Outreach Programs Offered in our 2009-11 Seasons

I. Brainstorm Forum

Artists today are met with increasingly prohibitive expenses with regard to securing rehearsal and performance venues; for this reason, they lack opportunities to expose developing work to trial audiences for the purpose of gaining feedback.

Once a month SURGE will be offering a no-fee forum for artists, particularly emerging artists, to show works-in-progress to an invited audience of SURGE Board Members and established artists in related fields. Brainstorm Forum will be held in NYC. Location and start date TBA.

Population to be served: Artists of any performance-related discipline including, but not limited to, music, dance, writing, set design, video, etc… who would benefit from the opportunity to show and gain feedback on work-in-progress.


If interested in participating please submit an email to info@surgeinitiative.com with the following information:

Name:
Artistic Medium:
Title of Piece:
Short description of piece:
If additional performers are needed, what is the total head count for your piece including your self?
Please list items or props you will be bringing:
Will you need a sound system for your piece?
Email:
Phone:
Web-site:
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II.Class Card Scholarship Award

The cost of open-enrollment arts classes, a source of ongoing education critical to artists and aspiring artists, is prohibitively expensive. Recipients will be awarded a 10-class card to be utilized in an intensive period of arts study. SURGE staff will work with the recipient to formulate a schedule of classes that will expose the artist to new styles and/or disciplines.

Population to be served: New-to-the-arts individuals, and aspiring/professional artists who have financial difficulties affording open-enrollment arts classes in New York City.

For more information on The Class Card Scholarship Program please email us at info@surgeinitiative.com

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III. Master Class Series

High-quality performing arts instruction is prohibitively expensive for many community members and dancers; master classes currently offered are limited in diversity of styles, levels and philosophies. SURGE Performance Initiative offers The Master Class Series, which exposes artists and community members of all backgrounds and ages to high-quality performing arts training in a spectrum of styles at low or no cost. All members of the general public are welcome to participate, from beginning to professional skill levels. Classes will be held in New York City.

The Master Class Series will offer six no-fee, two-hour performing arts classes once a week for six weeks. Each class will be open-enrollment. Each series will highlight one specific style (ex. world dance, jazz theory, contemporary theory, musical theater, performance art, etc…). A different master instructor will teach each class. There will be a suggested donation of $10 (optional but not required). Each series will be video documented for assistance in future funding opportunities.

For more information on The Master Class Program please email us at info@surgeinitiative.com
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