BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:665@handson.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T110000 DTSTAMP:20250425T173336Z URL:https://www.handson.org/events/when-artist-go-to-work/ SUMMARY:When Artist Go To Work DESCRIPTION:For more information\, click here.\n\n\n\nOn May 1 from 10–11 am\, the International Day of the Worker\, the Doris Duke Foundation\, in partnership with Times Square Arts\, will host a participatory choral acti vation uplifting the essential role of artistic labor and the conditions n eeded for artists to thrive. Produced by award-winning theater artist Kane za Schaal\, and led by choral artist Troy Anthony and The Fire Ensemble\, this hour-long musical gathering welcomes everyone—performers\, audience members\, and passersby—to join in collective song and solidarity. Addi tionally\, over fifteen performing arts groups will be participating\, bri nging together their communities in support of artists and arts workers. T he event launches Creative Labor\, Creative Conditions\, a national coalit ion and campaign championing artists as creative laborers and the need to provide them with proper resources\, compensation and support to live and work.\n\nPerformers include\n\n Troy Anthony\, composer\, director\, and theater-maker\n The Fire Ensemble\, community-centered production company led by Troy Anthony\n Deirdre O’Mara School of Irish Dance\, Irish dan ce school\n Taiko Masala Inc\, a Japanese drumming troupe founded by Foun ded by Master drummer Hiro Kurashima\n Flor de Toloache\, Latin Grammy-wi nning Mariachi group\n Ms. K's Swagga Jumpers\, Double Dutch team\n Deid ra Braz &\; FLEXN Dancers\, a dance troupe focusing on the style of Fle xing\n Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York\, a traditional Ukrainian choir \n\nAbout Troy Anthony‍\n\nTroy Anthony\, is a Kentucky-born composer/ly ricist\, director\, and theater-maker based in NYC practicing Black queer joy. He has received commissions from The 5th Avenue Theater\, The Civilia ns\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, The Public Theater\, The Repertory Thea tre of St. Louis\, and The Shed. He’s enjoyed residencies with BLKSPACE\ , Chelsea Factory\, The O’Neill Theater Center\, and Village Theater. Ad ditionally\, he’s presented work at Joe’s Pub\, Rattlestick Playwright s Theater\, JACK\, Prospect Theater Company\, the National Alliance of Mus ical Theater Conference\, and 54 Below. Anthony recently received the Viva ce Award from the Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation.\n\nAs an actor\, Anthony has been seen in the Public Theater’s As You Like It\, Hercules\ , and Twelfth Night\, as well as Prospect Theater Company’s Tamar of the River. Anthony’s work lives at the intersection of art\, social justice \, and community practice. In this spirit\, he recently founded Fire Ensem ble Inc. as a home to develop his work and to share the joy of singing in community. The Fire Ensemble is currently being incubated by The Shed.\n\n About Fire Ensemble\n\n‍Led by creative director Troy Anthony\, The Fire Ensemble is an intergenerational choir community for New Yorkers currentl y being incubated by The Shed. With the intention of exploring new ways of collaborating with artists at the intersection of artistic practice and c ommunity-building\, The Shed will provide space\, resources\, and strategi c consultation to this project and its members\, counting on them for crea tive leadership and thought partnership.\n\nAbout Doris Duke Foundation‍ \n\nDoris Duke Foundation (DDF) encourages a collaborative\, inclusive and supportive environment. DDF wants every team member to feel empowered to bring their diverse perspectives\, experiences and skills to advance our m ission to build a more creative\, equitable and sustainable future. DDF va lues imagination and creativity – the ability to think in new ways about the work we do and how we do it. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.handson.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 04/image.jpeg LOCATION:Duffy Square\, Broadway between 46th &\; 47th Sts\, NY\, NY\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Broadway between 46th & 47t h Sts\, NY\, NY\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Duffy Square:ge o:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR