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Think TanksCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
NAVEL is a worker-self directed nonprofit organization and independent art space located in Downtown Los Angeles. Since its founding in 2018, it has served as a hub for artistic experimentation and community inquiry, offering infrastructure, operational support, and resource networks to artist-led organizations, small businesses, and emerging projects seeking to reshape creative economies. The organization operates within the think tank and arts space ecosystem, providing a neutral platform that facilitates collaboration and experimentation among its collaborators. NAVEL’s activities are rooted in supporting creative work and community-based inquiry, rather than pursuing conventional for-profit aims. Based in Los Angeles, NAVEL engages with a network of partners and initiatives to advance artistic and cultural projects. In recent years it has pursued collaborations such as partnerships with CultureHub and other organizations, signaling a role in convening artists, activists, and technologists to explore the future of creativity and culture. The organization is described as having a community-oriented focus, with a mission to provide the networks and infrastructure that enable artist-led initiatives to develop within the broader creative economy.