Let’s pollinate the cultural field with intersectional feminist working practices! This workshop uses verbal, edible, and textual prompts to guide a conversation about identifying and distributing different skills and currencies within collaborative creative practices.

During the workshop, Katie will share excerpts from Feminist Culture House’s new online publication Windows of Tolerance: Tools for Ideal Collaborations in an Unideal (Art) World, as well as a foraged pine pollen and valerian root infusion from Finland—this might prompt lucid dreaming later that night. 

Lavender Menace will welcome anyone interested in chatting about the practicalities of curatorial and collective practices, hanging out, and dreaming of how to create kind working conditions, that feel nourishing for everyone involved

What to expect:

→ an informal group gathering of maximum 15 people 

→ an introduction round

→ friendly facilitation grounded in Safer Space principles and these ethical guidelines

→ to hear someone with an Australian accent read short textual excerpts 

→ moments to reflect upon and share about your own experiences with collaborative practices, and how they were compensated, if you wish 

→ a take-home pamphlet with space for notetaking, and a link to the Windows of Tolerance publication 

→ time to reflect and write

→ a break for a drink and snack: alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available

→ time for informal socialising

_{Katie’s work is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and travels by the Finnish Cultural Institute. The Windows of Tolerance publication is supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Kari Mattilan säätiö, and Kone Foundation}