Rebecca Fitton (she/her) is an improviser and facilitator. Born in England and raised in the woods of Wisconsin, her work as a community organizer and participatory artist is largely informed by her experiences as a bi-racial immigrant. Her performance projects have been presented in New York City at ShowDown/Gibney, Open Performance/Movement Research, Chez Bushwick, Staten Island Arts, Triskelion Arts, LiVEART.US at the Queens Museum, Abrons Arts Center, LEIMAY and Performance is Alive/SATELLITE ART SHOW. She has also worked in many non-traditional performance spaces such as bars, grocery stores, rooftops, gardens and streets across New York, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, and Salzburg, Austria. She has been an artist in residence at Center in Grand Rapids, MI, a LEIMAY Subsidized Fellow at CAVE in Brooklyn, NY and a participant in Hemispheric Institute's EMERGENYC program. She received a 2020 New Work Grant from Queens Council on the Arts to present re______, Zoom-based immersive performance, film, and reflection space.
As an arts administrator, she is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Edisa Weeks/DELIRIOUS Dances, managing ROOTS PARTIES since 2017 and facilitating program activities for 3 RITES: Life, Liberty, Happiness. She also works as a freelance project manager/grant writer and currently works with Will Rawls, Adrienne Westwood, Abigail Levine, and Omri Drumlevich. Fitton also is on the Steering Committee of FAILSPACE, a collective of artists working to dismantle oppressive structures within teaching practices.
Previous roles include the Administrative Manager Role for ARTS in NYC, a Study-Domestic program at Florida State University, and the Education & Outreach Associate at Pentacle where she developed their Arts Management Training Fellowship which launched in 2020 with support from New York State Council on the Arts' Regional Economic Development Council. She was a member of Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee from 2018-2020.
As a performer, Fitton worked with Kayla McClellan, Abigail Levine, Adrienne Westwood, JAC, JACKS, Nathaniel Hendrickson, Renegade Performance Group, and Rina Espiritu.
Upcoming projects include:
- RECLAIM, film screening at EstroGenius festival. October 23, 2020 @ 9pm ET. More information. Film by Naomi Saito, directed by Rebecca Fitton & June Cheung.
- Traveling to Northern Michigan to engage with the Croft Residency’s artists to research how independent, artist-driven residencies are developed and sustained. (postponed due to COVID-19)
For more information about upcoming projects please get in touch.
Arts Admin resume
Photo by June Cheung
[Image Description: Rebecca's face peeks out from behind thin gold strands that reflect rainbows into the camera lens.]
As an arts administrator, she is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Edisa Weeks/DELIRIOUS Dances, managing ROOTS PARTIES since 2017 and facilitating program activities for 3 RITES: Life, Liberty, Happiness. She also works as a freelance project manager/grant writer and currently works with Will Rawls, Adrienne Westwood, Abigail Levine, and Omri Drumlevich. Fitton also is on the Steering Committee of FAILSPACE, a collective of artists working to dismantle oppressive structures within teaching practices.
Previous roles include the Administrative Manager Role for ARTS in NYC, a Study-Domestic program at Florida State University, and the Education & Outreach Associate at Pentacle where she developed their Arts Management Training Fellowship which launched in 2020 with support from New York State Council on the Arts' Regional Economic Development Council. She was a member of Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee from 2018-2020.
As a performer, Fitton worked with Kayla McClellan, Abigail Levine, Adrienne Westwood, JAC, JACKS, Nathaniel Hendrickson, Renegade Performance Group, and Rina Espiritu.
Upcoming projects include:
- RECLAIM, film screening at EstroGenius festival. October 23, 2020 @ 9pm ET. More information. Film by Naomi Saito, directed by Rebecca Fitton & June Cheung.
- Traveling to Northern Michigan to engage with the Croft Residency’s artists to research how independent, artist-driven residencies are developed and sustained. (postponed due to COVID-19)
For more information about upcoming projects please get in touch.
Arts Admin resume
Photo by June Cheung
[Image Description: Rebecca's face peeks out from behind thin gold strands that reflect rainbows into the camera lens.]
