Know Admin, Know Art: Resource Sharing Through Fiscal Sponsorship

What if you could grow your creative practice without also needing to be your own accountant and fundraiser? Members of CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, Fractured Atlas, and Allied Media Projects will explore how the resource-sharing model of fiscal sponsorship can meet the needs of artists and cultural workers. We will also discuss how we grow, serve and support our communities, what tools we each offer, and how we approach our work from an anti-oppression perspective. 

Participants

Toni Moceri manages AMP’s sponsored projects program, supporting over 70 sponsored projects working at the intersection of media and social justice. A lifelong metro Detroiter, Toni has nearly two decades working in the nonprofit and public service fields. Toni most recently worked as a consultant for groups like Macomb Community College, New Solutions Group, and The Work Department. Prior to that, she served as a Macomb County Commissioner for three terms, from 2009 - 2014. She's currently a board member of Leaps and Bounds Family Services. 

Courtney Harge is an arts administrator, director, and writer originally from Saginaw, MI who has been working in service of artists for the last fifteen years. She is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of Colloquy Collective, an emerging theater company in Brooklyn, NY. Courtney is also a proud member of Women of Color in the Arts, and a 2016 alum of both APAP’s Emerging Leaders Institute and artEquity’s Facilitator Training. She holds a Masters of Professional Studies, with Distinction, in Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute. You can find more information about her at www.courtneyharge.com.

As a mixed media artist, Jamaine Smith is quite comfortable with getting his hands dirty and combining traditionally distinct mediums to create meaningful work. With a background in the arts, higher education, non-profit administration and social work, Jamaine uses the same creative approach to add efficiency, innovation, and a dash of “pretty” to the processes of organizations and individuals alike. Guided by the belief that everyone has innate worth, dignity, and their own “slice of genius”, Jamaine’s ultimate goal is to aid others in living their most authentic, purposeful life. Jamaine holds a BA in Social Work from Nyack College, a