Aug 26th 2025

In conversation with:
⇢ Kate Bowen on behalf of ACRE, “Re-Visioning and Strategic Planning – Co-Op Model”
⇢ Iymen Chehade on behalf of “Uprising Theater: Uprising Theater Project”
⇢ Isis Ferguson on behalf of Arts + Public Life, UChicago, “Radical Hospitality on the Arts Block: Re-making the Civic Commons for Recovery and Joy in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood of Washington Park”
⇢ Olivia Junell on behalf of Experimental Sound Studio “Chicago Musicians’ Community Retirement Fund”

Moderated by Constanza Mendoza, Terra Cotta

ACRE, Uprising Theater, Arts + Public Life, and Experimental Sound Studio share how their organizations are reimagining what it means to create, collaborate, and lead in a shifting world. From co-op models to community retirement funds, this panel highlights bold, experimental approaches to sustaining artistic and collective futures.

Learn more about:
✔️ ACRE, www.acreresidency.org
✔️ Uprising Theater, www.uprisingtheaterchicago.com
✔️ Arts + Public Life, www.artsandpubliclife.org
✔️ Experimental Sound Studio, www.ess.org
✔️ Terra Cotta, www.terracotta-strategies.com

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