ABOUT CREATIVE RESPONSE
CREATIVE RESPONSE (CRN) is a coalition between cultural, performing and visual arts collectives, individuals, and organizations across the Greater New Orleans region. CRN was founded by Antenna, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and Junebug Productions in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as a network of 70+ arts and culture organizations, projects, collectives and individuals that worked together to provide direct support to artists. Today, CRN continues to respond to the current needs of the creative community by sharing resources and advocating for relief during times of crisis as a collaborative open network.
OUR MISSION Creative Response Network (CRN) collaboratively advocates and provides resources and direct support to the creative community in times of crisis and works to advance a more just and transformative ecology of equity and sustainability within the arts and cultural sectors of New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana.
OUR VISION To advocate for systematic change that supports economic sustainability and equity for artists and cultural-bearers.
HOW WE DO THIS WORK
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Collectively responding to the needs of the artistic and cultural community
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Centering the voices of the communities we serve to guide the work of CRN
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Creating systems that are humane and trust-based for artists, culture bearers, and creatives
OUR SHARED CORE VALUES ​
Equity
We acknowledge that inequities and injustice exist and are committed to leveraging power and resources to respond to and counteract systemic racism and any form of discrimination.
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​Non-Hierarchical Structures
We recognize many voices and encourage anyone aligned with this work to join and contribute.
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Coalitions
We work across artistic and cultural sectors and industries in support of the creative ecology because a just world requires all of us.
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Transparency
Our work happens openly and publicly. We share our collective resources, systems, and processes through thoughtful partnership.