What role do artists and art play in times of crisis, collapse, and transition?

How do we create art that can hold the tension of living inside of crisis, that holds the impacts of crisis and collapse in one hand and hope and possibility in the other?

How do we move past rhetoric, political sound-bite, hyper-polemic speech, and create art that touches our common humanity and stirs our souls?

How do we work with art as social activism?

What role does art play in a healthy functioning culture?

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