| |
Pentacle inaugurated Help Desk as a pilot program in 1998
as a response to the increasing pressures felt by emerging and mid-career
dance artists as they build their professional lives. The goal of Help
Desk is to develop these artists' infrastructures so that they can maintain
a stable professional base, from which they may nurture their creative
process.
Focusing on a relationship between artist and mentor, Help Desk has evolved
into a multi-faceted project, fluid enough to allow participating artists
to focus on basic issues and projects that will have a lasting effect
on their professional lives. The Help Desk has several services that provide
resources to assist artists in strengthening their professional infrastructure
and administrative skill base, including monthly meetings,
1-on-1 mentoring, financial resources and subsidy support,
tutorial workshops, a presenter database, and access to a
communication network. Over the past six years, Help Desk has worked
with 48 artists and seven mentors. In addition to working with artists
to achieve their individual goals, Help Desk participants have grown into
a dynamic supportive community of artists and administrators which is
unique to the field.
For more information about Help Desk, contact Marýa Wethers at
(212) 278-8111 ext. 308 or Ivan Sygoda at (212) 278-8111 ext. 300.
|
