learning by doing

   The workshop is a co-op style collective centered around sharing practical skills, knowledge, supporting community members with time-based help. 

  Our intention is to create work both with and for each other, as well as outside clients who align with our collective values. We plan to, in the process, reduce the barriers to art-making.

Our methodology
 
includes exercising practical skills, growing community and artist webs, sharing knowledge and experience, supporting community members with time-based help, offering a low-pressure space to learn, think, and create, offering institutional validity: “I am part of and regularly contribute to a larger organization—look at my special email“

  Our model:
decentralizes capital and instead focuses on the exchange of resources. Members all work for each other. There is no skill-based hierarchy.

  The goal:
is to reduce the barriers to the art making process, offer a centralized (semi-physical) hub for artists to lean on for help, and foster a more familiar*, inclusive, and experienced new wave of creators into the larger art community.

LABS: Skill & Interest Sharing

These are skill sharing events ranging from classroom style discussions to active workshops to recreational social activities (think FIELD TRIPS!!). The focus in our labs is community building, skill development and experimentation through safe & supportive low stakes environments (deliverables not tied to money).

This model aims to grant community members access to skills that are often behind academic paywalls or expertise barriers (addresses the “must have 2 years of experience to apply” dilemma).

COMMITMENT

Artists/members are not expected to contribute value in the form of money.

Artists/members are not required to work exclusively through the workshop.

Artists/members are expected to contribute value in the form of time & projects that will uphold the values of and develop the credibility of the workshop.