Common Good Cafe
Schedule
Mon Dec 08 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
202 N Animas St, Trinidad, CO, United States, Colorado 81082 | Trinidad, CO
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We will meet on 2nd Monday of every Month, at 5:00PM. The topic this time is Public Art and the Commons. This will be a remote Zoom Meeting, and you must register to join. To register, click the link below. Please note that when you click the link, you may have to endure some advertising from Bitly.com and their partners. Apologies:https://bit.ly/3Q7M4Du
Susanne van der Meer chose this topic, and she's written an introduction (below) with links to resources, and some comments about the Common Good Café in general:
First of all, we’d like you to remind you that Tom Potter and Susanne van der Meer envision this space as a collaboration with everyone in our community who is interested to spark interesting public conversation in Trinidad.
Here are 3 ways you can contribute the Common Good Café:
1) Invite a guest. Maybe a public artist that you know? Or an aspiring public artist?
2) Suggest and introduce a topic that speaks to you for one of our upcoming Common Good Cafes. Please email to Tom Potter.
3) Prepare a provoking question for the upcoming conversation on February 10.
Reading resources
You are welcome to join with an open mind. If you have a chance to prepare some reading in advance, even better. It always takes our conversations to the next level. Here are some reading suggestions.
- Art as a Common Good
http://www.klamer.nl/research-project/art-as-a-common-good/
- Toolkit that gives a really interesting overview on community planning for public art
https://www.americansforthearts.org/.../Places-of...
- Art for Civic Commons - Works of art can provoke inquiry into the forces that shape civic life.
Example creative assignment
https://pz.harvard.edu/.../Civic%20Thinking%20Through...
Information about the bigger educational project
https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/arts-as-civic-commons
Some questions to open our conversation:
What is your most favorite or least favorite public art work in Trinidad? Why?
What is your most favorite or least favorite public art work in our wider region or in Colorado?
Can you think of Places of Possibility for Public Art in Trinidad?
Which direct contributions do works of Public Art make to a community? How can Public Art play a greater role in a community?
Which constraints do you find important for Public Art?
Should Public Art be funded from general public funds?
How do you feel about ownership for Public Art, responsibility to care for, maintain the art (vs. free riding)?
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Where is it happening?
202 N Animas St, Trinidad, CO, United States, Colorado 81082Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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