Power Tools for Artists
Power Tools for Artists: A Capacity Building Series is a year-long collaboration, providing capacity building support to artists in the Solidarity Economy, among Art.coop, Obvious Agency, United Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and the Artist Legal Cafe (a project of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, Vital Arts, and Movement Law).
Join us for a a year-long series of monthly events pairing training (rotating between legal, cooperative development, and culture and governance topics) with technical assistance provided by lawyers, cooperative developers, and Art.coop staff.
Our next event is…
Coops for Creatives on 21 August with Obvious Agency
After years of participating in an unjust economy, artists and culture bearers are searching for viable alternatives to the traditional models of cultural production. Cooperatives and the solidarity economy are gaining traction as a values-aligned solution. But what's the difference between a worker-owned cooperative and a purchasing cooperative? Is an ensemble a cooperative? Is talking about ownership inherently capitalist?
In this workshop, participants will learn about the fundamentals that define cooperatives and how they differ from other types of collectives, explore case studies of cooperatives in the arts and culture sector, and brainstorm how a cooperative could meet their needs and the needs of their communities. Participants are welcome to join as individuals or alongside their collaborators, and will receive resources for further study into various cooperative models.
