In this artist-led conversation, we hear from Iñupiaq installation artist and founding Giving Circle member Allison Akootchook Warden in conversation with artist and gift recipient Aqqalu Berthelsen as they discuss the role of artists as community healers and the relationship between gifting and Inupiaq culture.

Head of Creativity and Impact at YBCA, Meklit Hadero is joined by Giving Circle founding member Victoria Rae Moore - co-founder of TINYisPowerful – as well as multimedia artist Gwylene Gallimard, and Rayn, a design-centric person. Join in as they discuss resilience in movement-building work, relationships as catalysts for change, and remind listeners of the power of process vs product.

Director of Artist Investment at YBCA, Stephanie Imah is in conversation with founding Giving Circle Member, Ahtna and Paiute artist and curator Melissa Shaginoff. In this conversation, we hear from Melissa on her indigenous practice of tanning hide, the power of gifting and circular economies, and the importance of nourishing and valuing  relationships to all our relatives.

Head of Creativity and Impact at YBCA, Meklit Hadero is joined by Giving Circle founding member, arts and culture theoretician & practitioner Ayodele Nzinga - as well as artists, Karen Smith and Lisa Evans, individuals close to Ayodele’s practice and work. Together, they explore the power of artist-led work, funding for systems-level change, what funders need to do now to make true and equitable change, and the power of funding yourself as also being part of liberatory work.

In this artist-led conversation, we hear from founding Giving Circle Member Erin Washington, and multi-disciplinary artist Toran X Moore, as they discuss the power of giving circles as a model for resourcing creative practice, sharing community wealth, and sustaining movements in the deep south.