Join us Tuesday, November 10, at 6 pm, for a talk with with curator, author, and cultural organizer Nato Thompson. Thompson’s talk Making a Life of Art explores how artists build lives and communities around their work, from art and activism to DIY organizing and publishing, and what it means to sustain a creative practice outside conventional ideas of career and success.

Thompson’s visit is co-sponsored by MDOCS and the Tang Museum. It is free and open to the public.

About Nato Thompson

Nato Thompson is a curator, author, and cultural organizer whose work bridges contemporary art, politics, and culture. He is the founder of Dreaming in Public and co-founder of The Alternative Art School, a global platform connecting artists across generations and communities. From 2007 to 2017, he served as Chief Curator at Creative Time, where he organized major public art projects with artists including Kara Walker, Trevor Paglen, and Tania Bruguera. He is the author of Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century (Melville House, 2015) and Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life (Melville House, 2018). His forthcoming book, Making a Life of Art, considers precarity, care, and creative survival.