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The Culture of Kinship

What lies at the heart of our philosophy is what lies at the heart of the word kinship. We believe in the essential nature and critical value of all beings as interconnected parts of a greater whole. In that, we hold high affinity, association, and connection among the disparate parts. We invite you to join us as we practice these core tenets together:

  • We are a community of practice with encouraging and supportive spaces for people to take risks, be vulnerable, and be honest.

  • We respect all beings, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or religion.

  • We acknowledge that cultural inequities exist within many art institutions and communities. We are always looking for ways to improve our platform and engagement tools for historically marginalized, excluded, or oppressed peoples.

  • We encourage listening and empathy. As a community of practice and inquiry, we encourage questions over suggestions or directives to best benefit artists whose work is unfolding.

  • Please use your best judgment when sharing content that could be upsetting. Trigger and content warnings are welcome and should precede the content.

  • We encourage and request acknowledgment of direct and indirect collaborators. Don’t take authorship of something that is not yours. Do publicly celebrate your community-inspired sources and inspirations.

  • We encourage generous sharing of resources and skills. Generosity is the kindling of this community.

  • To create accessibility for people of all income levels, we use a sliding-scale economic model for our memberships and programs. As a member-supported community, we rely on your honesty and generosity when selecting your contribution level.

  • We prioritize embodied knowledge, direct-lived experiences, and poeises (knowing through making) and celebrate multiple and different ways of knowing.

  • This is a community of creators and makers from all experience levels. Please be respectful of this when sharing and discussing work together.