We are
Common Collective, a curatorial and exhibit design initiative bringing artists, businesses, and entities together while developing art experiences in atypical spaces.
What we do
We focus on providing opportunities to artists to present their work in professionally produced exhibitions that activate spaces, audiences, and human narratives.
How we do it
We develop, design, and produce pop-up, temporary exhibitions, and exhibition series that advocates for the arts, are accessible, visible, and mutually beneficial for artists and entities.
Why us
We work at a local level: believing in the great value of our local artists and communities, and the need to promote their livelihood in our region. Our approach reinforces our believe in sustainability: we look at the what, why, and how of spaces, audiences, and ideas that already exist and elevate it through effective design thinking and execution.
Our Team
Natalie Fulgencio-Turner
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Natalie Fulgencio-Turner has curated, developed, designed, and managed a variety of multi-cultural and multi-lingual exhibitions and experiences. Some of her curatorial work can be found at the museum of Art and Design at Miami-Dade College, where she worked with Cuban artists in exile; the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, with a look at self-taught artists in Jamaica; and the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis, connecting the historical and contemporary narratives of the African-Diaspora through mixed media art. Natalie’s practice has proceeded with a focus on sustainable partnerships and convivial experiences as can be seem in her exhibit design projects with the International Monetary Fund, community galleries of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, collaborations with local artists at the Arlington Arts Center, and atypical locations in the DC metro area through the Black Market Art initiative.
Marc Pekala
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Marc Pekala is an artist whose work remixes the typography and patterns found in the urban environment. Inspired by the forms and colors of functional signs, graffiti, concert posters,urban structures and urban decay, his paintings, murals, and collages communicate an abstract visual language mirroring the movement and musicality of the street. He holds a B.A. in Graphic Design from The American University, Washington, D.C. and attended the Yale University Program for Graphic Design in Brissago, Switzerland. Marc has worked as a graphic designer and art director for 25 years in Seattle and Washington, D.C. His art has been exhibited in Washington, Washington D.C., Virginia, and New York. Recently, he was awarded a large-scale mural project with the DC Public Library Foundation.