A panel discussion, presented by the New School and Citizen Arts, that brings together a jazz artist with a history of successful fundraising (noted composer-saxophonist, New School Jazz alum Rob Reddy) and representatives from four major funding institutions to discuss how to navigate the challenging world of arts funding. The panel’s objective is to give jazz artists insight into what resources are available and how best to access them. Panelists will address questions, such as:

-How can I  find  the organizations and programs that best support my work/music/projects?

-How do I successfully complete applications so I am a competitive candidate?

-How do I make a financial plan for my project so that I can complete what I start without relying on my own money?

-Is it better to set up a dedicated non-profit or go through a funding conduit?

Featuring guest panelists:

Moira Brennan is the Program Director for The MAP Fund.  She studied theater at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her writing about the arts and feminism has been published in the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, American Theatre, Oxygen.com, among other publications.

Katja von Schuttenbach has been the Jazz Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts since 2007.  Prior to joining the Agency as an Ahmanson Fellow in March 2006, Schuttenbach was a senior administrator at investment bank Jefferies & Company’s in San Francisco.  She is a graduate of Rutgers University-Newark (NJ), where she obtained a Master’s degree in Jazz History & Research and of San Francisco State University (CA) where she  was awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Radio & TV Broadcasting/Communications.  Schuttenbach’s thesis topic – and book project – is the life of German-American jazz pianist and painter Jutta Hipp.

Jeanette Vuocolo is the program director, CMA Jazz, at Chamber Music America. She curated, presented and/or produced the contemporary performing arts for the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, among others.  Jeanette studied piano at Berklee College of Music and later earned an MBA with specialization in Arts Management from Binghamton University-State University of New York.

Scott Winship joined Meet The Composer, now New Music USA, as Program Manager in June 2007 and became the Director of Grantmaking Programs in November 2011. Prior to Meet The Composer, Mr. Winship served as the Associate Director and Youth Jam Coordinator for Chicago’s Rock For Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Chicago’s homeless children through Holiday relief programs and Youth Jam, a free music education program. He has also served as the Development Assistant for the American Music Center. Mr. Winship received his Master of Music in Composition degree from Bowling Green State University and a Bachelor’s of Music Education from Central Michigan University.

Light refreshments will be served after the panel discussion.

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