Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA)
If it's broke, fix it!
What is ERPA?
Through panels, dialogues and interactive events, Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) tackles the financial instability that performing artists face every day. Since 2008, ERPA projects have engaged more than 750 artists and cultural stakeholders.
This program is generously supported by the The Rockefeller Foundation.
Upcoming ERPA Events:
Financial Empowerment Workshops
Presented by ArtHome’s Founder, Esther Robinson
at The FAR Space
Wednesday, May 2, 6:30-7:30pm
$15/$10 Field Members
CreativeMoney Homeownership Basics
Presented by ArtHome’s Founder, Esther Robinsonat The FAR Space
Wednesday, May 23, 6:30-8:30pm
FREE!
First 30 sign-ups for Financial Empowerment Workshops receive a 1 year free Field Membership!
Memberships will be setup at event sign-in; 15 free memberships per workshop. Must be present to redeem free membership. Offer available only to former Members and non-Members.
Complimentary Field Memberships are generously supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Get your copy of the ERPA book, We Are No Longer Strangers: Four Experiments in Arts & Entrepreneurship, here
ERPA awards $55,000 to entrepreneurial artists working to catalyze and sustain the cultural economy!
View October 2009 Press Release
Economic Revitalization Resources
- Visit the ERPA blog for immediate dialogue to help jump-start your own economy.
- Listen to ERPA podcasts to hear dialogue from past Invention Sessions about the 'new economy' and other mythologies and paradigm shifts in the arts.
- Dig into the ERPA Resource Guide to explore the broad body of research we have compiled in the process of developing the ERPA entrepreneurial lab.
- Jump to the Other Resources page of our website for links to fellow Arts Service Organizations, offering additional resources and services across the spectrum.
- Learn more about the ERPA artists and their projects below...
