Why We Serve
Our Purpose: Mission, Vision, and Values; as well as our Diversity Pledge, and Acknowledging the Land we share.
Mission
To enhance life by producing awe and emboldening the truths not heard in life. We do this by providing platforms to project the light of creation from within our voice as a common people, and empower change through powerfully published community-driven multimedia storytelling.
Vision
We see a world where equity is defined above equality, where the lies of disparity are quelled with the lights cast from the help of our shadows within, and where people are connected to trust through the wonder we share with one another. We believe the path to do this is to advocate for and innovate how stories are told and sold with what we call a Hearth Mentality.
Values
Our Mission and Vision shared, it is enforced by these Values, concepts that form the foundation of our march onward into the ides of darkness as an artist commune and small art studio. We wade through these dark waters, held aloft by the people around who support us, and these ideals.
Imagination - Foster imagination through seeking awe.
Protagonism - You can only change the world if you are a part of it.
Inclusivity - Support historically marginalized voices with diversity & equity.
Agency - Our story is our greatest power.
Innovation - Small ideas can generate the greatest change.
Diversity Vow & Safety in Stories
Pantheon Arts Community Storytelling vows to include the voices of and serve as allies to those of all sexes, races, genders, sexualities, creeds, and conditions be they physical or mental.
Safety in storytelling is vital, and as a team with lived mental health illness and members of the Queer and Disability communities, we know the power of our story.
We all matter in this world, no matter the voices that may tell us otherwise.
Land Acknowledgement
Pantheon Arts Community Storytelling acknowledges the traditional homelands of many tribes, including the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla.
We also recognize the ongoing relationship between Indigenous peoples and the land, and understand that we are also citizens of this global community.
Why We Wright - our Oath
Stories have power, and they can influence change in reality. This is a truth shared by all art, and is known by tyrants and those who would oppress. That is why we wright, that is why we build with our lights of creation - to tell brighter stories and publish truths of those that might not be able to share their voice otherwise.
Those oppressors tell stories about the state of the world, stories about ‘the way things are’, and stories that try to define one from without. They overwhelm you with tides and ides of darkness that blanket your understanding of life, that make you think despair is already the victor.
So, we wright! We do this as a response to this fear of choice, the fear to connect, the fear to trust or engage. Polarized to stand for something different as people with lived experience of multiple complex traumas, as people who are or allies of gender non-conforming folks, as people with disabilities and depression, as those who wish to help others breathe easier and express.
We elect ourselves to create this hybrid commune of creators for creators. To grow this community and idea larger with our shared understanding that no matter what story we are told about the truth of the world - we are not alone in our idea to make reality a more equitable place.
Our purpose is to help you discover whatever being a creator means to you - and showing you others who walk down similar roads so you can know you are not alone.
Thank you Chronic Pain Project for the opportunity to share our story!
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!”