The Engagement · one engagement, two movements
Freedome helps arts organizations develop programs, teams and partnerships with the people they serve.
Jupiter clarifies the direction. Orion puts it into practice.
Movement 01 · Orient
Start with the decisions ahead.
When you know what you want to achieve but not how to proceed, Freedome works with the people involved to establish priorities and identify the decisions ahead.
Who it’s for
Leaders and teams who need to agree on a direction before committing to a program or institutional change.
What it makes possible
Agreed priorities, the people who need to be involved, the decisions ahead, and the next steps to define in a written scope.
Movement 02 · Build
Put the direction into practice.
With a direction agreed, Freedome works alongside staff, artists, partners and communities to develop the program and the working practices it needs.
Who it’s for
Institutions that have made the key choices and need a program, partnership model, team practice, or operating structure put into action.
What it makes possible
A public program or operating structure the institution is positioned to carry forward. Its exact form is agreed in the written scope.
The relationship
Start with Jupiter when the direction needs clarifying. Move into Orion when you are ready to put it into action.
Principal-led
You work directly with Freedome throughout. Engagements are confidential by default.
Services
01
What he doesHelps turn an artistic ambition, program challenge, or institutional change into choices people can act on.
Who it’s forLeaders and teams facing a decision, strengthening a program, or preparing for change.
What it makes possibleAgreed priorities, clearer responsibilities, and an order for the decisions ahead.
02
What he doesDevelops work with artists, residents, and community partners from early conversation through public delivery.
Who it’s forInstitutions that want public work shaped by the people it is meant to serve.
What it makes possibleStronger partnerships, a participatory program approach, and a more credible relationship between institution and public.
03
What he doesBuilds arts programming with people inside and returning from the carceral system, alongside agencies and community organizations.
Who it’s forArts institutions and partners prepared to build long-term work with justice-involved communities.
What it makes possibleA grounded program approach, appropriate partners, and a structure shaped by the people closest to the work.
04
What he doesClarifies the case for support, helps board members advocate for the work, and develops a relationship-centered fundraising approach.
Who it’s forInstitutions that need to explain a program’s value to supporters and involve their board in fundraising.
What it makes possibleA clearer case for support, board members better prepared to advocate for the work, and a fundraising approach tied to the program.
How an engagement begins
01
Bring the question you need to resolve.
An institution names the ambition or problem.
02
Initial conversation.
You and Freedome discuss what is at stake, who needs to be involved, and whether to begin with Jupiter.
03
Written scope.
Before work begins, the client receives the intended outcome, people involved, approach, timing, decision points, fee, and boundaries.
Begin
A first conversation about the work or decision ahead. What the work is for is set out in Communal Joy.
Start the conversation →“With him alongside, something as scary as change can be both effortless and maximum.”
