My Nonprofit Reviews
Victoria R.
Review for Teaching Artists Of The Mid-Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, USA
Like many other members of this group, I have been a Teaching Artist (TA) for many years and joined TAMA to network, take advantage of the incredible resources like the pay rate calculator, and participate in advocacy for our under-acknowledged and under-represented occupation. TAMA empowers regional TAs to make informed decisions about our career paths and financial worth and to represent ourselves as the skilled professionals we are. It advocates on local, regional, and national levels to increase awareness, visibility, and recognition. TAMA is run by and for teaching artists. Currently, the staff are all volunteers and there are no membership fees. TAMA staff operate on a thin budget that barely covers essentials like website updates, bookkeeping, etc. while also juggling their own careers and personal lives. Meanwhile, TAMA provides so much value to its members: guest speakers; webinars; job boards; an online directory that hiring organizations can access; online and in-person meetups; and substantial advocacy including a recent submission to the Dept. of Labor to recognize teaching artistry as a standard occupational code.
TAMA does so much with so little and any donation goes a long way.
Review for Shakespeare & Company, Inc., Lenox, MA, USA
The training at Shakespeare & Co. changed my life, both personally and professionally, in a profound way. I became a better actor and, frankly, a better human being for having spent a month in an environment of such intense warmth, inclusiveness, creativity, challenge, support, and inquiry. On a daily--if not hourly or more frequent basis--we not only increased our technical prowess, but we asked questions about the bigger issues of art. What does it mean to be human? How do we tell stories that move, excite, inspire our fellow humans? Many theatres can produce fine actors from their training programs, but this is the only one I've encountered that produces not only better artists, but better members of society.
As an audience member, I can say that this is some of the finest, most technically clear, and most heartfelt and sincere work I've ever seen on stage and I am privileged to have witnessed it.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My personal and professional life. Training at Shake & Co. has opened doors from me and made me a better actor, teacher, text coach, dramaturg, director, and member of the human race.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
think of something if I could.
