Sympoiesis is a simple word: it means ‘making-with.’ Nothing makes itself… Sympoiesis is a word proper to complex, dynamic, response, situated, historical systems. It is a word for worlding-with, in company.

Donna Haraway

sympoiesis studio draws on this worlding-with, through creative praxis, where theory and practice come together through words, clay, water, fire, and ritual

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dani austin

dani austin (they/them) is a queer, disabled, anti-Zionist Jew with Eastern European, German, Cherokee, and Irish ancestral lineages. They are a poet, ceramicist, and co-founder of Conspire Studio, where they offer creative process sessions and one-on-one creative project support. They are from Northern Arizona and have lived in Appalachia the last several years.

dani has a master’s degree in Sustainable Communities, a bachelor’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies, and a background in facilitating, teaching, and community organizing. Their poetry has been published in MAYDAY, and they have received support from Brooklyn Poets.