Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF EXPLORING THE METROPOLIS (ETM) IS TO STUDY, ANALYZE AND RESOLVE THE WORKSPACE NEEDS OF THE CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA. CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O.
TO STUDY, ANALYZE AND RESOLVE WORKSPACE NEEDS OF CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY IN NYC.
ETM CON EDISON COMPOSER RESIDENCIES - A RESIDENCY PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ACCOMODATE COMPOSERS FROM NEW YORK CITY, WHO ARE CAREFULLY SELECTED BY A PANEL OF MUSIC PROFESSIONALS THROUGH AN ANNUAL APPLICATION PROCESS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES EACH COMPOSER WITH A STIPEND AND FREE SUITABLE WORKSPACE IN A CULTURAL OR COMMUNITY FACILITY FOR COMPOSITION WORK. AS PART OF ETM'S GOAL TO BROADEN PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS, AT THE END OF EACH PROGRAM, EACH COMPOSER IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE HOST FACILITY, AN EVENT THAT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SELECTED COMPOSERS ARE AWARDED SIX MONTHS OF FREE WORKSPACE IN ONE OF FIVE COMMUNITY/CULTURAL FACILITIES. THEY ARE ALSO AWARDED A STIPEND OF $2,500. THE ETM CON EDISON COMPOSER RESIDENCIES HAS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 90 COMPOSERS, PROVIDING THEM WITH MORE THAN $750,000 WORTH OF NO-COST REHEARSAL SPACE AND CASH SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, ETM HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN $150,000 WORTH OF SUPPORT TO NYC'S NONPROFIT CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR SPACE USAGE, AND SUPPORTED MORE THAN 70 FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR NEW YORK CITY AUDIENCES. PREVIOUS ETM COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE HAVE GONE ON TO WIN AWARDS, RECOGNITION AND COMMISSIONS FROM THE PULITZERS, THE JEROME FOUNDATION, THE KLEBAN FOUNDATION, THE GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION, THE KRONOS QUARTET, AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA, NEW MUSIC USA, ASCAP PLUS, THE PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL AND AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMS INCLUDED COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE ALEX WEISER'S NEW OPERA BASED ON THE FATHER OF MODERN ZIONISM, THEODOR HERZL. THIS WAS PRESENTED AT TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY A PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS, YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH AND 14TH STREET Y. THIS WAS OUR HIGHEST ATTENDED PROGRAM EVER. WEISER WAS LATER SHORTLISTED FOR A PULITZER PRIZE IN COMPOSITION.
ETM CHOREOGRAPHER + COMPOSER RESIDENCIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS & LEARNING - ETM INITIATED THE QUEENS WORKSPACE INITIATIVE IN 2013. THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THIS PROJECT INVOLVED SURVEYING PERFORMING ARTISTS, CULTURAL FACILITIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS; MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAKEHOLDERS AND POLICYMAKERS AND CONDUCTING PILOT PROGRAMS. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS AND WITH FUNDING FROM MERTZ GILMORE FOUNDATION AND THE GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IN 2015 WE LAUNCHED THE CHOREOGRAPHER + COMPOSER RESIDENCIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS & LEARNING (JCAL). THIS PROGRAM MATCHES FOUR ARTIST TEAMS (EIGHT INDIVIDUALS TOTAL) WITH SPACE AT THE JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS & LEARNING IN JAMAICA, QUEENS. EACH TEAM RECEIVES THREE MONTHS OF FREE REHEARSAL SPACE PLUS A STIPEND, AND PERFORMS ONE PUBLIC PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH JCAL. . HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMS INCLUDED A RESIDENCY BY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER DOUG VARONE AND HIS LONG-TIME COLLABORATOR DAVID VAN TIEGHEM. THEY DEVELOPED A DANCE/THEATRE PIECE WHICH LATER PREMIERED AT THE NEW OHIO THEATER. IN MAY 2019, VARONE AND VAN TIEGHEM PRESENTED A FREE WORKSHOP IN JAMAICA WHICH DELVED INTO THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THIS WORK.
OTHER PROGRAMMATIC/ORGANIZATIONAL ACHIVEMENTS FOR 2019: ETM IS REPRESENTED ON THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMITTEE OF THE JAMAICA NOW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS AN ADVISOR TO THE QUEENSBORO DANCE FESTIVAL AND THE QUEENS ARTS FUND. HE TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING FOR THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL. ETM IS REPRESENTED ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE ARTS WORKER RESOURCE CENTER HOUSED AT THE ACTORS FUND. ETM EMPLOYEES SERVED AS PANELISTS FOR THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND SERVED ON INFORMATIONAL PANELS FOR THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS IMMIGRANT ARTISTS INITIATIVE. ETM'S ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO MEET TWICE A YEAR TO ADVISE ON PANEL PROCEDURES, PROCESSES, OUTREACH AND TRENDS IN THE FIELD.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| David Johnston | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $56,567 |
| Kirsten Nordine | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Kc Maurer | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Phyllis Taylor | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Earl Carlyss | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| James S Sligar | SECRETARY | 0.3 | $0 |
| Kimberly Mangold | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marieke Spence | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
| Eugenie C Cowan | BOARD CHAIRWOMAN | 5 | $0 |
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