Arts Programmers
Welcome Educators!
We believe you may be interested in the following materials:
Arts Resources
From book guides to film guides to in-depth artist explorations – feel free to browse and use.
Chag Ha’atzmaut
How can your unique arts and culture perspective benefit the community’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations? Some materials to help you think through some of the issues.
Hugging and Wrestling
The original article, that draws direct connections between the current needs of Israel Engagement, and the arts.
Below you can also find all the materials posted that have been earmarked for your interest.
It Takes a Village: From Gondar to Jerusalem – Photographic exhibition
Since 1929, the Jewish Agency has addressed the most critical challenges facing the Jewish people, real-time – anytime, anyplace. We bring Jews from forgotten, often embattled, corners of the earth to Israel. Safeguarding our people is a central pillar of our work. To Full Post
Waltz with Bashir Film Guide
Waltz with Bashir is an astonishing work of art that sets fire to the deep human questions emerging from contemporary Israel. In our desire to encourage the Jewish world to engage with Israel through support combined with critique – what we call ‘hugging and wrestling’ – we cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Go see it! And if you’ve already seen it, go see it again!
However beyond experiencing the film, we would like to encourage you to talk and continue to think about it…
To this end we have developed the Makom Film Guide for Waltz with Bashir.
Eyes Wide Open Film Guide
This documentary film created by Paula Weiman-Kelman follows American Jews visiting Israel. The production approached Makom to write a guide. We focused on specific moments, certain people, particular comments, and draw questions from them.
The guide is available in full, and also as placemats to put on tables in the local cafe after the screening, to allow for guided yet freely-managed conversations.
Making an offer
Like any “industry”, the value of an artist depends on many variables:
- How big a name that artist is already in Israel, but also-
- What kind of audience a name act will draw in your community
- If the artist has other options for that period of time they might increase their fee accordingly. To Full Post
Payment
When you are thinking about producing an event, payment is a key aspect of any deal you will structure. To Full Post
Structuring the formal agreement
When booking an Israeli act to perform at your community event it is always recommended that a standard performance agreement is structured and signed by both you (the executive producer/promoter) and the artist/representative. To Full Post
Types of deals
When making an offer to set up an engagement there are a few types of deals that are typically structured. Fully Delivered, Closed, Door Deals, etc. To Full Post
One-off engagement?
The One Off engagement is the most costly show that you could possibly put on – this means that you have a specific date for a particular event and you have an artist/act from Israel that is flying to your community and doing the 12 hour transatlantic shuffle for a single performance and then returning back to Israel the next day. To Full Post
Settling the show
At the end of the evening, after the last encore has been performed – you are all but finished with your production.
Before the artist leaves the venue – you will be expected to settle the show. To Full Post
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