Guilded Freelancer Cooperative

As part of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperative’s 2022 Worker Co-op Conference, Guilded and Art.Coop are co-organizing a full-day track called:

Creatives and Commons: Building the Solidarity Economy for Working Artists. 
Saturday, September 10, 10-5 PM EST

In person in Philadelphia!

The day will bring together practicing artists, funders, arts organizations, and co-op developers 

for conversation and strategy to improve working conditions for artists. 

The deadline to register for the Worker Co-op Conference is August 26. 

Find all these updates and more on conference.coop: 

• Schedule & Track Information 
• Logistics & COVID Safety
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Scholarship Form

Hope to see you there!

Agenda for “Creatives & Commons”

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1. Morning Session: How are we relating?
   Facilitators: Ebony Gustave + Hope Ghazala
   1. Artists and the Solidarity Economy: Supporting Artists as Workers and Artists as Owners
   2. Building Relationality in the field
   3. Anchoring definitions

2. Case Studies
   1. Artist Employment Program and Coop Investigations 
      Presenter: Creatives Rebuild NY
      1. Artist Employment Program
      2. Investigation into a cooperative model
      3. Registration-Based Models/GI experiments (NY and SF)
         
   2. The Artist Collective Experience  
      Presenter: Ty White, ZEAL
      
   3. Creative Approaches to funding cooperatives
      Presenters: Confirmed: Chris Tittle & Ricardo Nunez, Sustainable Economies Law Center 
      
3. Stakeholder Conversations
   Breakout groups (artists, funders, ecosystem stewards) reflect and respond to the case studies. 
   
4. Closing Full Group Discussion/Call to Action
   Facilitator: Maura Cuffie-Peterson, Creatives Rebuild New York