Offered since 2015, FREE ADVICE is an open and free consultation service with our staff. We make consultation sessions available throughout the year, and any artist in the region can sign up at no cost. Artists are encouraged to seek advice for a wide range of topics related to their work, from identifying grant and residency opportunities to locating creative communities and collaborators.
We are thrilled to announce that upcoming in-person FREE ADVICE sessions we will be joined by colleagues in the field!
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 we will be joined by Dawn Robinson-Patrick, Senior Manager of Programs for Grand Park at the Music Center.
Dawn Robinson-Patrick (she/her) has over 20 years of experience in arts programming, project management, arts education, and creative consultation. Her work is focused on program development for cultural arts organizations and nonprofits that align with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Robinson-Patrick has held leadership roles with companies including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, San Francisco Jazz and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet. Most recently in Los Angeles she served as the Program Director for The Ford and Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Geffen Playhouse. She is currently the Senior Manager of Programs for Grand Park at the Music Center. Her curatorial work is dedicated to expanding the creative landscape by supporting a diverse roster of artists and organizations that offer access to all.
Robinson-Patrick also has a long history in the arts as a contemporary modern dance performer, teacher and choreographer. She has performed with notable companies in Dallas, Utah, San Francisco and New York including Della Davidson Dance, Liss Fain Dance, Company Chaddick, Soul Force, Nia Love/Blacksmith’s Daughter, Nicholas Leichter Dance and Organic Magnetics among others. Her performance background highly influences her desire to support, promote and cultivate the arts community and its creative expression as an avenue for social justice and change.
On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 we will be joined by Tyrone Davis and Lindsay Allbaugh, both Associate Artistic Directors at Center Theatre Group.
Lindsay Allbaugh, Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director, has made Center Theatre Group her home for the past 18 years. A producer and director with knowledge of both the intimate Los Angeles theatre scene, as well as producing at the Regional theatre level, Lindsay is deeply invested in developing and producing new work. Allbaugh most recently directed the award-winning production of “Cry It Out” by Molly Smith Metzler (Best Production: Ovation Award, LADCC Award, Stage Raw Award) at the Echo Theatre Company as well as “Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties” by Jen Silverman at the Boston Court Theatre. Lindsay was Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre Company from 2004 – 2014, where she directed and produced countless productions including “100 Saints You Should Know” by Kate Fodor, “Revelation” by Samuel Brett Williams, and “Never Tell” by James Christy. Selected CTG producing credits include — Mark Taper Forum: “Slave Play,” “Archduke,” “Bent,” “Waiting for Godot;” Kirk Douglas Theatre: Creative Producer behind Block Party, “Tambo & Bones” “Good Grief,” “Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up,” “Endgame,” “Women Laughing Alone With Salad,” “Chavez Ravine,” “different words for the same thing,” “The Nether.”
Tyrone Davis is a director, producer, educator, and an Associate Artistic Director at Center Theatre Group. Before joining CTG Tyrone served as Community Artistic Director with American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He has many years of experience in engagement and arts education, including serving on the theatre faculty at Contra Costa College, Los Medanos College, and California Institute of the Arts. He is passionate about commissioning and developing new works with artists and audiences both locally and nationally. He is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts School of Theater M.F.A. acting program and holds a B.A. in theater from California State University, Northridge.
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 we will be joined by Alex Sloane, Associate Curator of Performance and Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, L.A.
About Alex: I am originally from the UK but have been in the US since 2009 and am currently the Associate Curator of Performance and Programs at MOCA, LA. I have been in LA for just under a year and came to my new position with the intention of expanding the scope and breadth of performance and public programming at the museum. Prior to arriving in LA, I worked as the Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1 in New York City, where I advocated for institutions to support the creation and development of new work through commissions and residencies – something I hope to continue here in LA. I would love to talk more about your practice, project development, and how institutions can best support you and your work.
