Living in a COVID-19 world means living in a time of great uncertainty, instability, and social upheaval. How are artists coping with these challenges, how are they adapting, innovating and continuing to create work? How are they shifting their creative practices? What can we all learn from this moment, about slowing down, observing details, adopting new routines, and embracing our limitations? Can COVID-19 be a portal?

At the Redfern we are privileged to be in a continuous conversation with creative practitioners- past/current future performing artists, creative producers, technicians, collaborators, educators, students, and audience members- and we want to reach out in these coming weeks and months to invite their contributions (and yours!) to a series of prompts that touch on the daily, specific and the existential of this moment. We want to create a community conversation and archive that can support and strengthen the Redfern’s community. Let's cultivate a virtual space for play, discovery, and social connection.

Each Friday, the Redfern is inviting some of our past and future artists and collaborators to offer a creative prompt or a bit of their own creative practice. We welcome your interpretations to these prompts in whatever form speaks to you- an image, short video, audio, text, a recipe, or anything that speaks to you. To submit a creative response: fill out the submission link HERE; tag the Redfern on Instagram or Facebook @RedfernArtsCenter and include the hashtags #RACVirtualConnections, #VirtualCreativeConnections, or #LetsConnectRAC; or send your creative responses to sfantl@keene.edu.

Please scroll down the page to view the creative prompts being offered by and for the Redfern community. You can participate at any time, with any prompt in this series. Share your creative responses with us so we can keep our connections strong during these extraordinary times!