News & Notes from Nat, events, & 2 Day Splinter Gayla Dec 20 & 21!
Beloveds members and supporters, If you’d like to skip my missives, please scroll down to read about upcoming offerings, including Splinter Collective’s 2 day Gala celebration on 12/20 and 12/21 and more! In person and virtual options! Communication. It’s a puzzle. I recently saw a beloved in Chicago. As we were catching up, I realized that they weren’t aware of Splinter or anything else that has been going on with my life for the last few years. I also realize ...
A note from our Founder
Hello! Nat (Natalie Brewster Nguyen) here, founder and ED of Splinter Collective. This year has been expansive to say the least. What I put in my dreaming-of-what’s-possible box in terms of funding, we managed to achieve already, in just 5 months. It’s amazing, and I’m so grateful to our sponsors, donors, grantors, and everyone who has believed in our vision. I also want to shout out the most incredible team of co-creators who are building this organization and vision with ...
Hello from 2022
Well friends, it’s been over 2 years since we posted here. Covid time is weird, and it didn’t feel like we had much to say for a while. We were shifting into managing the space, dealing with the pandemic, and waiting until such a time as we could open up. We had a soft opening Spring of 2021, and then a few wild and beautiful months in the fall of 2021 before Omicron. We kicked off our monthly poetry and ...
Corona update from Splinter Collective
Every email I write includes some line about how these are strange times. When I talk to a friend and one of us asks how the other is doing the answer is a universal shrug. It’s a strange time to be alive. A strange time to be an artist. A strange time to be in community. And a very strange time to take over a business that focuses on art and community. But that’s what I just did. My partner ...