Lincoln Center Education Kicks Off 'Next Stage' Series with Jack O'Brien, 3/13

Lincoln Center Education, the education cornerstone of Lincoln Center and a global leader in arts education and advocacy, launches Next Stage, a new candid discussion series with high-profile artists exploring the role of arts education in their creative and commercial work. The new series, launching this year and continuing on an annual basis, is aimed at early- to mid-career artists in the fields of theater, dance, music and visual arts. The high-profile artists selected to moderate and speak at the events will represent a range of ages and experience levels within their artistic disciplines, focusing on the intersection of an artist's academic and artistic pursuits and how they go hand in hand, creatively, financially and otherwise. Events of the Next Stage discussion will be hosted and presented by Lincoln Center Education, in partnership with other leading New York City arts organizations.

Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education, said: "Since we launched the new mission of Lincoln Center Education late last year, we have explored new avenues to connect with artists and educators. Beyond our work in schools, community organizations and with teaching artists, we are looking at ways to enrich and educate working artists, to demonstrate the power of the arts in all facets of their work. Our new Next Stage discussion series is specifically focused on budding artists, and providing first-hand, successful examples of how established artists and icons have incorporated arts education, with its challenges and rewards, into a well-rounded career."

The schedule for Lincoln Center Education's Next Stage events is as follows:
Thursday, March 13: Theater
An Evening with Jack O'Brien
Moderator: Jed Bernstein, President of Lincoln Center
Partner: Lincoln Center Theater (Kati Koerner, Director of Education)

Friday, May 2: Dance
Moderator: Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem
Partner: Dance/NYC (Lane Harwell, Executive Director)

Friday, May 30: Music
Moderator: Midori, renowned violinist
Partner: New York Philharmonic (Theodore Wiprud, Vice President, Education)

Tuesday, June 10: Visual Arts
Moderator: Andrew Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of Artspace

All events in the series will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Clark Studio Theater, located on the 7th floor of the Samuel B. and David Rose Building at Lincoln Center, 65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.

Tickets for Lincoln Center Education's Next Stage series are $10 and available for purchase at lincolncenter.org/nextstage, 212-721-6500, and at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office, Broadway and 65th Street. Free tickets are available for students of The Juilliard School, subject to availability. Next Stage ticket packages are available - purchase tickets to any three of the events and get the fourth event ticket free.