Join the 100k Project and Wave Pool for a training aimed at propelling people from the arts, nonprofit, social services, educaiton, and science sectors to run for local office. More info on how to register coming soon.

• Reliving the Culture Wars (we won the battle and lost the war) – Do you know who Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson are? We will have creativ work in response here.

• Creative spaces as civic spaces – What things might we do in our theaters, galleries, and studios to build power for the common good?

• Artists as Visualizers/Translators – We will collectively do research and renderings to help visualize the current state of the community where we doing the workshop. For online sessions, we will select a location from one of the attendees. You can’t improve something until you know what the current state is.

• Are you a leader? What values, experiences and skills do you call on regularly for your creative work? Do you think any of that stuff is desperately needed in civic life right now?

• Are you a viable candidate for local office? Some brave volunteer will demonstrate that you are. Be prepared!

• Campaign Time – We will do creative work and someone or ones will be delivering a one-minute stump speech backed up by graphics and music created on the spot. Consider it a campaign rally performance!
  Here is a video documenting a version of this workshop delivered in July of 2025 with conversations and creative work time edited out…