Volunteer consortium to create original works, partner with existing groups to create new arts experiences
COVINGTON, KY – COVID-19 has significantly impacted the arts and live performance industry, leaving many workers fighting for their livelihoods and without a creative community. In a bid to support local theatre artists and entertainment professionals, The Carnegie is launching the Creative Disruption Committee, a thinktank dedicated to creating live arts experiences for a socially distant world.
FLIPPING THE SCRIPT
At its core, The Carnegie Creative Disruption Committee (The Carnegie CDC) is a volunteer consortium of artists, educators, business and social service professionals that will act as a creative engine and rapid response team to the current struggles of the entertainment industry. It will also provide a new community-based structure for performing arts programming. Instead of The Carnegie planning new projects and then hiring artists to work for us, The Carnegie will go to work on ideas brought forward by artists and organizations and support them with our resources and staff.
PUTTING CREATIVE MINDS (BACK) TO WORK
Although the administrative committee is made up of volunteers, the projects created by The Carnegie CDC will specifically aim to create paid roles for local artists and performers. The Carnegie will devote 75% of profits from The Carnegie CDC-related programming to the artists and organizations collaborating on the projects. Membership in The Carnegie CDC is open to anyone in need of creative community or interested in supporting art-making during the pandemic. The committee seeks to dismantle traditional systems that have excluded minority voices from the arts by promoting and creating art that is inclusive of and/or created by artists from underrepresented communities. Together, we will advocate for the arts and bring joy in uncertain times.
Maggie Perrino, Theatre Director for The Carnegie, believes the creation of the new committee can – and will – be a landmark moment for the region’s live performance community and all its supporters.
“We’re all missing the buzz before the the curtain rises and the thrill of the applause. There is just nothing like live performance. Unfortunately, we can’t safely enjoy these moments in a traditional setting right now, which is why we launched The Carnegie CDC – to assist all those who have dedicated themselves to this industry,” said Perrino. “Our new stages will be the world around us – front porches and parks, city streets and bridges, public squares and personal backyards. And through all of this, we’ll bring a commitment to live theatre experiences in a socially distant world.”
In addition to exploring opportunities for safe, socially distant live experiences, The Carnegie CDC will develop companion digital components for these experiences – all of which equates to the most massive community engagement undertaking in The Carnegie’s history.
Current projects on The Carnegie CDC’s working list include:
- Development of theatrical, audio-based walking tours;
- Creation of an emotion-based curriculum to utilizing acting techniques to develop empathy;
- A fall performance at Pyramid Hill staged in small sections with pre-recorded music;
- A Halloween haunted theatre walk-thru experience;
- A social issues performance series focused on topics in today’s headlines and offering educational and discussion components; and
- Improv show performances at group homes for people with disabilities and living in retirement communities.
To find out how you can become part of The Carnegie CDC or for more information, visit https://www.thecarnegiecdc.com or email mperrino@thecarnegie.com.
CCDC Membership
Maggie Perrino, Committee Director
Committee Chairs
Ria Villaver Collins, Artist/Volunteer Coordinator
Shauna Nelson, Carnegie @ Homes Stage Manager
Kelcey Steele, Keeper of the Pandemic
Committee Members
- Clarity Amrein
- Thomas Hart Boeing
- Jules Breslin
- Robert Breslin IV
- Chris Logan Carter
- Carissa Gandenberger
- Tyler Gau
- Justin Glaser
- Hannah Gregory
- Claire Hingsbergen
- Jennifer Howd
- Royce Louden
- Kaitlin McCulloch
- Sean Mette
- Ashley O. Morton
- Stix Newman
- Farley Norman
- Genevieve Perrino
- Sarah Perrino Priestle
- Caleb Redslob
- Sharisse Vernelle Santos
- Maddie Sensenstein
- Spenser Smith
- Cassidy Steele
- Cian Steele
- Jessica Steuver
- Doug Stock
- Elizabeth L. Taylor
- Kyle Taylor
- Sarah Willis
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About The Carnegie
The Carnegie is Northern Kentucky’s largest multidisciplinary arts venue providing theatre events, educational programs and art exhibitions to the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. The Carnegie facility is home to The Carnegie Galleries, the Otto M. Budig Theatre, and the Eva G. Farris Education Center. More information about The Carnegie is available at thecarnegie.com or by calling (859) 491-2030.
The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from Cincinnati International Wine Festival, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council and the City of Covington. The Carnegie is also supported by the generosity of more than 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign.
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To Our Loyal Customers
This is an unprecedented time for the arts. As workers in the live performance industry, our livelihoods are directly affected by the widespread closures and the continued uncertainty of when our careers will resume. While there is no handbook for navigating this new arena, I believe in the strength of my community and our ability to create magic out of adversity.
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