We research buried stories, design participatory experiences, and build the infrastructure that lets artists do their best work.

For institutions and educators

The stories that matter most are often the hardest to tell. We know how to find them, shape them, and help bring them to your communities.

Curation and artist
relations

  • Consult — Advise on residencies, exhibitions, and site-responsive public art experiences that center social histories and underrepresented narratives

  • Interpret — Write interpretive materials — texts, tours, educational content — that expand access and deepen engagement for new and returning audiences

  • Curate with intention — Apply a justice-centered lens to artist selection, themes, and spatial design, ensuring cultural relevance and honest storytelling

  • Support artists — Offer technical assistance with fabrication, permitting, contracts, and presentation — especially for artists navigating public work for the first time

  • Design open calls — Build equitable processes, including accessible applications, panel coordination, and fair compensation structures

Exhibition design and
programming

  • Co-create — Design exhibitions that foreground community voices, participatory research, and underrepresented histories through multimedia and interdisciplinary approaches

  • Design experiences — Build accessible, immersive environments that weave together storytelling, archival material, and contemporary art for broad communities

  • Activate — Develop complementary programming — talks, workshops, performances, tours — that turn exhibitions into platforms for dialogue, learning, and collective memory

Arts-integrated learning

  • Collaborate — Work with educators to design interdisciplinary lesson plans that bring public art, local history, and community storytelling into core subjects

  • Build curriculum — Develop adaptable toolkits aligned with state standards and culturally responsive pedagogies, rooted in place-based learning

  • Develop educators — Offer professional development and co-teaching that supports teachers in using art as a lens for critical inquiry, civic engagement, and creative expression

For organizations, businesses, and municipalities

Public art and history work can be as challenging as it is rewarding. We’re here to cocreate while we center transparency, ethics and community stories.

Creative research

  • Conduct — Lead interdisciplinary, community-engaged research that informs exhibitions, public programming, and cultural projects — drawing from the arts, humanities, and oral tradition

  • Interpret — Gather and interpret oral histories, archival materials, and site-specific knowledge to support historically grounded, inclusive storytelling

  • Translate — Shape research into accessible formats — visuals, timelines, narratives, concept frameworks — that support curatorial planning and deepen public engagement

Public art & history
project design and
management

  • Develop — Collaboratively shape concept-driven public art and history initiatives that respond to community needs and honor local knowledge

  • Facilitate — Run participatory design processes with artists, historians, and community members to build inclusive narratives and equitable representation

  • Oversee — Manage timelines, budgets, and deliverables with transparency and accountability, keeping projects aligned with their values and funder requirements

  • Partner — Coordinate cross-sector relationships among artists, cultural institutions, municipalities, and community organizations

  • Communicate — Maintain clear, consistent communication through stakeholder updates, documentation, and evaluation benchmarks

For artists

We’ve been working artists for years, we’re here to help support and navigate challenges so you can bring your work into this world easier.

Writing support and
listening

  • Guide — Offer individualized support on artist statements, grant proposals, and residency applications — centering clarity, voice, and alignment with artists' values

  • Host — Run writing workshops, feedback circles, and office hours that demystify application processes and build confidence in self-advocacy

  • Listen — Serve as a sounding board for project ideas at any stage, helping artists sharpen concepts, identify collaborators, and find a clear path forward

Fiscal sponsorship

  • Sponsor — Provide low-fee 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship to individual artists and collectives, enabling access to grant funding, tax-deductible donations, and institutional partnerships

  • Administer — Handle project budgeting, grant management, and reporting so artists can stay focused on their work

  • Support financial health — Share resources, offer one-on-one guidance, and maintain transparent agreements aligned with artists' goals and values

Opportunities and
community building

  • Invite — Connect artists to open calls, curated commissions, and collaborative residencies centered on public engagement and site-specific work

  • Build community — Host workshops, peer exchanges, and mentorship programs that foster skills-sharing, mutual support, and creative development across disciplines and geographies

  • Cultivate networks — Grow a statewide web of artists, culture workers, and community partners built on reciprocity, trust, and shared vision