ABOUT

THE OFFICE performing arts + film develops, produces, and presents art that makes a difference.

We are an independent performing arts and film curator and production company based in New York and London that works in ongoing partnerships with festivals, venues, and institutions to create cultural programming that is unique and mission specific. We produce events locally, nationally, and internationally, and consult on programming with organizations ranging from museums to universities to libraries to performing arts centers to philanthropies. We work in both the non profit and commercial arts worlds, and we have a special focus on making art happen that has a positive impact on society. 

THE OFFICE works with artists across all disciplines who strive in their practice to illuminate and advance causes that move them, and we partner with presenting organizations that bring meaningful (and fun!) work to the public. Our goal in all this is to create spaces for art to do the things it’s so good at doing, in our individual lives and our collective life in society as a whole: to uplift and inspire, to explain and reveal, to entertain, to challenge and hold to account, and to act as a catalyst for change. 

As creative producers we help artists we love to realize their vision by taking projects through all stages of creation: from concept, creative development, fundraising and commissioning to tour planning, company management, and performance. We are honored to have produced work around the world with William Kentridge, Carrie Mae Weems, Angelique Kidjo, Theater of War, Rithy Pahn, and many others. Social justice and equity, race, gender, sustainability, and democratic ideals are common threads in the projects we help put out into the world. See our PRODUCING page for more information. 

As curators of performance and film we work in partnerships with all manner of institutions and organizations to create cultural programming that speaks to these partners’ missions and responds to the communities they serve. Our PROGRAMMING page is a deep dive into this side of our operation.

We also draw on our experience as producers and curators to help institutions think through or rethink what their cultural platforms look like. We specialize in working with a new institution or venue before it opens to design its artistic program and operational model from the ground up. Our SERVICES page has more info on these kinds of consultations. 

As a business, we are built upon the core values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. With an “everybody in, no one out” mindset, THE OFFICE is committed to creating spaces for everyone and anyone to experience transformative art through amplifying the voices of artists making change in the world, locally, nationally, or internationally. We are committed to continuing our work in creating unique cultural programming and producing that revolves around social justice, equity, race, gender, sustainability, and democratic ideals while catering each project to the communities they serve and bringing a diverse and reflective group of stakeholders to the table. Our goal as an office is to continue to develop a diverse young generation of creative producers and curators whose perspectives will help to shape how art functions in society, as we move forward together into the exciting unknown of the future.

THE OFFICE is deeply grateful to have received support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.