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Kristine Leslie (she/they) of Consult with Kristine (we/us/ours) is a social practice artist and creative wellnesspreneur, as well as facilitator of ASE ACADEMY. Consult with Kristine is an inter-/multi-/trans-disciplinary practice centered on—and a practice of—capacity, community, coalition, and field building through and within the visual/fine, performing, performance, literary, healing, liberatory, maintenance, experiential, and social practice arts and crafts. ASE ACADEMY is an Arts Ecosystem-Based Learning Lab informed by Kristine's Rest, Joy, and Justice framework. This practice officiates the marriage between our creative and care ecologies.
ASE ACADEMY's curriculum covers the arts and data ecosystems, cultures of consent, social and solidarity economics, and care ecology frameworks within a cooperative learning community structure, professional development, and continuing education.
ASE ACADEMY's curriculum is emergent, malleable, alive...As it stands, the curriculum is best suited for folks who are artist-entrepreneur/post-secondary/emerging professional, however, the curriculum is intended to be age-agnostic, in order to foster age-inclusivity.
The internship/mentorship currently runs on a semester model (14 to 15 weeks) and culminates in an applied community building project, but the timeframe is flexible. The time boundness of the experiment depends on the space available, place constructed, and needs of participants involved.
We also value radical transparency. This position does not currently offer financial compensation. We are actively grant-seeking in the hopes of transitioning our model from an internship/mentorship into a fellowship. Our grant database is available to review by request of any community member. We know that social capital is more valuable than human capital and we know arts and care workers deserve to get paid! (We also cover alternative economics in the syllabus .)
We collaborate with fellow artists, organizers, and allies ready to co-create a more just and sustainable present and future. Our community centers Disabled, Chronically Ill, Mad, and Neurodivergent (DCIMND) arts, culture, and care workers alongside Queer, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (2SLGBTQIAPK+BIPOC) practitioners.
ASE ACADEMY 4-Part Process
ASE ACADEMY 4-Part Process
PART 1: UNDER CONSIDERATION (Date Zero + Vetting)
PART 1: UNDER CONSIDERATION (Date Zero + Vetting)
Exploring mutual fit; Negotiation before play
Date Zero: Initial contact, 20-minute discovery call
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Vetting: If mutual fit, complete vetting form to assess alignment
Together, these equal: Are we going to do this? Do we want to play together?
Initial contact and 20-minute discovery call
Discuss needs, vision, alignment
If mutual fit, receive vetting form
Share relationship to Rest, Joy, Justice
Discuss readiness for cooperative learning community
Assess infrastructure and communication compatibility
Skill & Capacity Requirements
Skill & Capacity Requirements
Reliable Internet Access
A Personal Computing Device
Video Conferencing Capability
Access to Email
Commitment to Confidentiality
Openness to Embodied Practice
Capacity for Systemic Thought
PART 2: UNDER CONSIDERATION (Onboarding)
PART 2: UNDER CONSIDERATION (Onboarding)
Building the container/scene/dynamic together
Welcome packet, platform access, FAQ
Kickoff meeting
Co-creating community agreements
Establishing conflict engagement processes
Setting up the container
This is: How are we going to do this? What are our agreements? What does safety look like?
PART 3: IN RELATIONSHIP (Engagement)
PART 3: IN RELATIONSHIP (Engagement)
The 4-month semester—engaged in committed partnership, expanding relational landscapes (The actual scene/ongoing dynamic)
Educational Structure: Three-component model including:
Internship/Mentorship to Fellowship Program with compensated learning (stipended participants)
Professional Development workshops and Continuing Education course instruction
2e Tutoring peer mentoring services
Methodology: Competency-based curriculum delivered through:
Experiential learning (TESA game nights, healing movement)
Arts-centered outings and cultural engagement
Virtual and in-person hybrid format
Community accountability and peer review
Democratic governance by participants
Content Integration: Know-your-rights training, anti-surveillance awareness, social prescribing, cooperative development, data equity, algorithmic justice, and digital literacy woven throughout five core modules:
Arts & Health: Well-being, Social Prescribing & Healing
Accessibility, Inclusive Design & Digital Innovation
Arts Funding, Policy & Alternative Business Models
Arts, Culture, and Historical Preservation
Organizational Resilience, Professional Support & Community Building
The shift from "Under Construction" to "In Scene": You've moved from building agreements to actively living them. You're IN it—the committed partnership, the actual work, the relational depth.
PART 4: IN RELATIONSHIP (Aftercare)
PART 4: IN RELATIONSHIP (Aftercare)
Sustaining connection after the semester; Integration and sustaining connection, aftercare
Final Project: Disability Mentoring Day: A Workplace Wellness & Accessibility Expo for DMCIMND Arts, Culture, and Care Workers.
"Offboarding: What's Next?"
Proposed pipeline to cooperative membership
Sustained relationship beyond the formal container
ASE ACADEMY is an ideal fit for students studying at the intersection of creative practice, policy, data, and social justice. We encourage students with the following university majors to reach out:
Social Practice Art or Community Arts
Arts Administration or Arts Management
Disability Studies or Public Health
Public Policy or Nonprofit Management
Digital Humanities or Information Science (focusing on data equity/justice)
Cooperative Studies or fields focused on Social and Solidarity Economics
Performance Studies, Museum Studies, Creative Writing, or Urban Planning
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