Lessons from Organizing through Arts: Working Outside of Traditional Models and Frameworks

Mon Jun 17 2024 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

New Bedford Art Museum | New Bedford

UMass Dartmouth Labor Ed Center
Publisher/HostUMass Dartmouth Labor Ed Center
Lessons from Organizing through Arts: Working Outside of Traditional Models and Frameworks
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Join the Organizing Committee of the Arts Union featuring Gabo Camnitzer, Xaviera Simmons, William Powhida, and others, at open sessions with the UMass Labor Education Center. Learn about the Arts Union and how cultural workers have organized in the past. Discussion: why is organizing around labor still necessary? How can we organize around our labor conditions and/or other social roles in individualized and individualistic markets. How do we support others? What are the battles we are fighting, how are they connected to labor?
Are you an artist interested in building power together with other artists?
Join the Organizing Committee of the Arts Union others, at open sessions with the Labor Education Center on Monday, June 17 & Tuesday, June 18, 2024
To RSVP go to this link: https://tinyurl.com/artsunionjune2024
Part 1: Monday, June 17, 1-4pm Location: New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740
• Learn about the Arts Union and how cultural workers have organized in the past.
• Discussion: why is organizing around labor still necessary? How can we organize around our labor conditions and/or other social roles in individualized and individualistic markets. How do we support others? What are the battles
we are fighting, how are they connected to labor?
Part 2: Tuesday, June 18, 2pm-3pm
Greater SE MA Labor Council 560 Pleasant St., New Bedford, MA
• Public Reflection Session
For more info, go to http://artsunion.org
To RSVP go to this link: https://tinyurl.com/artsunionjune2024
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New Bedford Art Museum, 612 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740-6204, United States,New Bedford, Massachusetts

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