Field Notes — Gather & Go Deeper

On the calendar

What's coming up

Field Notes Sessions are intimate gatherings built around the question that started all of this. Field Trips take the methodology outside — into the city, the wild, whatever the day reveals.

May 27 2026

Field Notes Session No. 3

The Work Beneath the Work

A small-group gathering where you leave with language for the labor that never makes it into the job description.

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May 29 2026

Field Trip No. 1

In the Wild

The Field Notes methodology out of the room and into the open. Observation, conversation, and portrait work in real terrain.

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Jun 17 2026

Field Notes Session No. 4

The Work Beneath the Work

The same question. A different room. A new group of people finding language for what they carry.

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Jul 8 2026

Field Notes Session No. 5

The Work Beneath the Work

A summer gathering. The invisible labor doesn't take a break — and neither does the practice of naming it.

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Sep 26 2026

Field Notes LIVE · Bronxlandia, Hunts Point

The Human Record

A full-day gathering in the South Bronx. Large-format documentary portraits. Spoken Record audio. Facilitated conversation. A closing witness. 200–250 people, one room where the real work finally gets seen.

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Every way to go deeper

Support the work

Field Notes runs on patronage, paid subscriptions, and the people who decide the archive matters. Here is every way to be one of them.

Paid Subscription
$100 / year
Every Field Note delivered to you as it's made — portrait, Spoken Record, written reflection. The archive, building in real time.
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Advisory
$500 / hour
Fifteen years inside the rooms where real decisions happen — music, real estate, cultural policy, community strategy. For founders and leaders who need someone who can hold the complexity and tell them what they're actually looking at.
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Gift a Field Note Session
$2,500
Commission a full Field Notes portrait session for someone whose work deserves to be witnessed. Portrait, Spoken Record, written reflection — given to someone carrying more than anyone sees.
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The Patron Circle

For those who want to underwrite the archive itself — the Field Notes, the live event, and the cultural record this practice is building. Patronage is a bet on what gets remembered.

Story Patron
Underwrite one full Field Note. Behind-the-scenes session on how it was made. Recognition if desired.
Circle Patron
Underwrite three Field Notes. Two seats at Field Notes LIVE. Private Circle Patron dinner. Recognition in the annual archive.
Field Patron
Underwrite eight Field Notes. Co-curate a story theme. Four VIP seats at LIVE. Signed print set. Recognition at the NYC exhibit.
Legacy Patron
Underwrite an entire chapter — 20+ Field Notes. Prominent recognition at LIVE. Private studio visit. Framed portrait and collector's edition.

"When do you feel most like yourself?"

If something here is pulling at you — an event, a conversation, a collaboration — reach out. The work starts with one email.

hello@lindseylerner.com