Self-Producing for Artists & Ensembles: Building Your Budget

So you’re considering self-producing your next show… now what? Learn how to translate your vision into a budget in this workshop led by TEAM Producing Director Emma Orme and Mercury Store Producer John Del Gaudio. We’ll demystify the budgeting process, from the big picture—how you translate your values and artistic goals into predicted expenses—to the nitty gritty—how you even deal with a damn spreadsheet. In this 3-hour session, we will:

• Work together to draft a first budget for a show, using one of yours as a starting point
• Identify best practices and common pitfalls in the budgeting process and share strategies for right-sizing based on your context
• Share some insight from our own experience making work in the independent performing arts scene
• Leave you feeling like budgets are somewhat approachable?!

This intimate workshop is designed for artists or ensembles who are looking to self-produce their work—but would really be useful to anyone considering producing outside the structure of an institution. You’ll leave with a budget template and a set of best practices to help guide you through your own producing process.

Self-Producing for Artists & Ensembles: Building Your Budget 

Led by Emma Orme (TEAM Producing Director) & John Del Gaudio (Mercury Store Producer) 

Friday May 24th, 2:30pm-5:30pm

ART/NY South Oxford Space: Garden Studio

138 S Oxford St, Brooklyn NY

Reserve your spot now; class will be capped at 30.  

Tickets offered on a sliding scale, $10-20. (Email [email protected] if cost is a barrier.)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ART/NY South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford St, Brooklyn, United States