Water In The Desert Inc

THE SUBSIDIZED SPACE PROGRAM (SSP) IS WATER IN THE DESERT'S PRIMARY PROGRAMMING THAT OFFERS FREE STUDIO AND THEATER SPACE PRIMARILY TO ARTISTS, ORGANIZERS, AND HEALERS WHO IDENTIFY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, DISABLED, IMMIGRANT, TRANS, ELDER, QUEER, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. IN 2022 WE SERVED 66 RESIDENTS THROUGH SSP. WE ESTIMATE THAT THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, AN ADDITIONAL 800 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND/OR ENGAGED IN EVENTS HOSTED BY SSP RESIDENTS. IN 2022, WE RECEIVED $29,700 IN GRANTS AND $25,000 FROM ONE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. SSP EXPENSES INCLUDE: RENT - $23759.04 SSP STIPENDS - $3600 ADMIN - ROUGHLY 60% OF CONTRACTOR TIME IS DEDICATED TO SSP - $14,040 INTERNET - $1080 FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, WATER IN THE DESERT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PRESENT AND SUPPORT BUTOH, A MOVEMENT AND EXPRESSIVE FORM THAT EMERGED OUT OF POST-WWII JAPAN, IN OPPOSITION TO THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THAT VIOLENT MOMENT OF HISTORY AND JAPAN'S IMPERIAL POSITION. WITD HAS SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DANCE, THEATER, CIRCUS, AND NUMEROUS AVANT-GARDE EXPRESSIONS, AS WELL AS HOSTING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS OF VARIED BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. IN 2022, WE RECEIVED $25,500 FROM ONE FAMILY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. THIS FUNDING WAS ELIMINATED IN 2023. BUTOH EXPENSES INCLUDED: ARTISTIC FEES, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD STIPENDS: $6000 ADMIN - ABOUT 20% OF CONTRACTOR TIME: $4680 RENT - $23759.04 WEB MANAGEMENT SERVICES (REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT) - $350 WATER IN THE DESERT PROVIDES RENTAL SERVICES CASE-BY-CASE TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS LOOKING TO COMPLETE A SELF-PRODUCED EVENT. THIS HAS INCLUDED LIVE/RECORDED PERFORMANCES, CLASSES/WORKSHOPS, REHEARSALS, AND ADDITIONAL GATHERINGS. RENTALS EXTEND TO BOTH OUR STUDIO AND BLACK-BOX THEATER SPACES. 2022 EXPENSES INCLUDE: RENT - $23759.04 ADMIN - ABOUT 10% OF CONTRACTOR TIME - $2340 INTERNET - $1080