Common Field is committed to the work of challenging dominant discourses and structures that maintain systemic oppressions including: white supremacy, racism, misogyny, closed borders, the gender binary, and class violence. We know we must be relentless in this work and it must be practiced from the inside out, beginning with each of our selves, Common Field as an institution and then back into our membership networks and the many organizations and individuals that make up our field. 

Get acquainted with LA’s alternative art scene—and the work of the Common Field community.  We’ve featured some off-site programming from our network that we highly recommend:

Let us welcome you to Los Angeles and mark the beginning of the Convening with an evening of music and community! Join resident DJs Gabie Strong and Evan Walsh from KCHUNG, grab a bite from one of our local food trucks, witness a mind-blowing performance by artist Jibz Cameron aka Dynasty Handbag, and enjoy a drink at the open bar, all under the stars in the Plaza at the JACCC, and let’s get this Convening started!

Come register and pick up everything you’ll need for the 2017 Common Field Convening, including your Convening pass, program and tote bag, as well as other important information. Registration tables can be found in the plaza area of the JACCC. Look for the signs showing you the way!

Enjoy a breakfast of coffee cake, banana bread, cheese & jalapeño bread, vegan pastries, fruit and coffee from Full Moon Pickles.

Come register and pick up everything you’ll need for the 2017 Common Field Convening, including your Convening pass, program and tote bag, as well as other important information. Registration tables can be found in the plaza area of the JACCC. Look for the signs showing you the way!

Common Field kicks off the Convening with exciting updates, announcments and information about the organization and what to expect this weekend.

CCEJ is facilitating and holding a Community Care Space that is offering the modalities of movement, snacks, dialogue, listening, and breathing. The Community Care Space is drop-in for self care, race and cultural affinity group connection, and continuing complex and challenging dialogues that come out of convening sessions.

Calvin Phelps

Common Field is excited to announce our Satellite Dinner project—Los Angeles edition—on Friday, November 3, 2017 as a part of our Convening programming. We’re working with 20 organizations across the city to collaborate on this initiative—one that will bring arts organizers from across the country into network members’ spaces for a shared meal. Catch up with an old friend, meet someone new, or connect with an organizer whose work you’ve long admired in an intimate, unusual LA art space. You’ll receive your Satellite Dinner assignment details as part of your check-in package.

This evening gathering for the Common Field Convening will be at the Velaslavasay Panorama and feature performances & presentations by Dear Object (Jorden Biren & Ursula Brookbank), Musician Kelly Marie Martin and Magician Christopher Wonder. The gardens and exhibits of the Velaslavasay Panorama will be open, including the 360-degree “Effulgence of the North” arctic panorama which will be retired in mid-November 2017.  Featuring SOTO Sake!

Enjoy breakfast and coffee from Full Moon Pickles.

Come register and pick up everything you’ll need for the 2017 Common Field Convening, including your Convening pass, program and tote bag, as well as other important information. Registration tables can be found in the plaza area of the JACCC. Look for the signs showing you the way!

CCEJ is facilitating and holding a Community Care Space that is offering the modalities of movement, snacks, dialogue, listening, and breathing. The Community Care Space is drop-in for self care, race and cultural affinity group connection, and continuing complex and challenging dialogues that come out of convening sessions. 

Help celebrate the conclusion of Common Field’s 2017 Convening with a multi-locational party. We’ll begin the evening at Human Resources with performances. Then, together we’ll take a short walk across the Los Angeles River over the North Broadway Bridge to Metabolic Studio for a closing bash. We’ll conclude our Convening programming here with a send off to remember, complete with a collective action planting of a ‘common field’, cocktails and closing remarks. Until next year!

Check out programming offered by members and friends of Common Field’s Los Angeles network.