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Making Space is a virtual peer mentorship program focusing on the needs and wants of early career BIPOC artists. They operate mainly through an ongoing community Slack page where artists share their work, questions, and any resources that they feel may benefit artists in the collective (readings, calls for artists, etc.). Making Space hosts three events a month: a speaker series where an established BIPOC artist visits Making Space; a workshop facilitated by an early career BIPOC artist; and a studio hangout on the first Tuesday of every month.

Through their programming, Making Space prioritizes collaboration, paying artists and facilitators above CARFAC fees, safe gathering in virtual spaces, and the overall autonomy and agency of racialized artists across contemporary arts communities.

All BIPOC artists are welcome, Making Space follows a drop-in style that encourages artists to join the mentorship at any time, and to come in whatever capacity they feel suits them and their practice. Whether this is through a one time workshop attendance, or ongoing relationship building within the collective.

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  • Note authored by Christina Battle with revision support from the interConnect team.

The interConnect initiative was led by the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA). The views expressed in this note are those of the author(s) and not official IMAA recommendations.

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Include by Samuel Thulin, on Nov. 8, 2023, 9:15 a.m.
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Christina Battle, Projets AAMI / IMAA Projects, Benjamin J. Allard, Pascaline Le Bras, Samuel Thulin. (2023). Making Space. Praxis (consulted July 3, 2024), https://praxis.encommun.io/en/n/T5VPbsmy4zzTyoI0E0F9_pHkvbQ/.

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