ABOUT
Rhizomatic Arts
About the company
Mission
Together, we cultivate sustainable creative lives. Rhizomatic Arts’ customized design services, professional coaching, workshops, and peer network help creative people work independently, not alone. Artistic projects premised on collaboration and exchange nourish us as a community. We believe that it is our responsibility to care for one another and empower every artist to thrive.
Core Values
Business Model
~THE BLOOMS~
Rhizomatic Studio generates artistic projects (performances, writing, and workshops) with collaborative exchange at the heart. These are the “pretty bits” — the offerings we share with the world!
~THE SHOOTS~
Our clients, colleagues, and workshop participants become part of a mutual support network. As a plant uses its leaves to photosynthesize, we are nourished and grow as a community.
~THE ROOTS~
One-on-one services, such as web design and coaching, feed all of our activities. These are the projects that provide the foundation artists need to survive and thrive, and every dollar earned helps to germinate Rhizomatic Arts programs, from workshops to happy hours.
What’s in a name
In botany, a rhizome is a horizontal underground root system that enables many plants to survive even the most challenging season. Ginger is a rhizome, as are grasses and some flowers, like irises. Rhizomatic describes strong, horizontal structures: alliance that supports resilience and diversity.
Est. 2014
Rhizomatic Arts was established in Los Angeles, California, but we collaborate with artists and creative people from all parts.
About me
I am an artist, consultant, and arts entrepreneur with 20 years of experience providing administrative, marketing, and production support for individuals and organizations. I specialize in thoughtful professional development program design, one-on-one coaching, marketing and communications, and intuitive website design.
I am a movement-based performance artist with a background in dance, theater, performance art, and site-specific performance. Offstage, I have always been an organizer and supporter of other artists, and that has taken many formal roles, from curator to bookkeeper to workshop facilitator. I founded Rhizomatic Arts in 2014 as a way to formalize the various ways that I support artists under one conceptual umbrella, to claim my space as an independent entrepreneur, and to conceptualize that work as a creative social practice. I understand artists and their art businesses because I am an artist who cultivated a business model that reflects who I am and what motivates me to help others.
I am personally invested in cultivating a healthy ecosystem for creative practice. I don't think of this work as separate from my work as an artist; it is simply another way in which I am working to create the future that I want to live in.