Art.coop’s Directory
of Arts & Culture in the Solidarity Economy

Across the U.S., a thousand flowers are blooming. Each and every one, pushing through cement and soil, to show us our new worlds are not only possible – but here and blossoming. These artists and creatives are remembering the future and practicing economic self-determination, contributing to a beautiful field of Solidarity Economy cultural efforts.

Art.coop is working with Partner & Partners to use our past five years’ research and build a Directory of arts and cultural efforts in the solidarity economy. Stay tuned for the launch in fall 2026 — and sneak a peek at who we’ll feature below, including allies featured in our 2021 report.

Want to submit a cultural effort to our Directory? Add yourself to our internal database.

Land & Housing 

Cooperative Co-working Space: Soft Surplus*
Cooperative Venue: Hex House
Cooperative Store / Gallery: AIR Gallery, and internationally, Aarhus Makers*, Ulična galerija
Cooperative Studios: Adaept*, Clay Art Pottery Co-op
Cohousing and Intentional Communities: Convent Arts Community
Cooperative Darkrooms: Lone Star Darkroom, Bushwick Community Darkroom
Cooperative Co-working, Retreat, Residency, or Landback Network: ZEAL_, Activation Residency

_ = majority BIPOC membership, * = inactive

Work & Labor 

Worker Cooperatives, Craft: Adams & Chittenden Scientific Glass, and so many more, including over 300 craft cooperatives.
Worker Cooperatives, Beauty: Brown Beauty Co-op*_
Worker Cooperatives, Film + VR + Tech + Audio + Video Games: CRUX*_
Worker Cooperatives, Graphic Design: Story2Designs*_, Surplus Plus_, Justseeds
Worker Cooperatives, Music, Dance, Theatre:  the COOP*, Double Edge Theatre_
Worker Cooperatives, Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, 
Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives: Happy Family Night Market*_
Barter Systems and Non-Monetary Exchange: O+ Festival

_ = majority BIPOC membership, * = inactive

Money & Finance 

Community currencies: Circles
Community Loan Funds and Grants: Boston Ujima Project_, Black Farmer Fund_, NDN Collective_, Runway, First People’s Fund_, Black Artist Fund_
Cooperative Billing and Accounting: Guilded Freelancers Cooperative, Open Collective, A Bookkeeping Cooperative
Cooperative Marketing: BlacSpace Cooperative_
Patronage Cooperatives: Ampled*
UBI / UBA / GBI: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts UBI*, Creatives Rebuild New York*

_ = majority BIPOC membership, * = inactive

Food & Farming 

Community Gardens: All community gardens!
Community Supported Agriculture: All CSAs!
Food and Farm Co-ops: Soul Fire Farm_, Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED)
Community Fridges: All Community fridges!

_ = majority BIPOC membership, * = inactive

Media & Technology 

Worker-Owned News Media: Media Reparations, Associated Press, Devil Strip
Platform Cooperatives: Ampled*, and internationally Stocksy in Canada, 
Cooperative and Collective Study Groups: Dark Matter University_, Anticapitalism for Artists*_, Artists Dismantling Capitalism, New Economy Coalition’s Arts, Culture, and Care in the Solidarity Economy Working Group_, TradeSchool.coop*, and so many more

_ = majority BIPOC membership, * = inactive