WTF IS AN AIRTABLE? — OVERVIEW SESSION
WTF IS AN AIRTABLE is a beginner’s crash course that walks participants through the workflow automation and collaboration tool Airtable.
Over the course of an hour, the workshop will unpack what on earth workflow automation is and why it can be helpful for groups of collaborators small and large.
As a magic database that can be trained to automatically track, categorize, and sort data, produce spreadsheets, and communicate on your behalf, the digital tool can help reduce the time and effort you spend on basic administrative tasks — including promotion. Plus, if you’re looking for a second income stream that can be integrated into your creative practice, Airtable looks great on résumés.
The session will close with some illuminating use cases of Airtable and some directions for making your first Airtable base. Artists with research-based practices, cultural organizers, nonprofit admins, and anyone trying to expand their skill set is encouraged to attend.
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MICHAEL HOLT is an artist, performer, creative strategist, systems designer, and producer from Portland, Oregon, now based in Los Angeles, where he is the Sustainability Lead & an artist-worker at NAVEL, an incubator and network for artists and cultural workers he helped to initiate in 2017. He previously was the co-host of POWERVERS, a podcast exploring queerness and sexuality, and has been an independent manager and producer for choreographer Spenser Theberge, as well as Chris Cruse’s underground rave SPOTLIGHT. From 2012-2015, Michael was the Assistant Director of Marketing at Lincoln Center, where he guided all loyalty marketing efforts across eleven programs and festivals. MA in Performing Arts Management, NYU. BS in Business Management Marketing, BYU.
FAMILY AFFAIRS is a cooperatively-owned experience design studio based in Los Angeles. Current and recent clients include Denniston Hill, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Residency at Captiva Island, Visions 2030, Active Cultures, and Link It Media Group.
NAVEL is a worker-self directed nonprofit organization and independent art space in Downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2018 as a hub for artistic experimentation and community inquiry, we provide infrastructure, operational support, and resource networks for artist-led organizations, small businesses, and emerging projects hoping to reshape the creative economies.