Upcoming Events
Finance for Creatives: led by David Thomson
March 7, 2026 – 10am–1pm ET in Midtown Manhattan
Money doesn’t have to be a mystery. Learn practical budgeting, banking, and saving strategies to build stability while staying true to your values and creative practice. Strengthen your credit, manage debt, and plan for the future with care at the center. We’ll also explore key life planning documents to ensure your financial and health decisions reflect what matters most to you.
The workshop is practical and interactive, designed to help you leave with completed tasks, clear next steps, and defined goals for the future. Bring questions.
Bringing your laptop is highly recommended.
About David Thomson:
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’s work has been recognized with awards and fellowships from United States Artists[Ford], New York Foundation for the Arts, Yaddo, MacDowell, Rauschenberg, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the Alpert Award. He was honored with a Bessie for Sustained Achievement (2001) and for Outstanding Production for he his own mythical beast (2018).
Thomson initiated the Artist Sustainability Project with Kate Watson-Wallace in 2017 as an ongoing platform to expand the discourse and ideas on financial, artistic, and personal empowerment within the arts community. In 2024, he and Emily Waters developed YoungArts’ Artist Resource Collective (ARC), a financial wellness and professional development program.