Shared Practices” One Sheet: A New Advocacy Document for Performance in Visual Arts Contexts

April 16, 2025

homeLA is proud to announce the publication of Shared Practices, a collaboratively authored document developed in partnership with Chloë Flores of homeLA, artist and organizer Dorothy Dubrule, and senior curator at the ICA LA, Amanda Sroka. This working document is the outcome of a December 2025 gathering hosted at the ICA LA that brought together performers and representatives from LA’s visual arts institutions to imagine more sustainable conditions for movement-based work.

Participants in the convening included Jay Carlon, Alexsa Durrans, John Burtle, Will Rawls, Amelia Charter, Alex Sloane, K. Bradford, Samuel Vasquez, Asuka Hisa, Mamie Green, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Katy Dammers, and Asher Hartman, with Emilia Shaffer-Del Valle as note-taker, Patty Gone contributing documentation, and funding provided by Betsy Greenberg. Their insights and lived experience inform the document’s proposed practices, which address key areas such as contracts, compensation, rehearsal and performance conditions, documentation, and care. This one sheet is the result.

The publication expands on themes raised in Being Work, Dubrule’s 2024 book exploring the lived realities of performers working within visual arts institutions. Laying Groundwork for Shared Practices furthers that conversation through collective authorship and action.

“Too often, performers navigating institutional spaces do so without consistent standards or adequate support,” says Chloë Flores, director of homeLA. “This document is a step toward building shared language, mutual understanding, and actionable practices.”

Laying Groundwork for Shared Practices is now available on homeLA’s website, along with a reference library acknowledging the lineage of artists and cultural workers advocating for just labor conditions. The publication is free and intended for wide use across the cultural sector.

Support for this program was provided by Betsy Greenberg, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA, LA), YOLA Mezcal, and homeLA

Reference Library

A (non-exhaustive) list of related resources within a lineage of dancers and cultural workers advocating for fair practices

W A G E Working Artists and the Greater Economy

Precarious Movements

The Artist Sustainability Project | David Hamilton Thomson

Dance Data Project

The Dance Union Podcast

Dance Artists’ National Collective (DANC)

Creating New Futures

Open Letter to Artists | Sara Wookey

Being a thing: The work of performing in the museum | Abigail Levine

Critical Correspondence: Dance and the Museum

Museums Moving Forward