Blog
Welcome everyone! Here I will be writing about the connection between our artistic practices, building community, and creating the world we want to live in. I love examining the ways in which we as artists can focus on work which fosters authentic human connection. I hope you all stay and join the conversation!
-Erik
The Wilderness
Navigating the world after graduating from music school can be tough. How do we make a living? How do we balance that with finding ways to make art that speaks to us? What do we still have to learn and how? This is the wilderness, and everyone goes through it. But perhaps, there are ways we can be better prepared?
Welcome dissent as a way to belonging
The most critical element of finding collective possibility through creative experiences is also the most difficult: welcoming dissent and making sure that we all still feel belonging.
Prioritize Safety, Embrace Vulnerability
The balance between safety and vulnerability is essential to building trust in community arts settings.
Leave Space in the Experience
Finding collective possibility through creative experiences requires us to make room for it.
Changing Conventions
Changing the conventions of the standard concert form is essential for creating engagement and connection.
What are we willing to say no to?
How do we make time and space for commitment necessary to create artistic experiences focused on possibility and collective imagination?
Cultural Humility
How does understanding cultural humility change our approach to creative work?
What story am I trying tell?
Storytelling is key to our ability to bring people together through art.
Expanding the Sense of the Possible
What is the Artist’s Answer to the State of our Politics?
