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Presented to AM:SF Committee (09/11/11)

2012

(first year)

Facilities

  • research potential properties
  • contact land/co-housing trusts
  • recruit green, monastic architect

Community

  • generate materials to begin community gathering process

Artistic/Programming

  • weekly artmonk sangha, culminating in 2 sangha concerts a year
  • 2 large original art performances/installations
  • send 2 artmonks to AM Italia
  • 1 visual art show
  • other chapter event
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 1st Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in creative contemplative living#
  • The Artist’s Rule (12-week bookclub)

Financial

  • Revenue
    • 5%  of income is “earned” from consulting, performance, and other activities (see “Non-art business operations”
    • 95% of income is from grants (60%) and donations (35%)
  • Expenses
    • Executive Director is making minimum wage (15,360/year) from AM:SF and AMP
    • Rented co-working office space ($100-200/month)

Non-art Business Operations

  • 2 small lauro batches (<100 bottles), 1 medium lauro batch (500 bottles)
  • 1 creativity consulting gig (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 2 design gigs (NR)

Structural

  • officially adopt mission and vision statements
  • create local board of advisors
  • ED works fulltime from home & co-working space
  • recruit (volunteer) artistic director
    • visualize this person specifically, write a job description (including fundraising)
  • recruit (volunteer) event coordinator/workshop manager (Lesley? Michael Mansfield?)

2013

(second year)

Facilities

  • pick a property
  • develop plan for fundraising, gather team
  • develop long-term and short-term plans for building & land development
  • begin practical discussions with architect

Community

  • begin community gathering process: host info sessions and hold “interviews”

Financial

  • Revenue
    • 8%  of income is “earned,” from consulting, performance, and other activities
    • 92% of income is from grants (57%) and donations (35%)
  • Expenses
    • Executive Director (NR) is making a living wage (24,288/year) from AM:SF and AMP

Non-art Business Operations

  • 2 medium lauro batches (500 bottles), 1 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Lauro: import 5% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 2 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 4 design gigs (NR)
  • 1 workshop
  • 1 youth camp
  • 1 retreat

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 2 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • 1 visual art show
  • First AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camp
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 2nd Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

Structural

  • Fundraising begins for event coordinator/workshop manager salary

2014

(third year)

Facilities

  • crazy fundraising!
  • continue practical discussions with architect

Community

  • team of 3-4 dedicated permamonks (NR, PR, art director, events)

Financial

  • 12%  of income is “earned”
  • 88% of income is from grants and donations

Non-art Business Operations

  • 4 medium lauro batches (500 bottles), 2 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 10% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 3 creativity consulting gig (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 4 design gigs (NR)
  • 1 youth camp
  • 2 workshops
  • 1 retreat

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 1 visual art show
  • 3 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • Second AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camp
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 3rd Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

Structural

  • Fundraising begins for artistic director salary

2015

(fourth year)

Facilities

  • crazy fundraising!
  • prepare to buy and build

Community

  • team of 5-6  dedicated permamonks (NR, PR, art, events, admin/facilities, admin/volunteer coordinator)

Financial

  • 15% of income is “earned”
  • Import 15% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia

Non-art Business Operations

  • 5 medium lauro batches (500 bottles), 3 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 20% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 4 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 5 design gigs (NR + 1 intern)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 3 workshops
  • 1 retreat

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 2 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • Third AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camp
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 4th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

Structural

  • recruit admin/facilities manager
  • recruit admin/volunteer coordinator

2016

(fifth year)

Facilities

  • move to property, erect a cob dining facility, straw-bale huts, hexayurts, tents, shipping containers and covered wagons.
  • begin building the monastery cloister and artmonk cells.
  • plant first gardens; chicken coop, beehives; 5% of food is generated onsite

Community

  • 9 permamonks (NR, PR, art, events, admin/facilities, admin/volunteer coordinator, development, garden, building/set builder)
  • 6 artmonks-in-residence (mostly builders)

Financial

  • 20% of income is “earned”
  • Nathan is making a competitive wage from AM:SF and AMP

