Common Field

Thank you for following and participating in our online exchange! As of today, Common Field’s social media accounts are no longer active including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. These accounts’ contents will stay online as part of Common Field’s archive.

Check out Common Work: Learnings for the Future from Common Field–a 4-part podcast & writing series exploring the field’s history, our organizational journey, and the work that’s shaping the future today! Listen and read 👉 commonfield.org/projects/5243/…

Announcing our final two sunset initiatives! 🌇commonfield.org/news/5236/lear… Design by Alexa Smithwrick Image courtesy Hailey Loman

With Gratitude to Our Network 💛💜✨ bit.ly/3zk1lt2

TODAY is your *LAST CHANCE* to register for Common Field’s FINAL GATHERING! 💙 Join us this weekend for WHAT NOW? Towards Artist-Led Movements, presented onsite and online: bit.ly/3AMNVH1

*Register Now* for WHAT NOW? Towards Artist-Led Movements! Sep 30–Oct 2, 2022 // Seattle, WA & Online bit.ly/3AMNVH1

Calling all Common Field Network members! Apply now to the 2022 Membership Transition Fund: bit.ly/3P0rSAr

Our 2022 Regional Support Fund provides financial support to local and regional participants for in-person attendance at the WHAT NOW? gathering from Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2022 in Seattle, WA. Learn more and apply now! bit.ly/CFregionalsupp…

Announcing WHAT NOW? Towards Artist-Led Movements, a three-day hybrid gathering in Seattle & online! 💙✨ Sep 30–Oct 2, 2022: bit.ly/CFwhatnow

As we move towards sunsetting, we hope that you'll consider sharing your reflections, insights, and imaginations for the future with us in order to further understand the organization's practice and impact. Learn more: bit.ly/CFclosingsurvey

48 people accepted the invitation to be interviewed for our audit report, including 22 Network members; 24 current and former board members and staff (including original founders); and staff of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. ✨ Learn more: bit.ly/CFauditfindings

Influential to our audit team, 2020's "Freedom Maps" report created by Maria Cherry Rangel and Ron Ragin examines the cultural and artistic practices and sustaining infrastructures that support life and organizing for liberation in the South. Learn more at freedommaps.us

During our audit process, a Reflection Survey was shared with our entire Network. Responses included ideas of what Common Field can do to better serve those in the field who have never received adequate resources. For more findings, view the full report: bit.ly/CFauditfindings

Common Field has been working from a place of misalignment, or gap, between thoughtfully stated values and our internal and external work with each other and the Network. Read the full Audit report at bit.ly/CFauditfindings

Let's begin mapping new paths forward for our field.

▶️ Questions related to our Sunset Announcement? Link in bio to learn more about our process and decision and you can contact us at questions@commonfield.org ▶️ Questions related to our Membership? Contact us at hello@commonfield.org

Thank you to all the kind messages that everyone has been sending us💞 Our team is on a much needed Spring Recess starting today through April 23. Responses will be slower than usual but we'll respond once we return. In the meantime, we leave you with Audre Lorde's quote.

We have important news about our future. After a comprehensive auditing and strategic visioning process in 2021, we have made the decision to begin an intentional sunsetting process and will close as an organization in December 2022. Learn more: commonfield.org/about/5055/sun…

Submit An Application For The 2022 BOOM Universe Residency Program! All Form Submissions and Informational Emails MUST be received by Midnight April 4, 2022 boomuniverse.co/blog/2298-2/