When FLOCK opened our doors 7 years ago my vision was to create an artistic home for more than just myself, driven by the belief that plural artistic identities would foster more than I could alone. I desired a place where rigorous exploration and research in our vast field would take root and allow those who choose to be FLOCK members to find new pathways, where they could be inspired, where they could to go deeper with their artistic practices and where they could be experimental in their ideas.
I wanted FLOCK to hold workshops that had not landed in Portland yet, ideas that did not have a home and/or dance artists that were from out of town. And I wanted all of this to be done via a model that did not ask of me to be an arts administrator alone, where I could also attend to my own artistic endeavors.
FLOCK started as an experiment and continues to be ever evolving. I can truly say that so much of the success of FLOCK is because you showed up. You said yes. Simultaneously with these past 7 years to reflect on, I sense where I fall short, where FLOCK has room to grow. Through FLOCK I have always felt a huge responsibility to serve the community as best I can. I know that for FLOCK to be at its full potential I need not do this alone.
For the past many months a leadership team has been gathering around FLOCK. The new Leadership Team will usher us into our new space and continue to lead FLOCK into the future. This will help support FLOCK examine and reshape the ways that we nurture and support the art and artists that we serve.
We are so close to raising enough funds to move our floor and help build-out our new space.
It is with great admiration and respect that I share with you FLOCK's new leadership team and sign off as Artistic Director of FLOCK. We move into the future together....
Warmly,
Tahni Holt
FLOCK Leadership Team