"The Gift” is a meditation on the ways in which Art can allow us to reimagine new currencies of exchange, where narratives of scarcity and competition are rejected and thriving for all is possible.

In relationships of exchange, the most generative and healthy iterations tend to be connections of reciprocity—mutually beneficial for all parties involved.

Yet to be really truly generous, requires us to give without expectations of receiving back.

Though our capitalist society touts individualism and defines value through monetary quantification, a gift economy functions through the ethic of reciprocity and interconnection—perhaps even a little interdependence.

Participating artists Bread + Puppet Theater, Lunaz, Rebecca Nava Soto, and Michael Thompson contribute gestures of care and concern, as a way to demonstrate how generously giving can lead to communal networks of supported individuals.