The Once & Future Sounds Fund works to improve equity in the music industry by elevating artists from historically marginalized and exploited groups. The Fund will launch two signature programs — The Once & Future Laureate Program and the Once & Future Festival — over the next three years.
Read MoreUnmanageable is the Fiscal Sponsor and Co-Producer of the annual Rancho La Puerta Artist Retreat and Folk Festival in Tecate, Mexico, which includes a wealth of collaborative concerts, artists talks, and spontaneous performances, sharing the power of folk music traditions while focusing on diversity, collaboration and the dissolution of boundaries through creative exchange. Along with Producer, artist and visionary, Amber Rubarth, we are honored to share the beauty and healing power of the Ranch with retreat artists.
Read MoreFounded by internationally recognized musician, songwriter and producer Amber Rubarth, Cover Crop Music provides community offerings to nourish and deepen people's connection with their local environments through song and story in an immersive experience.
Read MoreUnmanageable operates the Women's Giving Circle, which provides support for artist mothers in the South who rely on their artmaking as a primary source of income for their families and are in need of restorative time and relief in order to advance their art-making. Funding supports childcare expenses, basic necessities, and other needs. Throughout 2021 and 2022, Women’s Giving Circle fundraising efforts yielded $308,000 in direct individual support and mutual aid for artist mothers!
Read MoreBreaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever is a multidisciplinary performance created by Haitian-American singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla in collaboration with Director Kiyoko McCrae. Breaking The Thermometer explores the legacy of Radio Haiti-Inter, Haiti’s first independent radio station to broadcast news in Haitian Creole—the voice of the people—until the assassination of the station’s founder, Jean Dominque.
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