Introducing: Artist Campaign School!
Deadline to apply: September 15, 2017
Have you considered running for elected office? Fractured Atlas—along with several partner organizations—are launching an Artist Campaign School to support artists who want to run for office.
They are going to bring in some of the biggest and brightest campaign veterans, former candidates and other inspirational speakers who have been in the trenches of civic activism for decades. And they — along with those wonderful partners — are going to invite YOU to join, free of charge. In fact, they are even going to fly you in, put you up in a hotel for two nights and feed you! How do you get in on this? Read on…
For most of their 19 year history, Fractured Atlas has focused solely on developing products, services, and programs that make it easier to be an artist. However, they made a decision after Election 2016 to wade into uncharted territory to actually live the principles that break down barriers to sustainable artistic life and creative expression. Artist Campaign School is the first step in that effort. But it will take YOU to make it a success.
If you’re not at the table, you are on the menu. So if there isn’t a seat already, bring a folding chair! For far too long, artists have suffered the consequences of growing neighborhood gentrification, large amounts of student debt, and a labor system that devalues your work. It’s time for artists to position themselves to be part of the conversation on the kinds of communities we want to live in and the beliefs we want to fight for every day.
And it will take YOU to make that change!
The goal of Artist Campaign School is to promote systemic national policy change by codifying the tenets that foster creativity, and encourage it into tangible legislation. Beginning in Fall 2017, Artist Campaign School will recruit, train, and support 100–150 artists in running for elected office at the federal, state, and local levels. Specifically, participants will learn:
Targeting voters
Message development
Media training
Fundraising
Campaign online presence
Scheduling/advance
Staffing
How to launch your campaign
Learn more HERE.
Fractured Atlas
248 West 35th Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York
