OVERVIEW

At its core, the Arcata is a modern guild for scholars, creatives, and entrepreneurs to engage in mutually beneficial projects promoting cultural excellence and local flourishing. To that end, the Arcata is cultivating ongoing partnerships with thinkers, leaders, and subject matter experts who possess unusual competence, common sense, and courage.

As a collaborator in the Arcata cause, you may have the opportunity to work with one pillar of the Arcata, or all three. Collaborations can be summarized under the following three headings:

(1) Salon Speakers: Salon events are social, conversational, and communal. Our speakers, drawing from deep knowledge and real-world experience, assist us in enlightening, edifying, and entertaining our guests. This is accomplished by offering uniquely sound perspectives on culture, politics, economics, and technology.

(2) Collegium Instructors: Collegium courses are structured, dialectical, and accessible. Our instructors are charged with cultivating personal, intellectual, and vocational excellence with a motivated group of students in a local venue (or over livestream). Most courses focus on the humanities, but we are open to considering a broad range of disciplines.

(3) Atelier Practitioners: Atelier practitioners work with small regional enterprises to solve commercial, creative, and cultural challenges. Our curated, high-trust network of practitioners assist our mission of local flourishing by leveraging their skillset to benefit real businesses that support real livelihoods. Engagements may include such fields as business strategy, mission and vision, AI utilization, copywriting, marketing, and more.