October 26, 2010

Maximizing The Use of Technology

November 1, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm


Maximizing The Use of Technology

This hands-on workshop will provide participants with website design concepts and ideas to maximize the usefulness of their current websites. The participants will be introduced to some available interactive apps, learn how to set up online payments, explore user fun options, receive suggestions for effective use of social networks and how drive traffic to their websites.
Presenter: Seth Shihab, Director of Services & Training, Tech Headz Company
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery. Photo ID required to enter the building.
Cost: $15 (free for HAA members)
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)
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October 25, 2010

TONIGHT: NYFA Source Training (6:30-8:30pm)

NYFA SOURCE TRAINING
A workshop hosted by HAA and conducted by Elena Dubas, Program Associate, NYFA Source, New York Foundation for the Arts. The workshop will instruct artists on the process of navigating NYFA’s database for funding opportunities.
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery
Photo ID required to enter the building.
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)
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October 20, 2010

Register Today!

NoMAA - Technical Assistance Institute 2010

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) invites artists and arts organizations to the NoMAA Technical Assistance Institute 2010 -  a one-day long conference designed to examine common issues in the arts; to share some of  the fundamental steps to creating & sustaining a career as an artist; and to developing & running a successful arts organization.
Please go to: http://www.nomaanyc.org/node/9 for the registration form and return via fax or email by  Wed. Oct. 20: 212.568.5308 / info@nomaanyc.org
The conference is provided free of charge with registration by  Wed. Oct. 20, 2010.   
Late registration includes a $20 fee. 
To view full program go to: http://www.nomaanyc.org/node/9

October 19, 2010

October 25, 6:30-8:00pm: NYFA Source Training

NYFA Source Training
A workshop hosted by HAA and conducted by Elena Dubas, Program Associate, NYFA Source, New York Foundation for the Arts. The workshop will instruct artists on the process of navigating NYFA’s database for funding opportunities.
Date: October 25, 2010, 6:30-8:00pm 
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery
Photo ID required to enter the building.
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)

October 18, 2010

TONIGHT: Protecting Your Property- Copyright Issues (6:30-8:30pm)

Learn the basics on how to protect your intellectual property. The steps to protecting original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs. Moderator: Stacy R. Lynch, Esq., Lillie Pop Law Group. Presenters: Theresa Patterson Majeed, Esq., Entertainment Attorney, Rise Sport Entertainment & Missing Link Entertainment, Thomas Walsh, Attorney, MontaguLaw, P.C., Andrew Sparkler, Associate Director, Legal Corporate - American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP") and Patricia Elie, Law Office of Patricia Elie.
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)

October 14, 2010

NoMAA - Technical Assistance Institute 2010

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) invites artists and arts organizations to the NoMAA Technical Assistance Institute 2010 -  a one-day long conference designed to examine common issues in the arts; to share some of  the fundamental steps to creating & sustaining a career as an artist; and to developing & running a successful arts organization.
Please go to: http://www.nomaanyc.org/node/9 for the registration form and return via fax or email by  Wed. Oct. 20: 212.568.5308 / info@nomaanyc.org 
The conference is provided free of charge with registration by  Wed. Oct. 20, 2010.   
Late registration includes a $20 fee. 
To view full program go to: http://www.nomaanyc.org/node/9

October 6, 2010

UMAST Workshops, October 2010

October 18, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm - Protecting Your Property- Copyright Issues
Learn the basics on how to protect your intellectual property. The steps to protecting original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs. Moderator: Stacy R. Lynch, Esq., Lillie Pop Law Group. Presenters: Theresa Patterson Majeed, Esq., Entertainment Attorney, Rise Sport Entertainment & Missing Link Entertainment, Thomas Walsh, Attorney, MontaguLaw, P.C., Andrew Sparkler, Associate Director, Legal Corporate - American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP") and Patricia Elie, Law Office of Patricia Elie.
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)

Saturday, October 23, 2010, 9am-8pm -  NoMAA - Technical Assistance Institute
The NoMAA Technical Assistance Institute is a one-day conference
designed to examine common issues and share some of the fundamental steps to creating and sustaining a career as an artist and to developing and running a successful arts organization. The day will include:
• Welcome Plenary – The Art of Arts Advocacy
• Individual Artists – Strategic Planning for Artists
• Arts Organizations – Strategic Planning and Board Development
• Surviving and Thriving in the Arts: A roundtable discussion between local artists and arts administrators who will share their success stories, how to overcome setbacks, and strategies to prosper in an ever challenging art world.
• Networking session and Open Mic
Location: Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion – Columbia University Medical Center, 1150 St. Nicholas Ave (at 168th St.)
Space is limited. RSVP by October 20 to: info@nomaanyc.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)

October 25, 2010, 6:30-8:00pm - NYFA Source Training
A workshop hosted by HAA and conducted by Elena Dubas, Program Associate, NYFA Source, New York Foundation for the Arts. The workshop will instruct artists on the process of navigating NYFA’s database for funding opportunities.
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery
Photo ID required to enter the building.
RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org  (include workshop name in the subject line)

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October 1, 2010

Harlem Arts Advocacy Week, October 2010

For complete schedule visit: http://harlemaa.org

Monday, October 4, 2010
10 AM – 12 Noon: HARLEM Arts Alliance Special Advocacy Meeting
Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, (between West 120 & 122 Streets)
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM: “Trash to Treasure” – Harlem/Upstate Visual Artists Exchange: Hamilton Landmark Gallery, 467 West 144th Street
6:30 PM: Harlem Arts Advocacy Week Opening Reception
Dance Theatre of Harlem, 466 West 152nd Street, Studio 4

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
10 AM – 12 Noon: Culture is Harlem’s Business: Arts and Business Panel Discussions
Harlem Stage, The Gatehouse, 150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street
2:30 PM – 5 PM: A Conversation with members of the Coalition of Theatres of Color (CTC)
Culture is Harlem’s Business Part 2: Arts Services Panel Discussion
Harlem Community Arts Fund (HCAF) Artist Showcase
Upper Manhattan Arts Service Team (UMAST) Presentation
Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue enter on West 123 Street
5 PM-7 PM: Portrait of Harlem Exhibition Series
Countee Cullen Branch Library, 104 West 136th Street
6:30 PM-8:00 PM: Business Volunteers for the Arts Reception
Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue enter on West 123 Street

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM: "Strategic Marketing" Presentation & Luncheon
Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue enter on West 123 Street
5:30 PM:  “Preserving a Sense of Culture in a Changing Community”
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd
6:30 PM-8 PM: Harlem Arts Advocacy Week Closing Reception
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd

Thursday, October 7, 2010
8PM: Harlem Arts Alliance Member Night at the Theatre, “Through The Night”
Starring Daniel Beaty, Union Square Theatre, 100 East 17th Street

Friday, October 8 , 2010
6-9pm: Strivers Art Circuit Tour, Opening Reception, Strivers Gardens Gallery, 300 West 135 Street.

Saturday, October 9 & Sunday, October 10, 9 AM to 5 PM
Strivers Art Circuit Tour. A Self-guided, walking Tour of Harlem Art Venues and Artist Studios
Free to the public

Saturday, October 9, 2010
1 PM – 5PM: HAA, Artz Rootz & Rhythm Concert Series
Jackie Robinson Park, 145 Street & Bradhurst Ave