Spotlight On: Regenerative Artists

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Written By Toby Israel

Celebrating Creativity

Common Ground Ensemble is a platform for deep human connection and cooperation—a curated network of talented individuals whose diverse perspectives and capabilities converge to create meaningful change. Our Summit brings together outstanding people who might never otherwise meet, fostering an atmosphere of trust where extraordinary collaborations emerge and flourish.

Within our ecosystem, we celebrate both individual brilliance and collective wisdom, recognizing that transformative change requires both personal vision and unified action. Like a rhizome, our network grows through organic interconnection, with each node strengthening the whole through reciprocal relationships and shared purpose.

We are cultivating a new paradigm of belonging—one where co-creation is the natural order, where stories that need to be told find their voice, and where human talent and passion are amplified through genuine connection. Our community supports both business ventures and personal projects, providing fertile ground for initiatives that contribute to systemic regeneration and social transformation.

We are proud to shine a light on a few of the talented creatives in our community, as well as some of the stories and creations our participants brought into being.

Spotlight on: Anna Wittenberg

Anna Wittenberg is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Working with video, sculpture, and drawing, her work explores human and animal bodies, subjectivity, and material cultural mores with an interest in thinking anew our relationships with both living and nonliving entities that share our world.

At Common Ground Summit 2024, In Community With Place, Anna will be presenting three videos excerpted from past exhibitions: Pierrot in the Air Horn, 2023, The Ruminant, 2021 and Squarefoot, 2020.

Spotlight on: Andrew Huston

Andrew Huston is a painter who lives and works in Venice, Italy. He received his MFA from Sydney College of Art, Australia and BA from Parsons School of Design, Paris. =

Huston has shown and collaborated with many artist-run spaces in Europe, the United States and Australia. From 2006 to 2020 he ran the artist residency foundation Non Objectif Sud in Tulette, France.

Spotlight on: Stephen Dean

Stephen Dean, regenerative artist, common ground summit

Stephen Dean is a French American artist based in New York City. His time-based works, installations and watercolors summon physiological and anthropological approaches to color. Often working from existing forms or events, Dean focuses on the immediacy of color and its ability to precede language and cultural codes.

Stephen will be presenting a selection of video works on his investigations in color with Pulse and a new work from his installation in Saint-Denis.

Spotlight on: Books

The depth and breadth of creativity within our community is beautifully expressed through the works of our participants, as evidenced by these recently published books:

Common Ground Summit 2024 is an invitation to step Into Community with Place with us, celebrate connection, and discover the power of the collective.

Stay tuned for more creative inspiration during the Common Ground Summit!

Common Ground Summit is an immersive gathering designed to change the way you approach connection to place. Join us for a 3-day regenerative leadership summit featuring curated conversations, authentic experiences, ridiculously good food and meaningful relationships.

Toby Israel
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