S.O.Summit

S.O.Summit is a two-day convening of artists, researchers, educators and community practitioners exploring how creativity, community knowledge and collaboration can help people prepare for and respond to environmental and social challenges.The Summit responds to a present-future shaped by overlapping emergencies and emerging possibilities for adaptation, preparedness, and action.

Designed as a convening and laboratory, it brings together people working across art, climate, research, and community practice. Over two days, participants consider emergency preparedness amid increasing environmental, social, and infrastructural uncertainty. The summit foregrounds socially engaged art as a way to imagine, rehearse, and build cooperative models for the common good. It expands prevailing approaches to emergency preparedness by considering how artists and community-based practices contribute alongside more established planning and response efforts.