CIRCUL CIRCUL

The Creative Culture Convergence

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Culture is Civic
Infrastructure.

Bringing together the creative minds of the Bay Area to shape the next era of society.

The CIRCUL Ecosystem

Four pillars. One living system.

Festival, Labs, Commons, and Fellowship form a connected cycle that turns cultural energy into civic infrastructure.

Festival

Annual Gathering

Labs

Experiments & Prototypes

Commons

Ongoing Exchange

Fellowship

Cultural Leadership

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Festival

Annual Gathering

A four-day cultural convergence in the Bay Area.

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Labs

Experiments & Prototypes

Collaborative artistic and civic experiments.

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Commons

Year-Round Community

Salons, working groups, and ongoing exchange.

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Fellowship

Cultural Leadership

Investing in the next generation of cultural stewards.

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Voices from organizations including

Our advisors are leaders affiliated with the institutions below. Listings reflect personal involvement, not institutional endorsement.

Burning Man ProjectThe Long Now FoundationGray Area Foundation for the ArtsCommunity Arts Stabilization TrustIlluminateIgnite TalksTechCrunchSignalFireSalesforceMighty PREnjoy The WorkThe Music District

The Leadership & Advisory Circle

Cultural stewards guiding the convergence.

CH

Charley Hasenbeck

CIRCUL

JL

John Law

Cacophony Society

MG

Marian Goodell

Burning Man Project

BF

Brady Forrest

Ignite Talks

AR

Alexander Rose

The Long Now Foundation

PH

Peter Hirshberg

Gray Area Foundation for the Arts

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The Next Gathering

A four-day convergence in
the Bay Area.

Talks, salons, and co-creation labs with artists, technologists, civic innovators, and cultural leaders.

When
TBA · 2026
Where
San Francisco Bay Area

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Culture is the infrastructure we build for a more imaginative, connected society. Collaborative creating connects us to something greater.

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