slandie prinston is the Marketing + Communications Fellow at Now + There, as well as a writer and organizer in Boston.

In preparation for Juan Obando’s Summer Sets, coming to Dock Square this July, we looked at existing and emerging funding opportunities between artists and communities as part of our N+T Asks conversation series with Goethe Institut-Boston. The third and final installment held virtually on June 22nd included rich discussions around microfinance, creative economies, and the role of radical imagination in transforming our networks of care.

Together with moderator Devin Morris of the Teacher’s Lounge, panelists Kathrin Jentjens from New Patrons and Abigail Satinsky of the Tufts University Art Galleries and the Collective Futures Fund, shared incredible projects and stories that engage radical imagination, collaboration, wealth redistribution, and spiritual leadership, to feed/sustain tighter eco-systems in Boston and beyond.

You can watch the full conversation below and we’ve highlighted some of the key moments. As always, let us know what you think in the comments!

Learn + Share

Abigail Satinsky’s Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities ~ A 2022 exhibition at Tufts Art Galleries, co-curated with Erina Duganne, received support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), with a co-published full catalog with Inventory Press and designed by IN-FO.CO.

“Growing out of the friendships, solidarity networks, and political organizing amongst artists and activists such as Daniel Flores y Ascencio, Lucy Lippard, Doug Ashford, Leon Golub, and Coosje van Bruggen, the campaign resulted in exhibitions, performances, poetry readings, film screenings, concerts, and other cultural and educational events in over 27 cities across the United States and Canada.”

— Tufts Art Galleries, Curators’ Overview (Abigail Satinsky and Erina Duganne)

On the question of monuments - or more precisely, how to archive ourselves, our communities, and legacies - read more from Archived Opposition written by Mahan Moalemi.

Mediation and art? How does it connect? Our brains were buzzing throughout Kathrin Jentjens’ presentation. What more can be seen, felt, and heard in the process of creating art, with the particular intention of resolving social conflicts and equalizing power in public space? Look at New Patrons of MÖNCHENGLADBACH ~ perfectly demonstrating a community working together, from ideation to execution, for the benefit of their collective.

We learned SO much from these conversations. BIG thank you to our curatorial team + wonderful panelists + YOU the public, for showing up and keeping the questions timely and relevant.

Join us:

Visit our N+T Asks page for Summer Sets opening in July and upcoming public art events.

Additional support for this panel series is being provided by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).