Calling all Southern grassroots arts & cultural organizations!
Are you interested in building power for your organization alongside regional peers? Come dream and scheme with us!
The Southern Arts & Culture Coalition is excited to announce our inaugural convening happening September 8-10th, 2023 at Studio Two Three in Richmond, Virginia.
Our coalition formed in 2020 in response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a group of 13 peers allied in our concern for the future of Southern arts and culture. Now, we are opening our doors broadly to Southern grassroots arts and cultural organizations to come together to envision and build the future of our work!
If you are part of a grassroots (community-level) arts and cultural organization in the regional South of the United States, you are invited to come connect, learn, share and build!
We’ll have:
*Kinship!
*Coalition Strategizing & Collaborative Building!
*Great food!
*Hands on workshops!
*Live Printmaking!
*Panel discussions!
*Good music & entertainment!
*...and more!
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ABOUT US
The Southern Arts and Culture Coalition is a growing coalition of grassroots Southern Arts and Cultural organizations working within community. We call our organizations community centers of power.
What do we mean by grassroots?
In the South, a region long overlooked by public and private funders, these organizations come in many shapes and sizes: a warehouse-turned-local art studio, a shut-down school-turned-community center, a group of neighbors gathered around a kitchen table. Creativity and cultural expression always play a central role, whether or not the people involved think of themselves as artists. And because these organizations don’t always fit the traditional institutional mold, they often struggle to amass the resources to survive. Our organizations are small, mighty and grounded in community.
What types of organizations are we looking for?
*You don't have to be a non-profit
*You don't need to have paid staff
*You don't need to have a brick-and-mortar space
*You do need to be creating and facilitating meaningful programs or projects
*You do need to be based in the regional South of the United States
*You do need to be grassroots (community-led & run)
Join us in building a dynamic and diverse network of ongoing support, solidarity, collaboration and shared learning!
