Community Call: Creating Communities for Creators with Victoria Dobbs
Artists, makers, performers, and other creatives have their own needs when it comes to shared spaces. We'll talk about challenges and solutions in designing spaces that can meet and adapt to those needs.
In 2010, Victoria Dobbs, a serial intentional-community co-creator, embarked on a mission to craft communal spaces tailored for artists. Specialising in co-living environments, Victoria, also a vocalist and immersive theatre producer, shares insights on designing spaces that meet the unique needs of creatives.
In this Life Itself Community Call, Victoria explores challenges and solutions in fostering creative collaboration, reducing tensions, and providing vital support for artists' careers. Learn about finding balance between creative pursuits and community life from Victoria, currently co-owner and community manager at Estate of Mind. She Covers:
- The unique challenges faced by creative individuals in intentional communities
- Innovative Collaboration Initiatives: creating a haunted house event with immersive theatre elements
- Strategies for organizing communal spaces and resolving conflicts
- Balancing artistic vision and community engagement
- Volunteer program dynamics and encouraging meaningful contributions that have a profound impact on the community
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The conversation
Artists, makers, performers, and other creatives have their own needs when it comes to shared spaces. We'll talk about challenges and solutions in designing spaces that can meet and adapt to those needs. The right environment has the ability to foster creative collaboration, reduce tensions, and provide the support and flexibility freelance artists need to pursue art as a career. We'll also talk about finding emotional and operational balance between one's creative craft, and one's community.
This conversation is part of a series of bi-monthly community calls hosted in the Life Itself online community if you would like to join future calls join us in our Whatsapp Community.
About Victoria Dobbs
Victoria Dobbs (she/her) is a serial intentional-community co-creator, who specializes in creating co-living spaces for creatives. She's also a vocalist, immersive theatre producer, and professional organizer with a specialization in communal environments, like makerspaces and co-living spaces, and a passion for helping artists set up functional studios where they can create in a way unencumbered by clutter. She's a co-owner and the community manager at Estate of Mind
