Bloom Virtual Summit raises $2,500 for marginalized artists of color
The Bloom Virtual Summit, two days of workshops and performances, raised over $2,500 to support our upcoming seventh annual theater show, In Full Color 2021.
The event featured the following schedule:
FRIDAY, MARCH 19
6:10 - L.I.G.H.T. U.P.: Spiritual Business Strategies for Womxn of Color || Adelina Tancioco (Surrendered Healing)
7:10 - Musical Performance || Joanne Villavieja
7:25 - Screw the It Factor: Radical Acting Fundamentals || Rose Kim (Art Rat Theatre)
SATURDAY, MARCH 20
12:10 - The Business of Sustainable Art || Shekhinah B. (The Women’s Coalition for Empowerment Inc.)
1:10 - Healing and Harmony: Finding Alignment in the Chaos || Marilyn Burgos
2:10 - The (Very Chill) Introduction to Playwriting || Alyssa Haddad
3:10 - Pole Dance Performance || Kitty Hok
3:40 - Flow with Bele: Movement Flow/Yoga || Isabele Rosso, Sponsored by NimbusFIT
4:40 - Poetry & Performance Masterclass || reg e. gaines
The summit was inspiring, educational and collaborative -- an overall amazing event of community and joy! Our need, however, was not completely met. We fell about $500 short of our goal of $3,000, which will create paid opportunities for artists of color who are women or of other marginalized genders. If you believe in our cause and want to help fund IFC2021, make a tax-deductible donation here.
For more information, see the full summit agenda here.
https://5eurocasinoutanlicens.com seeing the breakdown of workshops like radical acting fundamentals and the playwriting intro made me realize how much unpaid labor usually goes into events like this, so raising $2,500 is genuinely impressive even if it fell short. The fact that they were only $500 away from funding paid opportunities for marginalized artists says a lot about how thin the margins are for this kind of community work. I've helped organize small arts events before and the gap between what people assume is covered and what actually needs funding is always wider than it looks.