The Strange

〰️ ⚡️ In support of a stranger, more imaginatively regenerative future.🌲 Experimental residency & mutual-aid retreat space in NY's Catskill Mountains 🌙

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

my latest 💌Dark Properties🌙 newsletter is about how lawns drool, and sustainable native-plant-rich gardens rule!

thx to @ElanaSchlenker, far-out designer and suburban-gardening influencer, for this epic deep-dive into creative landscaping 👩🏻‍🌾🌻

https://t.co/3ioEqVIdNZ

[The Strange @strangefound]

Strange Foundation has been in hibernation. Now, it's starting to re-emerge.

The next iteration? A newsletter from @willak ↓ ↓ ↓

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

Announcing ☾ https://t.co/q5LKZj5gRk ☽ —

A new ecosystems-focused editorial project, written & curated by me. Sent as a weekly-ish newsletter.

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

I wrote a recipe for @metalabel_'s Collaboration Cookbook, on how to start a DIY artist residency <3

Meanwhile, @strangefound has been hibernating for a bit, but will be shape-shifting into another form very soon. Stay tuned 🌙

https://t.co/4B8OqynEJs

[The Strange @strangefound]

Read our latest Strange Futures column on the @PioneerWorks_ Broadcast, featuring Earth 1.0 cohort member Sawdayah Brownlee--->

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

I was lucky enough to have this super grounding conversation w/ Sawdayah Brownlee (of @BQLT & @Dream_Yard) for the @PioneerWorks_ Broadcast.

Here's your winter solstice calm balm, in which Sawdayah reminds us of the cyclical nature of all things⟶

https://t.co/J4E7gNl8kO

[The Strange @strangefound]

Strange alum @klaudiadraber of @kodalab1 has organized a panel on Food Justice, moderated by Jungwon Kim (also a Strange alum!) of @RnfrstAlliance.

🌍The talk will focus on living in harmony w/ nature, community, & sustainability.🌎

🗓11/25, 12pm

RSVP⟶ https://t.co/3jPaxwBhF5

[The Strange @strangefound]

@ElanaSchlenker Do you have fear of tiny holes? Could be related!

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

I’m on this panel tonight about Future Art Ecosystems—it starts in an hour! (7:30PM EST) Via ZOOM!

Thx for including me to chat about @strangefound, @ceci_moss 💚

Join here: https://t.co/CXHthHKkQk

[The Strange @strangefound]

In our new @PioneerWorks_ Strange Futures column, @willak talked to @SoftPowerVote about:

✔️ What it takes to DIY publish a viral voter guide
✔️ Feeling pre-qualified to take civic action
✔️ How getting involved in politics is easier than u think!

Read⟶ https://t.co/KENS29mOIV

[The Strange @strangefound]

⚡️Editorial partnership alert!⚡️

Our friends @point_projects interviewed Carla's Quince, the immersive theater group working to turn out the young Latinx vote—who also won our Election Infusion grant!

Read⟶ https://t.co/sEofdP657D

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

Here it is... the first interview I've done about @strangefound!

I'm grateful to @MattMcCueWriter/@TCFstories for providing space to share the background on what we're up to, this November and into the future. ✨🌲🔮💻

Read it here! → https://t.co/dI16Voajw0

[The Strange @strangefound]

@estherykang Thx for sharing, Esther!! <3

[The Strange @strangefound]

🗣Today we’re thrilled to announce the election-focused projects that we have awarded with $2K Election Infusion grants!✔️

🎉Congratulations to these 5 strategic & creative initiatives making a huge difference this November.

Meet the grantees⟶ https://t.co/ZyoOmAwlhE

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

🆕❗️For my latest @strangefound x @PioneerWorks_ column, I talked to the founders of The Black School about:

⋗ How they started & built the school over time
⋗ Their vision for scaling up sustainably
⋗ Why they're moving from NYC to New Orleans

Read⋗ https://t.co/Xs6iINwTZ0

[The Strange @strangefound]

@GrayAreaorg Wow this looks incredible! Congrats <3

[NEW INC @NEWINC]

Our friends at @strangefound are distributing $10K to organizers, collectives, and mutual-aid groups doing critical work in the run-up to the 2020 Presidential Election. Show your support & nominate a grantee by September 16! https://t.co/ftKakWVyE2

[The Strange @strangefound]

Have you nominated your favorite organizers & organizations for an Infusion grant yet?

We're distributing 5 grants of $2K each to critical election-focused projects, to help push them over the finish line.

Nominations are due 9/16

Help spread the word! https://t.co/uFLihijlM2

[The Strange @strangefound]

🔹🔻🟣 🟩 Make a nomination for a 2020 Election Infusion grant! 🟩 🟣🔻🔹

We're distributing $10K to organizers, collectives, and mutual-aid groups doing critical work in the run-up to the 2020 Presidential Election.

Learn more + nominate a grantee⟶ https://t.co/uFLihijlM2

[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

For "Strange Futures," a new collab between @strangefound and the @PioneerWorks_ Broadcast, I spoke to organizer @ZenatBegum about community-based mutual aid, stocking free-food fridges, and life as an ongoing form of resistance.

Ty Zenat for the 💡💡💡
https://t.co/vr5wsOqjwh

[The Strange @strangefound]

Publishers and independent presses: Want to collab?
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[𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 @willak]

Hi! 🌷

I'm working on a multi-contributor, workbook-style publication on how to start a DIY residency.

A resource like this is needed—*so* many people ask me about starting @strangefound, & crave more info about what's possible.

Know a publisher who might be interested? HMU!✨