. Her quick, anxious speech dares you to keep up with her, and her art practice is just as ingenious and prolific. The premiere...
View ArticleMondo Bizarro Take On Disappearing Land of Louisiana
Louisiana is disappearing. It is breaking apart into the sea. The Gulf of Mexico, aided by sinking land and rising seas, has been swallowing this region at a horrifying rate. To highlight how people...
View ArticleTaylor Ho Bynum Turns a 2000 Mile Bike Ride Into a Performance
In 2014, Taylor Ho Bynum, a world-class cornetist and composer, set out from Vancouver, Canada with his bike and musical instrument. As he made his way down the west coast, he stopped in various towns...
View ArticleA New Way of Seeing Performance: DD Dorvillier’s “Extra Shapes”
Picture a slice of Neapolitan ice cream with its three separate bands—strawberry, vanilla, chocolate. When the three flavors are made, they are made individually without any interference. Only when...
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Queen GodIs: A Creative Dissertation on Women and Gender Non-conforming MCs.
Queen GodIs’s artistic practice crosses many disciplines from performance to hip hop to art therapy. On April 9th in Brooklyn, she’ll bring many of these disciplines together for an event exploring...
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MAP Fund’s 2016 Grantees: Themes and Connections
From Jen Shyu’s performance of “Song for Naldo” Today, one of our ancillary programs, the MAP Fund, announced their 2016 round of artist projects. Thirty-six new works in contemporary performing arts...
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A Month of Performance Festivals Begins
Neal Medlyn as Champagne Jerry If you’re a fan of performing arts, January is an exciting month with tons of festivals, conferences and events planned all over the New York area. It can be...
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Wakka Wakka’s ‘MADE IN CHINA’ at home in the USA
A scene from “Saga,” from Wakka Wakka Productions and the Nordland Visual Theater. Credit Jim Baldassare These people may be geniuses. –The New York Times The Obie and Drama Desk-winning performance...
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The TEAM Reimagine Protest Songs With Teens & Baby Boomers
During a Q&A in London in 2009, the artist collaborative known as The TEAM were asked “How are Americans dealing with the fact that you’re not a superpower anymore?” It was a question that stuck...
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Jim Findlay Brings Bruce Haack Back From the Dead with “Electric Lucifer”
Even if you’ve never heard of the electronic musician Bruce Haack, there’s a good chance the songs you listen to have been influenced by him—he did pioneering work in the ’60s and ’70s on vocoding,...
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Jesse Bonnell’s Theater Group Experiments with Group Therapy Sessions
Does the US need one big group therapy session? Jesse Bonnell and Poor Dog Group, experiment with that idea by working with a therapist to confront some of today’s most challenging questions in their...
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“visions of beauty” by Heather Kravas is “Punk in Attitude, Feminist In Spirit”
Heather Kravas experiments with the process of making dance as much as she experiments within the actual performance. Choreography for her newest work, visions of beauty, has evolved throughout her...
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Narcissister Looks Inward in a Hybrid Documentary, Performance Film and...
Film still from Narcissister Organ Player Narcissister’s Creative Capital project, Narcissister Organ Player, blends documentary, animation and performance to explore how the loss of the artist’s...
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Crowdfunding Your Project with Jessica Massart of Kickstarter
As Senior Performance Lead at Kickstarter, Jessica Massart oversees theater, dance, and performance-at-large. Part of her role is to ensure artists and organizations are prepped for success on...
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Sean Graney Makes Greek Theater Fun Again
What’s better than adapting an Aristophanes play to speak to the current political moment? How about adapting all 11 of them! For his Creative Capital project, The Aristophanesathon, Sean Graney has...
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Sharon Bridgforth Reflects on Home and Helps Artists Move Toward Home Ownership
Centered in African-American artistic and cultural traditions, Sharon Bridgforth’s constantly evolving Creative Capital Project dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Home supports the creation of spaces that...
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