AG 2025
ALUMNI GATHERING 2025
Bring it. We're all in.
Date / time / place
- October 22–25, 2025*
- All Day
- Los Angeles, CA
* full schedule below
About the Program
It’s artEquity’s 10th anniversary and we want to be in community with you! Join us for the 2025 Alumni Gathering in Los Angeles where it all started back in 2015. And it’s right on time!
It’s been a tumultuous start to the year. Deliberate attempts are being made to overwhelm us and instill fear in our communities. Our response? Bring it. We’re all in.
In the face of fear, we will move with intention. In the face of pushback, we will double down. In the face of crises and chaos, we will choose love and joy. And we will do that with you, our community. Let’s plan to gather in October and throw down because we won’t be silenced or erased!
So all you visionary change-makers, artist-activists, and community leaders, join us in Los Angeles to recharge your spirit, renew your sense of grounded defiance, and dream into a future of justice!
This year, the Alumni Gathering will consist of a four-day series of in-person convenings that will:
- provide an opportunity for us to (re)connect and recharge;
- center healing as our vibe;
- connect with local culture and artists/activists; and
- allow us to dream into a future of possibility.
Additionally, we invite all attendees who identify as People of Color, BIPOC, AAPI, MENASA, ALAANA, SWANA, Black/African American, Indigenous/Native, Latinx/Latine, or People of the Global Majority for a late morning / early afternoon of rest, relaxation, and affinity on October 22, 2025.
Join us as we honor the last 10 years of artEquity and forge the path for the next 10 years!
SCHEDULE:
October 22
WHERE WE GATHER, WE BEGIN
Wilfandel Club + St. Elmo
We open with warmth, joy, and collective ease. An afternoon BIPOC kickback and celebration of our reunion with games, art, good food, and story circles at the Wilfandel Club. In the evening, we welcome all participants to a dance floor calling your name at St. Elmo Village. We will ground in place and land, and set the frame for our time together in LA.
Meals Provided: We will provide a full lunch during the BIPOC gathering and light bites and mocktails during the reception.
October 23
WE ARRIVE WITH ALL THAT MADE US
Annenberg Community Beach House
We center legacy, identity, and origin stories. Join us for a ritual on the sand, shared meals, small group spaces, and storytelling prompts to lift up the superpowers that carry us forward.
Meals Provided: We will provide a light breakfast, a full lunch, plus snacks, coffee, and tea throughout the day.
October 24
WE DREAM IN WORLDS WE BUILD TOGETHER
La Plaza de la Raza
We imagine beyond what’s possible. A full day of collective worldbuilding, values-led design, solidarity economy visioning, and creative circuits led by your host team. In the evening, we open our doors to the public for an intimate community conversation with local artists, organizers, and leaders on belonging, disappearance, and the fight for home.
Meals Provided: We will provide a light breakfast, a full lunch, plus snacks, coffee, and tea throughout the day.
October 24 Public Event
Finding Ground in a Shifting World
La Plaza de la Raza
While the Alumni Gathering registration may be closed, we’re still eager to gather with you in person in Los Angeles! We’re excited to announce that we’ve created two moments that are free and open to the public—Finding Ground in a Shifting World and Leimert Park Offerings.
Join us at La Plaza de la Raza, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. PDT, to convene with local organizations and enjoy a community pop-up dinner available for purchase by Dear Mama LA!
Hang out with us for a while! After dinner, we’re amping up the community energy with Finding Ground in a Shifting World, an intimate conversation that brings together cultural workers, organizers, and artists across movements to share strategies that are working and how we can build power towards a shared freedom. We’ll hold space for the grief of what’s been lost and celebrate the love that endures. This conversation will begin at 7 p.m. PDT.
Please RSVP if you intend to join us, space is limited.
Can’t make it in person? Tune in from where you’re at! We’ve partnered up with HowlRound Theatre Commons to livestream this event. Access the livestream here.
October 25
PRACTICE IN THE PRESENT
Wilfandel Club + Leimert Park
We reflect and be in community. A morning of integration and personal reflection, followed by a public community-centered afternoon with Leimert Park’s local organizations, whose work sits at the intersection of art, activism, and mutual aid.
Meals Provided: We will provide a full breakfast. Lunch will be on your own in Leimert Park.
October 25 public event
LEIMERT PARK OFFERINGS
Leimert Park
While the Alumni Gathering registration may be closed, we’re still eager to gather with you in person in Los Angeles! We’re excited to announce that we’ve created two moments that are free and open to the public—Finding Ground in a Shifting World and Leimert Park Offerings.
Program Agenda
For more program info, click here.
Venue Announcement
We’re looking forward to visiting the following program venues:
Wilfandel Club
Founded in 1945 by Black women leaders, the Wilfandel Club is one of LA’s oldest African American women’s civic organizations, rooted in service, hospitality, and resistance.
St. Elmo Village
A vibrant artist enclave in Mid-City, it was founded in 1969 by Rozzell and Roderick Sykes to celebrate Black creativity, neighborhood pride, and radical imagination.
Annenberg Beach House
A public gathering space on Tongva land at the edge of the Pacific in Santa Monica; once a private estate, it is now a coastal commons.
La Plaza de la Raza
A cornerstone of Chicanx/Latinx arts and organizing in East LA, it is home to generations of cultural work, community education, and political movement.
Leimert Park
A historic South LA neighborhood, Leimert is where Black business, art, organizing, and everyday life intersect past, present, and future.
Thank You to Our Supporters
artEquity provides the tools, resources, and training to support the intersection of art and activism. Our work is made possible in part by the California Arts Council, the Dramatists Guild Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Getty Foundation, Barbara and Amos Hostetter, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the JKW Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, Venturous Theatre Fund of the Tides Foundation, and a growing community of individuals and organizations across the globe.