Join the Roundtable for this virtual series focused on supporting Teaching Artists in vital “behind the scenes” areas that are essential to career sustainability.
Sustainability means more than just steady work opportunities for Teaching Artists (TAs) and independent workers. In this three-part virtual series, the Roundtable will convene various experts to offer education and resources centered on supporting TAs and freelance arts educators to strengthen their financial foundations, elevate their money literacy skills, and plan for the future. Sessions will touch on:
- Retirement planning
- Investing strategies, including ethical investing
- Money management and budgeting basics for freelancers
- And more!
Our final workshop is being finalized and will be announced shortly. Bring your questions!
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the topics being covered, this series WILL NOT be recorded.
Session Information
All sessions will be taking place from 5 – 6pm ET via Zoom.
May 20: Financial Wellness for Arts Education Practitioners
Step into financial empowerment with the Entertainment Community Fund! This engaging session explores the role of money in your life as a professional in the arts, including cultivating a mindset that promotes financial well-being, finding your financial starting point, and the basics of budgeting with gig-based income. We’ll share practical money management tools and actionable strategies designed to help set you up for financial stability as you navigate your artistic journey.
Presenter:
- Rebecca Selkowe, Director of Financial Wellness, Entertainment Community Fund
June 17: Self Financing Retirement for Artists
We’re just going to say it – retirement planning isn’t a fair thing to ask of anyone. And it’s especially not a fair thing to ask of arts educators who have inconsistent income and immediate needs and priorities they’re trying to meet right now. Don’t feel bad if you don’t have a huge nest egg put away or don’t know the difference between a Roth or traditional IRA and a 401k or whatever new acronyms they’re coming up with these days. Think of this workshop as a starter or starting-over session on how to think about “retirement” as a life-long creative. Learn the language and the tools and decide what’s for you at this moment, what you can take your time on, and what you can leave on the table.
Takeaways will include:
- Stock market and mutual fund basics
- The difference between Roth and traditional retirement plans
- Specific accounts for self-employed folks, like SEP-IRAs and solo 401ks
- The benefits of these types of accounts, like tax savings and investment growth
- The strings attached to these accounts, like early withdrawal penalties and contribution limits
- The habits you can start now to begin setting aside more money each year
Presenters:
- Pamela Capalad, Certified Financial Planner & Founder, Get Shameless
- MC Dyalekt, Podcast Host & Workshop MC
July 15: Planning Looks Good On You®
You care about how you look; it shows in your choice of clothes, your haircut, and even your glasses. Looking good often helps you feel good. But what about your estate plan? Does it feel good? Does it give you, and the people you care about, peace of mind? If not, that’s something we can change.
Estate planning isn’t just for the wealthy. It’s for anyone who cares about the people in their life and the assets they’ve accumulated.
In this session, we’ll introduce the “Planning Pyramid,” a simple way to visualize and organize your estate plan so it’s clear, practical, and aligned with your wishes. You’ll leave with a better understanding of where you stand and what step to take next.
Presenters:
- Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq., LL. M., Owner and Managing Attorney, Lillie N. Nkenchor, PC
About the Presenters
Pamela Capalad
Pamela Capalad is a Certified Financial Planner™ and Accredited Financial Counselor™ and has been in financial services since 2008. She founded Brunch & Budget to help people have a safe place to make real financial progress and get shameless about money!
Pam has been featured in the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, and was named New York Magazine’s Best of New York 2019. She was named one of Investments News 40 Under 40 in 2016, Financial Advisor Magazine’s Young Advisors to Watch in 2019, received Jump$tart’s 2022 Innovation in Financial Literacy Award, and AFCPE’s Financial Planning Center of the Year award in 2022. Pam is a Global Good Fund Fellow, class of 2022.
Dyalekt
Brian “Dyalekt” Kushner has been a hip-hop MC, theater maker, and educator for nearly 20 years. He’s the director of pedagogy at Pockets Change, where he uses hip-hop pedagogy to demystify personal finance and help students take control of their relationship with money. He is the recipients of Jump$tart’s 2022 Innovation in Financial Literacy award. He’s rocked (performed/taught/keynoted) everywhere from conferences like AFCPE and Prosperity Now, to stages like SXSW and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to classrooms that range from Yale to your cousin’s living room.
Pam, Dyalekt, and their friend Andrea Ferrero also co-founded Pockets Change, a hip hop and finance organization for youth with a mission to change the way we talk about finance.
Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq., LL.M.
Lillie partners with individuals, families and business owners in order to meet their estate and business planning goals. She helps clients address their vision and devise appropriate, tax-efficient strategies. She is uniquely skilled in removing complexity so her clients can take control of their personal and business objectives.
Rebecca Selkowe, JD, AFC®
Rebecca Selkowe, JD, AFC® is a NYC-based Accredited Financial Counselor® and serves as the Director of Financial Wellness at the Entertainment Community Fund, where she creates, oversees, and teaches a full slate of programming to engage, educate and empower performing arts professionals about the role of money in their lives. She is also a classically-trained singer, attorney, author of Dominate Your Debt: A Work & Play Book, and a former competitive karaoke champion. Rebecca earned her B.A. from Middlebury College and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
