Mission
Founded in 1991, A Gathering of the Tribes provides a platform for diverse, traditionally under-represented artists and writers, amplifying the emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.
Tribes is also committed to honoring and memorializing our founder, Steve Cannon’s life and legacy.
History
A 501 C3 nonprofit arts organization, Tribes was founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 by blind poet, playwright, novelist, and retired professor, Steve Cannon.
Tribes is committed to honoring and memorializing Steve Cannon’s life and legacy. Our founder believed in the power of multiculturalism and interdisciplinary connections. This was the impetus for the creation of A Gathering of the Tribes. He provided a space that empowered artists and writers of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQ people, and people from diverse class backgrounds, to come together, bonded by a singular passion: love of the arts. He provided an open space for rigorous intellectual debate, and experimentation, the combination of which is the lifeblood of the arts.
Like our founder, we remain deeply committed to celebrating diversity and multiculturalism, which is apparent throughout every aspect of our programming. Tribes envisions a world where intellectual and creative endeavors are valued as much as labor and capital, and seeks to support artists of diversity and unique ability who may have otherwise been overlooked by mainstream institutions. We provide artists and writers with access to broader audiences, financial incentives to continue creating, and connection to a vibrant community.
AGOTT Board
Programs
Fly by Night Press, a subsidiary of A Gathering of the Tribes, publishes one a biennial art and literary Journal, Tribes Magazine.
From 1991 to 2018, Fly by Night Press published one to three books of poetry and fiction by emerging and debut authors.
Tribes Magazine Online publishes poetry, fiction, essays, literary and art reviews by diverse authors.
Tribes Magazine Online provides stipends to working authors for newly commissioned prose. We also promote the work of debut and emergiing authors through reviews of small and micro-press publications.
Tribes Fiscal Sponsorship Program provides low-threshold fiscal sponsorship opportunities to diverse artists, writers, and un-incorporated groups.
Tribes also sponsors select artist immigrant visas, via invitation.
Tribes Readings and Events provide a platform for, and promote traditionally under-represented authors of diversity, pairing emerging with established authors, allowing new authors to reach a more extensive audience. (Beginning in May, Tribes will host a Spotlight series, featuring select authors through virtual readings and talk-backs.)
AGOTT Staff
CONTACT US
EMAIL: INFO@TRIBES.ORG
MAIL:
A Gathering of the Tribes
P.O. Box 370456
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Numerous site photos by Nikki Johnson