“What if it is not an experiment, this creative life of refusal. This rarely institutionally-funded disloyal life of practice for a world as yet unnamable. This insistence on transformation when the bank account screams “conform.” What if this life as an independent experimental artist is not itself an independent experiment? What if it’s an interdependent ceremony?”

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

You are wanting to seed a creative practice rooted in the political frameworks of black feminism, abolition and indigenous wisdom.

You feel your radical imagination being activated by the politics of our time and want to commit to a cadence of watering that imagination inside a community of practice.

You want to unlearn fear of accountability and become skilled at welcoming change and transformation with a toolkit and spirit of self-compassion.

You want to emerge from seasons of self-isolation, imagine new worlds rooted in collective liberation and, eventually, invite others to practice alongisde you.

You are craving communal ceremonies of rememberance. A consistent clearing for returning to your values and engaging in speculative practice aligned with your political commitments.