HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BE AN ARTIST?

September 2, 19:00 h. || EDNO Office (Plovdiv 10, Hristo Dukmedjiev Str.)

About the lecturer:
Zornitsa Stoyanova holds B.A. in Dance and Sound Design from Bennington College, VT. After concluding her studies, she moved to Philadelphia, PA where she started creating, producing and presenting performing art and video under the name Here[begin] Dance.  She is devoted to helping young and emerging choreographers and has curated and produced Current: an evening of dance and art and Dance Cinema Projects geared specifically to Philadelphia communities. In 2008 Zornitsa was a fellow with Headlong Performance Institute, where she focused on abstract character building, clowning and interactive theatrical performance. Later that year she studied with Deborah Hay.  Her studies with Hay sparked a new interest in performance presence and deconstruction of communication.  In 2011 she was an artist in Meet theNext Generation program, part of eXplore Dance Festival in Romania, where she studied with Meg Stewart.  Since then, Zornitsa has sought out professional development opportunities researching art practices in improvisation, communication and abstracting the body.

About the lecture:
Many artist worry about the state of their finances, many are anxious and think they can’t finance their work. They are afraid to ask for money from presenters and say no when the money is not enough.  They feel that in order to do art they have to sacrifice family and live poorly or just stop doing art all together.  Many artists do. How can we prevent this? This lecture/conversation has the goal of looking realistically into the financial aspects of the life of a professional artist. We will discuss how to live well and make ends meet.  At the end of the lecture, every participant will learn the concrete amount of money they need to live well.
This lecture is based on the work of Andrew Simonet, founder of Artist