For Freedoms Congress

Brett Cook—an artist and educator who uses his creative practice to transform outer and inner worlds of being—will facilitate A Dialogue on Community and Collaboration, an interactive workshop that uses contemplative education strategies and participant generated review protocols to expand our definition of collaboration and community. These exercises will serve as a foundation for a dialogue about ethics and assessment in socially engaged art practices. Participants will be introduced to and model basic concepts of collaboration and community; learn how to create and use a rubric for observation, awareness, and evaluation of the process and communally-determined outcomes of collaborative work; and practice mindfulness, which is the practice of peace.