The Brooklyn Roots Collective will meet quarterly to check in and share ideas and ways to support each other. Food will be provided.

Agenda: 
1. Wellness Check In 
2. Brooklyn Roots Update (Cultural CareAVan Feedback; Moving Money; Upcoming Events)
3. New Business/Ideas 

CONTRACTS FOR ARTISTS

In this online workshop, Danielle Brown, Ph.D. will discuss her journey to understanding contracts as an artist-scholar and entrepreneur. She will talk about the importance of artists understanding and paying close attention to contracts, as well as preparing and giving their own contracts to potential clients. The workshop will include an examination and discussion of sample artist contracts that Brown has developed and used in her work, as well as practical advice for artists wanting to develop their own contracts.

MEETING INFORMATION:

Topic: Contracts for Artists

Time: Sep 13, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Location: Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87640755580

Please join us on Monday, August 15 at 6pm - 8pm for Pathway of Life Energy w/Qi Tao (氣道) at Lew Fidler Park in Sheepshead Bay. Feel and cultivate your own energy through these ancient Chinese internal energy exercises --Qigong and Tai Chi--Meditation in action. Comfortable clothing suggested. Music instruments are welcome! This program is part of Brooklyn Roots Network's "Cultural Care-a-van"  gatherings to support each other and the traditions that keep Brooklyn rooted.  Sheepshead Bay Cultural CareAvan

The second BK Roots CARE-A-VAN will take place on Monday, August 1 at 6pm - 8pm Prospect Park’s Drummer’s Grove (Parkside and Ocean Avenue Entrance) . The evening will be organized and hosted by Baba Mpho. He will share the significance of the Caribbean celebration of Emancipation Day. More details to come. Big thanks to Baba Mpho for sharing with us! Bring a dish, share your dish, and bring a drum!

“Prospect park drum circle aka Kongo Square 6 to 8 pm ,bring the family and come – Songs-Dance –Drumming -Fashion kosmic Vibes-Steel pan-Storytelling. In 1838 many of the countries under British rule was manumitted-Antigua n Barbuda-Anguilla-Bahamas-Barbados-Belize-Bermuda-British Virgin Islands-Canada-Dominica-Grenada- Guyana –Jamaica-Saint Kitts-Saint Vincent –Grenadines-South Africa – Trinidad and Tobago in 1985 Trinidad became the first Nation to Celebrate Emancipation as a National Holiday. “ —Baba Mpho

If you cannot make it, please send someone in your place! Let’s gather!