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Registration Opens for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium

Registration is now open for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium, which will take place online April 5-7, 2022. Produced by ESTA and USITT, the NWRS brings together professional riggers, engineers, manufacturers, venue managers, educators, and students to further their rigging knowledge, hear about challenging projects, get up to speed on new technologies, discuss current industry challenges, and get their questions answered by a host of subject matter experts.Read More »Registration Opens for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium

We Make Events So You Can Make Connections – with Vickie Claiborne and Andrew Gumper

with:

Vickie Claiborne – Training Manager Americas at disguise and Regional Director for WeMakeEvents

Andrew Gumper – Owner and President AG Production Services and National Director for WeMakeEvents

On this episode, we discuss what we can do to show support and solidarity for our brothers and sisters out of work. Nationwide, we can light it up red on Sept. 1st from 9pm-midnight. We can take a photo and share it far and wide on social media with the hashtags #wemakeevents and #redalertrestart. We can send emails to our local representatives. We can reach out to our fellow artists, production professionals and friends and make sure that they are doing well.

Please visit:  www.wemakeevents.org

and https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-a-letter-to-congress-to-save-live-events-workers-and-the-industry

  • Live events directly employ over 12 million people.
  • Live events contribute over $1 trillion annually to the US economy.
  • 95% of live events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
  • 96% of companies have cut staff and/or wages.
  • 77% of people in the live events industry have lost 100% of their income, including 97% of 1099 workers.