About GoTour In May of 2004 The Field launched GoTour, the first website devoted entirely to serving independent artists. GoTour is a website for independent performing artists, arts administrators, and audiences nationwide. This website is a great resource for those who create, support, and/or love dance, theater, music, performance art, spoken word, and multidisciplinary art work. It strives to be a comprehensive map of the national independent performing arts community and serves as resource for independent artists to take control of their careers, share information and book their own tours. The creation of GoTour has involved more than five years of concentrated effort from conceptualization to implementation, including over 1,500 hours of volunteer, intern, and staff time in research. On the site are over 200 artist interviews, and more than 1,000 venue profiles and local resources, respectively. However impressive this may be, we know that there are many resources not yet included. We are, therefore, asking artists and arts organizations across the United States to add information to the website. Our goal is to create a comprehensive map of the national independent performing arts community. In each of the areas outlined below, site visitors are encouraged to add information and share their experiences.

Artist: Caron Eule   Photo: David Zlotchew   Website: www.geocities.com/ceuledance

GoTour offers five major areas of information:

• Destinations: Listings of artist-recommended local venues, ranging from coffee houses to formal theaters, searchable by region, discipline, and seating capacity.
• Local Guides : Articles by artists and arts administrators on their hometown communities, places they have toured, and how they have managed their careers, plus advice from professionals on topics ranging from legal issues to the pros and cons of touring.
• Provisions: Local resources recommended by artists and administrators in the community, including support services, publicity resources, teaching opportunities, and places to socialize with other artists.
• Sharing the Road: Classified listings to facilitate locating artistic collaborators, production assistance, services, goods, and other resources.
• Speak Out!: A bulletin board for focused, issue-oriented discussions where participants share resources, brainstorm, and address issues affecting the performing arts community.

Log on to GoTour, add information, and feel free to give us feedback. Also, please help us spread the word about GoTour by telling others about it! If you are not already on our mailing list, please join our mailing list to receive updates on Field news and events, including information regarding GoTour.

Funding for GoTour has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Con Edison, The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and individual contributors.