As artists, we can sometimes feel beholden to expectations, deadlines, and “product”-based industries. Amid these realities, how do you nurture your art?

🐝 Pollinator Participant Spotlight: McKenzie Lauren Jones (she/her) (@grasswriter) Musician and Cooperative Developer #PollinatorCoop #Pollinator #Pollinator2026

We are humbled by @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social ’s recognition of Pollinator as a leading strategy in addressing structural problems within the Creative Labor sphere 💚 👉 www.dorisduke.org/news/doris-duke-foundation-announces-2026-artist-awards-and-new-grants-supporting-the-labor-of-making-art

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 cohorts for completing five weeks of intentional connection! We have been diligently reading through and digesting our participants’ feedback. Thank you for guiding and supporting us with your presence as we continue to build Pollinator! Stay tuned 🐝

Final week of our Spring 2026 cohorts! 🐝 We are learning an immense amount of what it means to practice connection in real time, and the skills and strengths we build from being in community. What does human-to-human intelligence spark for you?

🐝 Pollinator Participant Spotlight: Mario Andres Rodriguez (he, him) Co-Founder of Supermarket Gallery, Art Writer

Uncomfortable moments can be opportunities for growth, not failures. If you are a participant, head to your account at pollinator.coop/login and RSVP for the optional workshop on repair led by our mediator Martin Pettis (he/him). May 20th at 1pm ET. For Pollinator participants only.

Our Pollinator program begins this Friday! With over 400 cohorts and 3500 participants, our May 2026 program will gather interdisciplinary practitioners across art, design, technology, and social impact to connect and build mutual support 🐝