Non-art Business Operations

  • 5 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 30% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 5 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 6 design gigs (NR + 1 intern)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 3 workshops
  • 1 retreat
  • rent from 2 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 3 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • Fourth AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camp
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 5th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

Structural

  • recruit development director
  • recruit gardener

2017

(sixth year)

Facilities

  • 10% of food is generated onsite
  • begin a performance/installation venue

Community

  • 10 permamonks
  • 8 armonks-in-residence (1-12 weeks)

Financial

  • 30% of income is “earned”

Non-art Business Operations

  • 6 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 40% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 6 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 8 design gigs (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 3 workshops
  • 1 retreat
  • rent from 3 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 4 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • 2 AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camps
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 6th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

Structural

  • fundraise salary for dev director
  • local board of advisors is 5-6 strong

2018

(seventh year)

Facilities

  • begin building Art Chapel and Dining Facility

Community

  • 10 permamonks
  • 10 armonks-in-resdence (1-12 weeks)

Financial

  • 40% of income is “earned”

Non-art Business Operations

  • 7 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 50% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 6 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 8 design gigs (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 3 workshops
  • 2 retreats
  • rent from 3 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 4 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • 2 AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camps
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 7th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

2019

(eighth year)

Facilities
Community

  • 12 permamonks
  • 12 armonks-in-residence (1-12 weeks)

Financial

  • financially self sustaining – majority of income is “earned”

Non-art Business Operations

  • 7 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 50% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 6 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 8 design gigs (NR + 1 collaborator)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 3 workshops
  • 2 retreats
  • rent from 4 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 4 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • 2 AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camps
  • other chapter events
  • maintain blog and release 6 episodes of “Otherhood: the Podcast”

Spiritual

  • 8th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

2020

(ninth year)

Facilities
Community

  • 15 permamonks
  • 15 armonks-in-residence (1-12 weeks)

Financial
Non-art Business Operations

  • 8 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
    • Import 70% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
  • 8 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
  • 10 design gigs (NR + 1 collaborator + 1 intern)
  • 2 youth camps
  • 4 workshops
  • 2 retreats
  • rent from 4 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • maintain exchange with AM Italia
  • 4 visual art shows
  • 4 large original performances and 4 sangha concerts
  • 2 AM:SF Arts-based Youth Empowerment Camps
  • other chapter events

Spiritual

  • 9th Art Monastic Cycle – a year-long experiment in contemplative living.

2021

(tenth year)

“A growing, self-sustaining community of artmonks in the bay area”

Facilities

  • own the property within an hour drive or bart ride of SF with a significant amount of wilderness that benefit the permamonks and youth visitors
  • beautiful building(s), leaning toward new building reflecting history of monasticism and appropriate to location (rural area in northern CA)
  • majority of food is generated on site

Community

  • 18 long-term residents (permamonks)
  • 20 annual artmonk residencies (1-12 weeks)

Financial

  • financially self sustaining – majority of income is unearned income
  • activities can be performance, books, liquor

Non-art Business Operations

  • A diversified set of non-art income-generating activities
    • 10 large lauro batches (1000 bottles)
      • Import 70% of Bay Leaves from AM Italia
    • 8 creativity consulting gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
    • 12 design gigs (NR + 2 collaborators)
    • 2 youth camps
    • 4 workshops
    • 3 retreats
    • rent from 4 practice spaces

Artistic/Programming

  • making incredible art
  • lively active exchange program: sending Artmonks to Italy (etc.) every year & bringing Artmonks from Italy (etc.) every year
  • 2 youth workshops per year
  • (Nathan writing new works and directing them)
  • begin writing the book about what works and what doesn’t, in addition to the other books we’ve written
  • resident theater company, resident musical ensemble, writing program, choir

Spiritual

  • community hosts 1month intensive spiritual retreat, 1month intensive spiritual/creative retreat every year
  • gone through 10 Art Monastic Cycles – 1-year experiments in art monastic living

Structural

  • Nathan is 39 years old! He is the spiritual director and a primary artist, and has handed off executive direction to someone else or has a plan to transition toward that
  • next 10 year plan developed toward the end of this decade
  • local board of advisors is 8-10 strong