LiveARC
LiveARC is a program of Artist Resource Collective (ARC) in collaboration with selected organizations that offers an in-person, comprehensive financial literacy course through an intensive, extended format.
Topics include budgeting, banking, savings, retirement, credit, debt, taxes, business structures (LLC and 501(c)(3)), contracts, concepts of agreement and more.
Upcoming Events
Tending Your Financial Garden
Organized by Artist Resource Collective powered by YoungArts, in partnership with Danspace Project on the occasion of Danspace’s Platform 2026: Secret Gardens.
Saturday, March 21 | 11 AM – 4 PM
131 E 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
Tending Your Financial Garden is a day of workshops and engagements focused on supporting artists’ financial lives by tending to the often-unseen systems that sustain artistic practice. Through practical tools for budgeting, income planning, taxes and resource navigation, artists are invited to explore financial knowledge as a root system-one that supports longevity, mutual aid and collective resilience. Resources and refreshments will be available throughout the day.
These workshops are free and open to the artist community. See the concepts to be covered below:
Building your Roots with David Thomson (11 AM – 1 PM)
Building Your Roots is a financial workshop that helps artists strengthen the foundations that support their lives and work. We’re going to dig into practical tools to make sure you’re set up with care. We’ll discuss banking, cash flow, credit & debt, and decision-making as root systems for long-term growth.
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About the Speaker
David Thomson is an interdisciplinary artist who has worked extensively across the fields of dance, music, performance and theater for over 40 years, working and collaborating with a wide range of artists including Bebe Miller, Trisha Brown (1987-1993), Ralph Lemon, Sekou Sundiata, Marina Abramović, Yvonne Rainer, Maria Hassabi, and Matthew Barney, among many others. Thomson was honored with awards and fellowships from US Artists, Yaddo, MacDowell, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Alpert Award.
He initiated the Artist Sustainability Project with Kate Watson-Wallace in 2017, as an ongoing platform that seeks to create and expand discourse surrounding ideas of financial, artistic, and personal empowerment in the arts community. At the heart of this work are larger questions and philosophies around care, community, and resources that feed and support each artist’s ecosystem of sustainability.
David Thomson developed YoungArts’ Artist Resource Collective (ARC) program in collaboration with YoungArts and Emily Waters. He is currently studying to become an Accredited Financial Counselor.
Paperwork Party with Pam Capalad & Dyalekt (2 – 4 PM)
If paperwork makes you anxious, you’re not alone—and it’s not you, it’s the system. Financial paperwork is designed to be confusing and high-stakes, which is why so many of us avoid it. That’s exactly why we’re hosting a Paperwork Party: because community support beats going it alone.
Bring the paperwork you’ve been dreading. We’ll provide a supportive, low-stress space and expert guidance to help you move things forward. Come as you are, bring what you have, and leave with more clarity and fewer loose ends.
Some ideas for what you can do include applying for a new credit card or loan, opening an IRA or other investment account, writinga budget for a grant application, reviewing your credit report, switching banks, opening a high yield savings account, or creating cash flow projections.
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About the Speakers
Pamela Capalad is a Certified Financial Planner™ and Accredited Financial Counselor™. She’s been in financial services since the last bad time, and we’ll get through this one too. Her mission is to help people who feel ashamed or embarrassed about money have a safe space to talk about it and make real financial progress.
Dyalekt has been an MC, theaterer, and educator (mostly all at once) for over 20 years. He is the Director of Pedagogy at Pockets Change where we use hip-hop to change the way we talk about money. He brings hip-hop to places that don’t know they need it but desperately do.
Together, Pam and Dyalekt founded the financial liberation platforms Pockets Change, See Change, and Get Shameless. They regularly teach workshops, make art, and speak on how art, culture, and media are used to perpetuate racial wealth inequality and how artists have the power to change the narrative. Learn more at getshameless.com.