ART-S

So what does that mean?

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Accessible:

We commit to remove barriers so that members of our community are allowed to show up as their full selves. We commit to making sure that the physical, emotional, spiritual, and material needs of our community are being met.  We commit to actively anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices. 

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Worshipful:

We commit to always being in service of a greater purpose by staying connected to our ancestors and our history, being inspired by the diversity, beauty, and complexity of all creation, and growing excited by that which mystifies us. 

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Multigenerational:

We commit to creating conditions where generations can be together, learn from one another, and help carry each others' burdens. 

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Ensemble:

We gather in purposefully non-hierarchical practice, where the contributions of all are needed and valued. The circle is always wiser. 

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Liberation:

Our aim is​ and always will be the freedom and dignity of all - both in what we create and how we create it. 

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Healing:

There is great power when we create together in this way - for the restoration of us as individuals and artists, for our audiences, and for our communities. 

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Joy:

While this work is not easy, and the learning is never done, we want to delight in one another and in that which we are creating! We are renewed, and we begin again.

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This statement was created after participating in an Anti-Racist Theatre Workshop with Nicole Brewer. 

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Let's talk about it!