"Please join us for a conversation between author Niloufar Khonsari; Sholeh Asgary, curator of the exhibition Love Letters to Aliens; and Sharmi Basu, Executive Director of Vital Arts; about the ways in which we, as artists and arts workers, can show up for each other at this moment. In conjunction with the exhibition at Southern Exposure and in partnership with Medicine for Nightmares, we will unpack ideas from Khonsari's new book The Future is Collective."
"Niloufar Khonsari (she/they) is a Bay Area consultant, facilitator, and former movement lawyer with deep experience supporting groups to build more just, caring, and participatory ways of working together. They co-founded Pangea Legal Services, a worker-led immigrant justice organization, and now lead Bala Rising, advancing organizational development, capacity building, and collective leadership. Outside of work, Nilou finds joy in dancing, poetry, the outdoors, time with loved ones, and raising her radiant young daughter."
Artists and arts workers can strengthen mutual support through collective leadership, clarity, care, and community-centered practices. Practical strategies include organizational development, capacity building, participatory governance, and mutual aid to address growth and uncertainty. Worker-led and immigrant-justice models illustrate how distributed leadership and shared responsibility create more just and caring institutions. Inclusive environments, fundraising for impacted community members, and sustained operations management help artists maintain livelihoods and creative practice. Emphasizing care and community over hierarchical models fosters resilience and long-term sustainability for arts ecosystems.
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