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Research & Development Studio Projects

The outcomes of our studio practice are projects varying in form and scale that are developed in service to our mission of contextualizing our histories, imagining our futures, and grounding us in the now.

A creative research studio at the intersection of indigenous histories and intuitive futures. Through our cooperative practice and intercommunal services we aim to inspire the public into innovative-ancient ways of being. We be in community, through arts, and towards a vision informed by intuition, context, and ancestors.

Sum’Mor School

Studio Services:

A seasonal collective learning initiative developed to hold space for our community members to share in study with one another — free from the nonsense of academia, higher education, and imperial school systems. Our aim was shared liberation through Self-education, drawing inspiration in the spirit of radical community education efforts like SNCC Freedom Schools, Cassandra Classrooms, and the Black Panther Party’s Intercommunal Youth Institute.

Six study groups were offered, 3 met facilitators enrollment threshold and were facilitated both in-person and online through a cooperative economic framework.

title
Sum’Mor School

format
Collective Learning

practices
Curriculm Design, Creative Direction, Design & Propaganda, Placemaking, Facilitation, Programming Development, Service Design

seasons
Summer 2023

contributors
Altagracia Alvarado, Dr. Brooklyne Gipson, Jacob Nadir Gray, Marvin James