CONVENING 2020 REIMAGINED
The Common Field Convening – originally scheduled to take place in Houston, TX from April 23 - 26, 2020 – is moving online in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In this unprecedented situation, there remains an urgent need to stay connected, build knowledge from the field and create a growing set of broadly-shared resources accessible to all. To that end, registration for this year’s virtual Convening will be FREE. It’s of course a dynamic moment for all of us, so we’ll share the new schedule, program and free registration process with you as they are ready in the coming days. The Convening is a critical platform for artists organizations and organizers from across the US. We are profoundly grateful to our Houston Partners, the extended Houston community, and hundreds of participating arts organizers nationwide for their incredible, ongoing dedication to the program. We draw inspiration from these extraordinary collaborators as we affirm our commitment to building platforms that engage with shared histories, create new connections, combat the physical isolation of our current reality, and strategize evolved forms of collectivity and caretaking.
Common Field is committed to paying all fees to the arts organizers, presenters, writers and artists we planned to work with in the original version of the Convening – regardless of their ability to participate in this transformed iteration. It’s a Core Value of Common Field’s to demonstrate equitable pay and to center mutual support.
LISTENING TO YOU, GATHERING KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTING THE FIELD
Common Field is working to further open pathways for our field to connect with each other directly and leverage our expansive collective wisdom at this time.
We want to hear from you! We invite you to share your ideas, needs and questions through this open form around how we might best organize for both you and the broader field in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon, we’ll host Common Hour, a new responsive online Field Conversation. Hosted by Miami based arts organizer Rosie Gordon-Wallace of Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Common Hour hopes to provide a space for network members and beyond to connect, think and talk in an open format. We hope this emergent space can help link us all in this urgent moment. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this brief form and we’ll share login details as well as community guidelines around sharing space with care.
THANK YOU
Special thanks to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Stardust Arts and Common Field's national network of members for their support of the 2020 Convening.
THANK YOU
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