ML Workshop: Fundraising with Amy Blackmore (April 2024)

MainLine Theatre

ML Workshop: Fundraising with Amy Blackmore

Fundraising can be a challenge, but we’ve got your back. We’ll discuss acquiring sponsorships, organizing events and asking folks for money! Take this straight-forward workshop with MainLine Theatre's Executive & Artistic Director Amy Blackmore. We will cover the many different ways you can raise cash for your activities and how to do so in an ethical way, true to your project, vision and values. This is an English workshop.

Tuesday, April 16 from 7:00PM-8:30PM
Online, using ZOOM technology.
Limited number of spots!

REGISTRATION
This workshop is Pick-Your-Price, making it accessible to a wide range of folks. Suggested registration is $20. To register for the workshop, head over to the link and confirm your spot: https://montrealfringe.online.red61.ca/event/2030:404/2030:1910/

Zoom link and details will be sent in the confirmation email.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact boxoffice@montrealfringe.ca

Amy Blackmore is the Executive and Artistic Director of MainLine Theatre, the Montreal Fringe Festival and the Bouge d’ici Dance Festival. An artist and META-nominated (Montreal English Theatre Awards) choreographer, her recent projects include direction of Kenny Streule’s Malunderstood, Oren Safdie’s Gratitude and MainLine Theatre’s Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. Her cultural collaborations include the visioning of the Fringe World Congress (2016) which garnered MainLine a nomination to the prestigious Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal and the chairing of the Quebec Drama Federation Congress Shaping the Future of English Theatre in Quebec (2018). Amy was a finalist for the Montreal Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Young Cultural Entrepreneur Award (2019) and a leadership fellow at the Business/Arts Canadian Arts Summit (2019). With over 15 years of grant jury experience, she works with Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal (PWM) and the English Language Arts Network (ELAN) as a grant consultant. She was President of the Quebec Drama Federation from 2015-2018 and recently completed her ten-year tenure on their board of directors. Amy is now the Vice-President of the Caisse Desjardins de la Culture, the President of Parts+Labour_Danse and the President of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF).

HORAIRE / SCHEDULE

  • Tuesday 16 April 2024 / 19:00

90 minutes
Pas de retardataires / No latecomers

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