After two successful seasons of Chat & Chew offerings for BIPOC artists, this program has regretfully been discontinued.
2023/24 Calendar of Events
All sessions are 90 minutes long and are limited to 20 participants
Past Events:
So Many Grants!
Friday September 23rd 2022
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
A discussion to co-motivate and support with writing project grants and sharing how you prioritize which grants to tackle and when.
Your Artist Portfolio/CV
Friday October 21st 2022
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
A group discussion about creating effective artist portfolios/CVs. Use this session to workshop and share ideas.
Creating and Producing Through the Winter Blues
Friday November 25th 2022
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
A discussion about how to push forward through the dark and cold months as artists and to take care of our mental health.
The Holidays Can Be Tough
Wednesday December 21st 2022
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
A discussion about existing as artists during the winter holiday season.
Getting Organized for New Projects
Friday January 27th 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
New year, new projects! A group discussion about how to start new projects on the right foot so that you can stay organized.
To art school or not to art school?
Friday February 24th 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
A group discussion about training and learning options for artists.
Red Flags
Friday March 24th 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
Bring and share your stories and experiences about seeing red flags and trusting your gut around opportunities.
Knowing Your Worth
Friday April 21st 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
Bring your thoughts and questions about compensation, negotiation, and how to ask for what you are worth.
Feast vs. Famine
Friday May 26th 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
Bring your perspectives and concerns about overcommitment, taking on too much, missing opportunities, and saying no as a BIPOC artist.
Impostor Syndrome
Friday June 23rd 2023
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET | 3pm AT | 3:30pm NT
It’s very real, especially for BIPOC artists. Bring your stories and experiences about how impostor syndrome affects you as a BIPOC artist and share strategies on how to move past it.
Approaching Galleries and Curators
Monday, October 30 2023
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
Bring your experience, questions, and thoughts about how BIPOC artists might best approach galleries and curators to show their work. The final half hour will be reserved to discuss compensation standards, and share tips on grants and other resources.
Music Production Skill-Sharing
Monday, November 13 2023
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
For the expert and those who have never worked with audio/music before! Bring your music production tips, skill-shares, latest learnings, equipment, tools, and preferred audio production software, as well as questions for the group. The final half hour will be reserved for discussing compensation standards, and sharing tips on grants and other resources.
Cancelled
Finding a Publisher and Self-Publishing
Monday, December 11 2023
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
Bring your experience, questions and thoughts about how to find a publisher for your book, and the pros and cons of self-publishing, regardless of your primary artistic discipline. The final half hour will be reserved for discussing compensation standards, and sharing tips on grants and other resources.
Collaborating with Movement and Dance Artists
Monday, January 15 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
Calling all movement and dance artists, and artists interested in collaborating with them! This session will be an opportunity to meet artists who are excited to collaborate across disciplines with movement and dance. The final half hour will be reserved for discussing compensation standards, and sharing tips on grants and other resources for interdisciplinary projects.
Approaching Theatre Companies with your Play
Monday, February 19 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
How do you get your play produced? What are the strategies and best practices to approaching theatre companies? What are the pros and cons of self-producing? What if you’ve never worked in theatre before? Bring your questions! The final half hour will be reserved for discussing compensation standards, and sharing tips on grants and other resources for theatre projects.
Working with Sound, Video and Media Artists
Monday, March 18 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
How can we use sound and video across disciplines in exciting ways? How can you work with media artists to deepen your piece or work? Following the discussion, we will use the last half hour to share resources for funding for media arts elements in our projects, as well as understand standard compensation rates for media artists should we choose to engage them.
This session is sponsored by: 
Building Your Film Crew
Monday, April 22 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
So you’re working on or hope to start working on an indie or bigger budget film, but don’t know where to start or how to build a film crew? Or maybe you’re an experienced filmmaker or crew member with great advice to share? Then this is the discussion group for you. Come meet other artists interested in making films or who already work in film to share ideas, experience, expertise, and find each other to collaborate on exciting new projects. As film budgets are often daunting, we will definitely touch on funding opportunities for filmmaking in the final 30 minutes of the session.
Working with Opera Classics vs New Works
Monday, May 27 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
Opera lovers: do you have questions, thoughts, and ideas for developing opera and want to bounce those ideas off others? How can we make opera relevant and inclusive of BIPOC artists? What are the joys and challenges of working on contemporary and new operatic works vs the works of Verdi, Puccini and Wagner? Where can you get new opera works developed and produced? The last 30 minutes will be devoted to discussing funding opportunities and recommendations for things to consider in your budget when working within opera as an art form.
Cancelled
Talking About Money and Artist Fees
Monday, June 17 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
As artists, how do we broach the topic of being paid before starting a contract, rather than chasing what you’re owed after the gig?? How can we negotiate our fee without being seen as “greedy”, or worse, losing the opportunity entirely? A BIPOC-only space to ask questions, share tips and strategies about how to best negotiate fees, fairly compensate the artists we choose to hire and collaborate with, and source reputable information about industry standard fees in the various artistic fields.
This session is sponsored by:
Adding New Technologies to our Artistic Practices
Monday, July 22 2024
1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET | 5pm AT | 5:30pm NT
Curious about new technologies like Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Augmented Reality (AR), and how they could/might fit into your projects and/or creative process? Artists will share how they use technology in fun, innovative, and expression-enhancing ways, no matter what their artistic discipline(s).