Tate Egon Chavez

Event Production

• Managing audience reactions and artist expectations in an exploratory concerts in an active international airport
  
• Producing experimental performances within strict security and operational constraints

• Standardization of productions using production guidebook, used to brief artists and ease friction
  
• Successfully delivered recurring cultural programs within strict security and operational constraints at one of the world’s busiest airports

• Managing technical production across 11 simultaneous activations
• Flexibly adapting to last minute updates from artists’ technical riders
  
• Seamless handoff of technical advance info to on-site Production & Rentals Manager
  

• Developed dedicated internal tracking systems
• Directly contracted a team of over a dozen technicians, managed subrentals to supplement internal A/V inventory
• Regular meetings and collaborative production documentation with Production & Rentals Manager to setup a seamless day-of execution. 

• Carefully pairing artists who had never collaborated before, setting them up for success
  
• Dealing with unpredictable weather
  

• Facilitated meetings and rehearsals for artists along with a visit to the GRI’s Special Collections for a viewing of archival material led by GRI curator Nancy Perloff
• Adapted day-of show to unpredictable weather by relocating the performance to a weather-proof site

• Building a facility rental agreement to support a high quality experience within a grass-roots budget

• Developed a bespoke, collaborative rental model
• Personally volunteered labor as an A/V technician to keep the venue rental within budget 
• First event of its kind reached 80% capacity, received highly positive community feedback, empowered dublab resident organizers

• Scouted and contracted venue, managed permitting (LAPD, ABC), and technical production across three stages.
  
• Curated line-up of 21 artist contributors donating performances.
  
• Recruited and coordinated 70 volunteers to support operations and hospitality.
  
• Secured in-kind support for production infrastructure and bar service.
  
• Produced promotional short-form artist interviews used across channels, personally filming and conducting interviews.

• Managing unpredictable city permitting processes
• Recruiting all artists on donation basis (27 generous artists in total!)
  
• Recruiting and managing a 70 person volunteer crew, whilst also stage managing and wearing a few other hats on site
• Physically getting the thing done! 

• Staying persistent, leveraging artist and volunteer relationships, working closely with Production & Rentals Manager, and rolling up our sleeves!

• Co-produced a free Juneteenth Cookout at dublab studios that drew 1,000+ attendees with 8 hrs of DJ programming and free food and drinks.
  
• Collaborated with chef-organizers to create a community celebration and deliver on sponsor expectations.
•  Event generated significant press and visibility during dublab’s Membership Drive, including a feature in The LA Times .

• Safely producing a concert in LA’s busiest market

• Mapped out all cable runs during site visits, created setup documentation for artists and crew to rely on, led onsite production to ensure consistency with client-approved plans

• Produced annual salon featuring performances, video installations, talks, and curated cuisine.
  
• Headlined by musicians Claire Rousay and Sharada Shashidhar with immersive visual work by Alex Pelly and Clayton McCracken and live dialogue featuring Guadalupe Rosales, Noah Klein, Dwight Trible, and Josephine Shetty.
  
• Food by Riviera Seafood Club and Minh Phan.
• Recruited and coordinated a team of 30 volunteers.
  

• Producing a donor-oriented event in the midst of hiring for the next Executive Director
• Selling $150 tickets without direct outreach from Executive Director

• Personally sold 30% of tickets via direct out reach to my network, and by selling packaged tickets to brands and institutional partners. Created a $50 ticket tier to allow dublab residents and community to support. 

• Providing the technical infrastructure for 5 unconventional spaces with distinct technical and operational needs, while keeping the production in budget
  
• Managing 5 simultaneous activations and integrating our own curation and creative ideas.
  
• Designing and installing a sound system in the library’s reverberant atrium for an experimental opera produced by LA Phil Insight. 
  

• Carefully curated technically streamlined programming to fit the theme of the event while allowing us to focus on the technical demands of the Library Foundation’s bookings.

• Developed residency structure, timelines, and deliverables
  
• Coordinated artist support, collaborators, and production resources
  
• Integrated exhibition and performance outcomes

• Two-month residency culminating in a 100+ audience public program
  
• Established a replicable institutional model for future residencies

• Collaborated with Getty Research Institute staff on curatorial framing and production planning
  
• Commissioned and coordinated experimental sound and video works, including a 162-foot audio tape installation
  
• Managed technical planning, artist coordination, and rehearsal logistics
• Prepared documentation and supported on-site execution at the Harold Williams Auditorium
  

• Program generated 1,000+ RSVPs and fully activated a 400-seat auditorium
  
• Expanded public engagement with archival research through live performance
  

• Organized a fundraiser for Eaton & Palisades fire relief, raising $30,000+ in direct aid.
  
• Coordinated intake and management of donations from 100+ labels, vendors, and partners.
  
• Recruited and directed 50 volunteers across 5 shifts; programmed 8 DJ performances.
• Distributed funds within 30 days of the fires.
  

• Quickly mobilizing to provide relief to impacted community members
• Physically managing donation intake from over 100 donors

• Recruited and directed 50 volunteers across 5 shifts to help transport, sort, and label donations

• Curated 3 distinct musical interpretations for Fathomers’ Emergence exhibition at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.
  
• Collaborated with musicians Jeremiah Chiu, Callie Ryan, and Dustin Wong to interpret visual works through sound.

• Collaborated with Community Arts Resources (CARS) to produce musical activations for the Getty Center festival.
  
• Invited Living Earth to co-curate and produce performances in the Robert Irwin Central Gardens by Low Leaf and Alexey Seliverstov.
  
• Programmed dublab DJs T-Kay and Maalbea to soundtrack festival activities in the courtyard.
  
• Managed artist logistics, production coordination, and on-site execution
• 13,000 attendees over two days
  

• With help of A/V Coordinator, produced a 3 stage takeover of Zebulon featuring 25 DJs, 9 live performances, 2 visual artists, and visual identity by Studio Koto.
  
• Managed bookings and advancing of all live performances.
  
• Over 1,000 attendees.
• Recruited and managed volunteers.
  
• Led onsite production with A/V Coordinator.

• Collaborated with Damar Davis (Salon Recordings) and Gloria Molina Grand Park to produce a multigenerational dance party.
  
• Featured DJ sets by Chloëdees, Damar Davis, Joaqu.n, Donis, and Sevyn; MCed by Grandfather.
  
• Celebrated Salon Recordings’ impact connecting global dance scenes from LA to NYC, London, and beyond.
  
• Engaged a diverse community audience, fostering cross-generational and cross-cultural musical exchange.

• Curated an installment of Grand Performances’ free summer concert series with Leaving Records.
  
• Featured live performances by Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda, Low Leaf, and Sharada Shashidhar; music selections by Bae Bae.
  
• Highlighted Los Angeles public art and community collaboration, making live music accessible to a diverse audience.
  
• Promoted multi-generational, genre-defying experiences, fostering unity and musical transcendence.

• Laid groundwork for a new branch of Floating in the Front Range.
  
• Secured venue partnerships with Sunset Amphitheater, Inspiration Farm, Rocky Mountain Botanical Gardens.
  
• Supported operational planning and promotion for site-specific performances directed by Matt Sage.

• Established Floating’s Pacific Northwest branch, securing Leach Botanical Garden as a primary venue partner
  
• Supported curatorial direction, operations, and promotion for events programmed by Ajay Ravi.
  
• Series later relaunched as Moment following LA team’s departure to Living Earth.

• Secured permitting and insurance for monthly all-ages outdoor concert series
• Negotiated agreements with LA Recreation and Parks
  
• Liaised with city staff on site