Confluence Creative Collective | Membership Overview

The Confluence Creative Collective is a space for artists, writers, and creatives who want to work together in ways that are intentional, supportive, and sustainable. We are not here to compete or to go it alone, we are here to build something that lasts, together.

This collective is both a creative community and a professional team. Members are encouraged to bring their own clients and projects into the collective, where we can share skills, ideas, and resources. Instead of carrying the weight of projects on your own, you have a network of people who understand your work, can step in to support, and who want to see you succeed.

The goal is financial independence, creative freedom, and community care. By pooling our skills and resources, we can strengthen each other’s work, serve clients with more depth, and reinvest what we earn back into each other, the collective, community, artists, causes, and projects that matter to us.

What Members Receive

• Access to collective projects, exhibitions, and publications (such as the Confluence Chronicles and the Artist of the Month Program).

• Opportunities for mentorship, feedback, and creative collaboration.

• Support with branding, storytelling, and design.

• A supportive network of creatives who want to see you succeed.

• Opportunities to join both volunteer projects and paid collaborations.

• A professional team to lean on when working with your own clients.

• Tools, subscriptions, tech support, and other resources. 

• Collective features in exhibitions, publications, and community storytelling.

• A space where your work and voice are valued, without having to fit into a box.

• A network of like-minded creatives who value authenticity, purpose, and community-driven work.

• Recognition and inclusion in collective exhibitions, features, and outreach efforts.

What We Look For:

• People who believe in collaboration and mutual support.

• Artists and creatives of all kinds: writers, photographers, designers, storytellers, muralists, strategists, filmmakers, sound engineers, content managers, project managers, website designers, accountants, and other creators.

• A willingness to both give and receive support: sharing your skills when needed, and leaning on others when you need help.

• An openness to community projects and paid client work alike.

• A genuine care for others and a desire to grow alongside a team.

• The willingness to learn and improve communication skills and conflict-resolution skills as a community and team. 

What Members Contribute

• Collaboration & Participation: Engage in at least one collective project, client collaboration, or community initiative each year.

• Mutual Support: Celebrate and uplift the work of fellow members through feedback, referrals, and shared opportunities.

• Professional Contribution: Bring your skills into collective projects, whether creative (art, writing, design, photography) or operational (strategy, project management, outreach).

• Client Engagement: Members are encouraged to bring their own paying clients into the collective, where projects can be supported by a network of trusted peers. This ensures higher quality outcomes for clients while reducing burnout for individual creatives.

• Collective Stewardship: Contribute to the sustainability of the collective by supporting its growth, whether through time, talent, or reinvestment of client-based income.

• Community Care: Uphold the values of respect, inclusivity, and care in all interactions.

• Creative Contribution: Contribute ideas, content, or skills that align with ongoing projects (e.g., photography, design, storytelling, grant research, event support).

• Sustainability: Help ensure the collective remains sustainable by taking our time and planning things with long-term viability in mind.

Cooperative Spirit

The Confluence Creative Collective exists to remind us that we don’t have to do this alone. Together we can create the kind of work we care about, build financial independence, and give back to the world around us. 

Membership is not transactional, it is relational. We are not structured as a hierarchy but as a collective, where every voice has value. Members contribute what they can, when they can, and in return, receive the support of a community that understands the challenges and joys of being a creative in today’s world.

Changing the Status Quo

As members of this collective, we are also working toward changing the way business and community care operate. We are not driven by hustle culture, reactive timelines, or profit for profit’s sake. We are committed to long-term, sustainable growth, planning carefully, sharing the load, and creating strategies that allow us to manage our time well, deliver high-quality work, and still have the freedom to invest in our creativity, our families, our health, and our lives.

This collective is intentionally designed to welcome and accommodate neurodivergent, autistic, and disabled creators whose talents often do not fit into rigid, traditional work environments. Many of us live with chronic illnesses or challenges that make “standard” workplaces unsustainable, and lead to burnout. Here, health always comes first. We value innovation, adaptation, and consideration, and we are determined to test out new ways of working that break free from exploitative, capitalist models and instead provide true financial freedom.

We don’t measure worth by hours worked, but by communities strengthened, lives impacted, and stories told. Together, we set our own timelines, collaborate intentionally, and redefine what success can look like when people put care, creativity, and community at the center.