Workshops,
Groups & Seminars

The Actors Fund offers a broad spectrum of online and phone programs to support the unique, essential needs of all who work in entertainment and the performing arts. Learn more and register for free workshops and services pertaining to The Career Center, Financial Wellness, Health & Health Insurance, Housing and Social Services.
 

Investing Basics for Creative Professionals, Part 1 and 2

 

Part 1: Wednesday, November 4, 5-7 pm ET
Part 2: Thursday, November 12, 3-5 pm ET
Attendance at both sessions is recommended but not required

Join The Actors Fund and David Maurice Sharp, author of The Thriving Artist, for this informative and engaging webinar specifically designed for creative professionals.

Learn the elements of a sound financial plan, including assessing your comfort level with risk, the basics of different types of investments, and ideas for creating a portfolio with limited and varying income. This webinar will also explore individual retirement accounts, social security income and Union pensions. David will demystify the jargon and help you understand how to begin (or continue!) to integrate wealth-building into your financial life, and what you need to know about investing amid the Covid-19 crisis.

 


The Career Center

The Career Center offers a comprehensive suite of online programs and services that help entertainment industry and performing arts professionals to identify and find sideline work and discover new careers outside the industry.

Get started by attending The Career Center Orientation to enroll in the career services offered.

Additional workshops include Spotlight Series: Spotlight on Stage Managers, Submitting Online Applications and Networking Principles and Practices.
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Financial Wellness

Financial Wellness workshops and seminars increase your financial knowledge and help you learn the tools and skills to support lifelong financial health and stability.

Take Budgeting Nuts & Bolts to learn the basics of financial wellness and check out Money Matters: Managing Student Loans Amid COVID-19.
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Health & Health Insurance

The Actors Fund offers personalized health insurance counseling and enrollment support, referrals to health care resources, and seminars on how to care for yourself.

The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, our primary and specialty care health center, is open for appointments. The Health Center accepts most insurance plans, including commercial insurances, several Marketplace/Exchange plans, Medicare and Workers’ Compensation. Call 212.930.7300 for an appointment.

The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai are offering free flu shots for those in our performing arts and entertainment community who don’t have insurance. Your flu vaccine will be easy, free, convenient and safe. Make your appointment at The Friedman Health Center for November 11 or 12!

Each month’s Health Insurance HQ provides an update on the health care landscape from the expert team at The Actors Fund’s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC). This month, AHIRC has so much information to share, we have two HQs: learn myths versus facts on Open Enrollment and get the facts on the Republican and Democratic platforms for health care.
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Housing

The Actors Fund operates several affordable housing residences across the country, and also offers resources to help you learn more about affordable housing opportunities and other housing-related issues you may encounter.

The waitlist to live at The Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence is shorter than ever. Learn more about eligibility and how to apply for low-income, shared housing in the heart of Manhattan.

RSVP now for free online seminars including Applying for Affordable Housing, Apartment Hunting 101: Strategies for Finding Housing in NYC and Affordable Housing for Seniors.
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Social Services
With respect and understanding, our professional social workers offer our community help to address a wide array of challenges via online and phone counseling and support groups, education and practical help—completely free of charge.

Upcoming online seminars include the National Dancer Info Session and Mindfulness Meditation with The Actors Fund.

You can also join a waitlist for the next cohort of the Support Group for Entertainment Professionals by emailing [email protected].
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Programs of The Career Center, Career Transition For Dancers and The Dancers Resource at The Actors Fund are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. These programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.  
                                         
Thank you to our Dance programming sponsor.                        
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