FREE ADVICE
Offered since 2015, FREE ADVICE is an open consultation service with LAPP staff and guest advisors from local arts and cultural institutions. We make consultation sessions available throughout the year, and any performing 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. Advisors have included colleagues from MOCA, CTG, REDCAT, Grand Park, LACE, The Ford, ICA LA, and The Wallis, as well as LAPP staff.
FREE ADVICE: SUMMER 2025
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025
SILVERLAKE, LOS ANGELES
(Exact address given upon registration.)
August 19th’s advisors are the following LAPP Staff and Board Members:
Marsian De Lellis (they/them) is LAPP’s Director of Creative Resourcing, where they help fill in the gaps of creative infrastructure for L.A. artists. Outside of work, they create puppet-based installations and performances that memorialize obsessional lives (including their own). For the August 19th edition of FREE ADVICE, Marsian will help you draft a fantasy obituary and reverse-engineer it into an artist statement, bio, or work plan for your remaining days. Upon registering, you’ll be prompted to upload a draft of your posthumous profile and an existing fragment of your career narrative — one you’re ready to reimagine.
Scarlett Kim (she/her) is a director and producer who creates participatory experiences that reimagine liveness, drawing on theatre, game, Extended Reality and ritual. For FREE ADVICE on August 19, she is excited to explore working in the immersive field and artists as entrepreneurs.
William Ruiz Morales (he/him) is a dramaturg, creative producer, and researcher whose work bridges artistic integrity with sustainable production and decolonial practice. For FREE ADVICE on August 19th, he invites you into a shared dramaturgical space to slow down, listen for your own rhythm, and explore the patterns shaping your current questions.
Zoe Aja Moore (she/her) is an artist and director who makes new performance, theater, and opera. Her work explores experimental processes and forms to locate story in the body and articulate a feminist lens. For FREE ADVICE on August 19, she would love to work with you on project development, and connecting with collaborators and creative community.
All sessions are free and will be held in-person and last approximately 45-50 minutes. Please arrive 15 minutes early for your session and please provide at least 48 hours notice if you need to cancel. Should all the slots be filled, email gina@performancepractice.org to be added to the waiting list.