VISION: The bARTer collective believes in reImagining the contemporary notion of exchange of currency for product or service. our action-based inquiries originate in a belief of every human needs to be actively creative and actively involved in their community.

MANIFESTO: The bARTer collective is a collective of artists, designers, educators, thought provokers, dreamers, service workers, and citizens who host a mobile exchange space. we trade ___________ for _____________. once we fill in the blankety blanks, we adapt our systemic platform to suit each happening.
The bARTer collective believes in reImagining the contemporary notion of exchange of currency for product or service. our action-based inquiries originate in a belief of every human needs to be actively creative and actively involved in their community.

Our motivation is driven by citizenship and the need to vitalize and contribute to our local community. our approach is to create dynamic situations that present alternative means of exchange where active creation gives way to goods and services. We would gladly trade the mass produced for blowing kisses and hand written notes.

dialogue + creative voice + action + social change = bARTer.

Flood Project – 2013 – Boulder, Colorado


The Flood Project was initiated as in 2013 after the devastating floods wiped out communities and left disrepair just a year after fires spread through the mountains in the foothills. The bARTer collective was invited into a series of temporary public art projects commissioned by BMoCA and the City of Boulder as a catalyst for community healing after the 2013 Colorado Floods. We went to communities across the front range and asked have you been effected by the flood? We focused in the prompt on recipes – asking people for recipes as an icebreaker, this led to food stories and meals that happened during the days people were stranded during the days of the floods. Throughout the year, people shared their stories and experiences about themselves and their neighbors during the disaster and afterwards.

Launched in October 2013, The Flood Project will continue through 2014.

After the year long collection, a local chef offered to cook and serve those meals as a fundraiser event to give back to the community and families who suffered from the floods. The collected recipes and stories served as placemats on the table and each guest was gifted a story to take home, we demonstrated our wheat pasting process and invited people to try at home like we placed posters across Boulder in collaboration with BMOCA & Library and Cultural Affairs, a spectacular evening!

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