For the past 6 years, the Transmodern Festival has been the premier gathering of interactive and avant-garde art and performance.  The event serves to both highlight women and GLBT artists, and bring modern art—what is in many cases thought of as haughty, cerebral, and un-relatable—to the feet of everyday people and artists alike.  The thing that sets Transmodern apart from other art events is interactivity, the back and forth between artists and observers.  “If you go to a show and watch a band it’s a one way street, even if you go to a gallery and see a show its still a one

We are experiencing an unfamiliar design landscape that is drastically different from anything that we may have become accustomed to in recent decades. Fortunately, the current post-capitalism arena that we have entered challenges the irresponsible way of communicating through design.

The Forum Organizing Project is creating a national Community Forum network that seeks to revive community entertainment, education and connection. They organize resources, offer technical support, build partnerships with speakers and film distributors, and connect Forums with each other.

This past Saturday night, I was lucky enough to be a part of an amazing community event in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. Though their businesses approach social and environmental issues in very different ways, five unique endeavors came together for one really fun night, each contributing in their own ways and engaging with their community.