A diverse group of artists are given 21 days to create an exhibition unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Until now.

Forward Flux Productions presented Cycle 8 of collaborate create, a 21 day artist residency series. A diverse group of 20 artists are given 21 days to create an immersive exhibition exploring a single theme. For the 8th cycle of the program, the artists investigated identity.

The exhibition was titled “Who Am I / Who I Am” and featured all new works created in 21 days, including paintings, film, poetry, dance, new plays, interactive installations and more. The exhibition was installed throughout the entire Fred Wildlife Refuge venue (our presenting partner). In addition to the new works on display, there was a full bar, live music and a pARTy atmosphere. The event provided audiences with a chance to connect with the art, artists and fellow audience members to explore our shifting relationship with gender, sexuality and identity.

The creative team was:
Program Director: Wesley Frugé
Guest Curator: Barry Johnson
Program Manager: Andy Buffelen
Associate Program Manager: Kiki Abba

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Our Story

collaborate create is an artist residency series that started in NYC in 2013. It is designed to give artists a platform to create in the now because of the now. Each cycle has a different theme designed to spark conversation among our artists and audience about socially relevant topics.

Each cycle features 12-20 artists ranging from playwrights, painters, poets, dancers, filmmakers and more. This diverse group of artists come together in a think tank setting to collaborate for 21 days, working towards a public exhibition on the 21st day. The artists are given the freedom to say and create what they want, and the works that spring from this process often move on to have a life of their own.

Past exhibition themes include gentrification, silence, privacy, citizenship and more. The program moved to Seattle in 2015 and continues there now.