Celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities
COMMUNITY ARTS ADVOCATES, INC.
PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
Telephone: 617-522-3407 TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370
Email: info@BuskersAdvocates.org
Stephen H. Baird, Founder and Executive Director
www.BuskersAdvocates.org
From their website:
Street Arts and Buskers Advocates cultivates ongoing fundamental relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities.
Street Arts and Buskers Advocates is a program of Community Arts Advocates, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public awareness, participation in and support of the arts through performances and festivals, exhibits and workshops, publications and publicity, educational forums, nonprofit arts management consultation services, and collaborative projects.
OVERVIEW
Buskers Advocates is a great resource for and friend to street performers. Based in Boston, USA, they have an impressive track record, having successfully sued for the reinstatement of basic rights for buskers in America. Their site, which receives 500 hits from 70 different countries daily, is a mine of essential information, as listed below:
- Introduction and Services
- Performance Locations Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas
- Legal Court Citations
- India’s Street and Transit Music
- Subway Transit Artists
- Links, Festivals and References
- Historical References
- Model Regulations
- Avenues of Self Expression
- Women Street Performers and Sexual Safety
- Artists Directory
- Books and References
- Sidewalk Democracy: Regulation of Public Space
- Code of Ethics
- Email List
- Photo-Journalism Project
- Fine Arts Paintings, Photographs and Films
- The Malling of America: The Selling of America’s Public Parks and Streets
- Amplification Ethics
- Stephen Baird’s Home Page
It’s seriously the best resource for buskers that I’ve seen. Stephen Baird has been tirelessly working on it for years, and has become the authority on the subject. You can see him interviewed at the beginning of this video on the lives of female buskers in Boston.
Busker Advocates offered to be our fiscal agent in November last year. This means any donations you make to us (in the USA) are tax deductible! Click here to give us some money…
