Choose your TCVR Intensive with, ms.YET

 Professional Practices for Performing Artists 

with ms.YET

Begins August 3, 2026 @ 7pm

Professional Practices for Performing Artists is a boutique lecture and mentorship series designed to support both emerging and professional creatives successfully evolve their passions into lifelong careers. 

This intensive covers detailed information on key topics including: 

• Career goal setting
• Brand building and marketing
• Performance logistics
• Career sustainability

Participating artists will receive specialized attention, and one-on-one support, in a small group setting. 

This intensive aims to provide performing artists of all genres with the tools, resources, and coaching to advance their careers.

 Special Topics Series for Performing Artists  

with ms.YET

pre-recorded lectures

Special Topics for Performing Artists is a boutique lecture series focusing on key concepts of professional practices that support both emerging and professional creatives advance their careers. 

Each lecture is a stand alone class covering detailed information on specific professional practices, tools, and resources.

 YE Torres (ms. YET) is an interdisciplinary performance artist and specialty entertainer, specializing in flow arts, bellydance and fire manipulation. She holds dual BFAs in Drawing & Painting and Fashion Design from the University of North Texas and multiple dance and yoga-based certifications, including Rachel Brice's 8 Elements™ of Belly Dance Phase 3: Culmination. 

Torres is an arts educator, mentor, movement instructor, and Learning and Public Programs Manager at Contemporary Art Museum Houston. She is the Executive Artistic Director of the Renegade Carnies, a Texas based performance art and specialty entertainment collective, she co-founded in 2008. She is an established member of the East End Cultural Arts Task Force for Houston’s East End Cultural District, as well as a member of BIPOC Arts Network and Fund (BANF) Advisory & Accountability Council and a facilitator of BANF’s Arts Education Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Program. She is a Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) Spring 2024 Artist Leadership Fellow and an Artist INC Artist Peer Facilitator. 

Torres is also a Flame Effects Operator, licensed by the state of Texas, and an appointed Principal on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Special Effects (SPE-AAA) Committee. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms, alongside an MA in Arts Leadership at the University of Houston.