What Can Artists Do? What Are We Doing?

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(Post-event update, 1/13/26): Wow – what an event. We had 1200 people register, and a really affirming—and practical—conversation. THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by.

HERE are the full notes & slides in a Proton document. Plus a few related links:

  • Proton sometimes has issues on certain browsers, so HERE are the notes as a PDF, as a backup.
  • HERE is a piece I wrote for Racket synthesizing our event notes into something more like an essay.
  • A summary of the event’s big-picture takeaways over on IG.
  • My kind of “home base” for a lot of links and resources right now is at resources for creative troublemakers.

I’ve also done a few interviews to share what we talked about at the event:

what can artists do? post-event notes, slides, and resources

Are We Going To Do This Again?

There was a lot of interest in another session, and of course people who couldn’t make it. Our hope is that the notes are robust enough where you get all the content there, but we also know it’s not just about content; it’s also about community. For now, we’ll see. We live in Minneapolis, and you all know there’s a lot going on here. But if other people want to hold similar discussions, there definitely seems to be some hunger for them.

Bringing this Discussion into Other Spaces

All that being said: sometimes, organizational collaboration can be a good excuse to bring the content into another space. So if you want to bring this workshop to your organization, school, or other community space, get in touch here.

We wanted to do this first installment completely independent of any org collaborators so we could experiment with the content/format, but most of my actual work is in partnership with groups, whether in-person or virtual. Thanks.