DIGITAL
SPATIAL
SERVICE DESIGN
we need each other.
guided by the interdependent rhythms of the natural world, the Artists Cooperative for Regenerative and Emergent Strategy [acres] aligns around the core guiding principles of care, collectivism and cooperation. We are artists, researchers, problem-solvers, facilitators, healing practitioners and cultural workers—an iterative design cooperative that grounds in practice while cultivating imaginative, expansive and liberated futures.
CURIOUS.
9 October 1976 - the Dudes and Dames Square Dance Group cutting rug at Col. Allensworth State Historic Park’s opening day celebration - Allensworth, CA
INTUITIVE.
acres’ programs connect artist with organizer, scientist, architect and neighbor building bonds across sector, generation and cultural difference to deepen understanding and co-design strategic and sustainable service offerings. We're happiest when working in person to collaborate on “quality of life” programs that activate public space in ways where art and social practice become a vehicle for not only dreaming but embodied practice.
INTENTIONAL.
acres orients around an evolving thesis that states when we go slow, we’re able to take better care of ourselves and each other. we believe slowing down, leading with inquiry and listening to believe supports us in seeing each other more fully so that we can identify shared purpose and truly exhibit our collective power. centering truth & healing as a pathway to liberation, acres brings decades of experience with digital, spatial and community service design. our projects are neighbor led, artist centered and experimental modeling the ways we might want to experience and remember each other for generations to come. having designed city wide art installations, programmed transformative micro festivals and produced various service based initiatives from inquiry to iteration, we know intimately the power of dreaming in action and remain committed to bringing a new world foward; a world where we as artists, organizers and educators have our basic needs met with ease so, that together we can live free and in service to humanity.
Study Guide
1. Design Thinking - Process & Principles
2. The History & Practice of Emergent Strategy
3. Designing a Regenerative Community Strategy
4. The Spirit of Experimental Socialism
5. The Value of Experiential Learning
6. Cooperatives - the First Social Enterprise
7. Jessica Gordon Nembhard on the History of Co-ops
8. The Business Birthing Handbook
9. Seeding Solidarity Economies10. Free Jazz Communism
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