Basic Income Week

Name: Basic Income Week
Start: 2024-09-16T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-22T23:45:00-05:00
Location: 262 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55103

Schedule

Mon Sep 16 2024 at 12:00 pm to Sun Sep 22 2024 at 11:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

262 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55103 | Saint Paul, MN

Springboard for the Arts is proud to announce that we will be participating in International Basic Income Week, September 16-22, 2024.
A self-organized participatory week in celebration and recognition of Basic Income (also called Guaranteed Income) International Basic Income Week invites communities to connect, learn, and share knowledge about basic income and what futures it makes possible.
As part of this week, Springboard will be hosting a variety of events and gatherings at our site in St. Paul and across Minnesota in partnership with our Artists Respond: People, Place, and Prosperity Cohort, community leaders, and neighborhood organizations.

Event Schedule:

🖼️ EXHALE: Opening Reception
Tuesday, September 17, 6:00-8:00pm 262 University Ave W., St. Paul, MN 55103
Curated by Emerging Curators Institute, join us at Springboard for the Arts in St. Paul for the opening reception of EXHALE, a new exhibit that showcases multimedia work from Minnesota artists about the futures that guaranteed income makes possible.

🏡 Creative Economy Open House
Wednesday, September 18, 4:00-6:00pm, 201 West Lincoln Ave., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Celebrate Otter Tail County’s creative economy! Featuring an arts and crafts supply swap, wooden birdhouse painting, postcard writing, and creative family friendly activities with local artists Kandace Creel Falcón, Jess Torgerson, Sara’i Al Jamal and Torri Hanna.

🌱 The Soil is more Important than the Seeds: Narrative Strategies in Organizing Workshop
Thursday, September 19, 5:00-7:00pm, 262 University Ave W., St. Paul, MN 55103
2024 McKnight Distinguished Artist Ricardo Levins Morales will lead a narrative storytelling workshop for artists and organizers.

🎭 Blackout x FAWK Present: A Laugh in the Bucket
Friday, September 20, 7:00-9:00pm, 643 Virginia St, St. Paul, MN 55103
Join Blackout Improv Comedy and FAWK (Funny Asian Women Kollective) for a night of live unscripted theater at Black Youth Healing Arts Center!

🐐 Family Day
Saturday, September 21, 10:00am-2:00pm, 262 University Ave W., St. Paul, MN 55103
Bring your family and friends to Springboard in St. Paul and enjoy a variety of all-ages artist-led activities, including a goat petting station (real goats onsite!). Connect, recharge, and celebrate the joy that having a guaranteed income makes possible.

Learn more at https://springboardforthearts.org/basic-income-week/