In the Nō with Mac Antigua of Imagine MKE
Nō Studios Organizational Member, Imagine MKE specializes in bringing together Milwaukee's leaders in the arts, business, and civic communities — guided by a shared agenda that is rooted in the belief that arts and culture have the power to transform Milwaukee. Imagine MKE believes that having our city’s artists and arts organizations at leadership tables and regarded as key partners will create a thriving, inclusive, and vibrant city where our friends and neighbors have a healthy and vibrant place to live, work, and create.
We met Mac Antigua, Imagine MKE's Senior Director of Collective Impact, in our space for a few quick questions.
What is your name, and what do you do?
Mac Antigua, Senior Director of Collective Impact at Imagine MKE.
What is your favorite part about what you do?
I love holding space for people to come together, and to find a way that they can make a powerful contribution towards making Milwaukee an arts driven city that’s inclusive and vibrant. It’s not just the artist’s or the creative’s job to do that, everybody has a role. My job at Imagine[MKE] is to create — either in real time meetings, or the overall architecture of engagements — support for people to do that.
What does Socialize with Purpose mean to you?
What ‘Socialize with Purpose’ means for me is that we are all wired with values that guide us — that are our north star. I imagine that when you say socialize, that when you’re with people, that that’s front and center. Not that I have to wear a sandwich board that has my values on it, but that we’re able to be vulnerable with each other, that we share what drives us, what inspires us, and hopefully that we act accordingly. I think that what ‘socialize’ means is that we’re willing to be public with it, or find places that affirm, or invite us to visit that — and maybe hold ourselves accountable, hopefully that we’re meeting our values.
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