These are articles, essays and blog posts written by members of the NAS team and alumni of our programs.
Should I go to graduate school? Is there an online program I can do while…
In our last post of this series on community, Jordan Reeves shares his moving reflections…
Ready to dance? Taneisha Duggan shares her reflections on the power of community and invites…
How did the turtle cross the road? The answer according to Greg Milo: thanks to…
Laura Gisler shares a beautiful meditation on what community means to her through these drawings…
Naomi Even-Aberle introduces us to her community: her gym. She shares how impactful it can…
Jaclyn Roessel reflects on the first time she felt like a part of a community, when she was 12 years old and had her Kinaaldá ceremony, in which she became a woman and felt the kinship of not only her nuclear family, but a larger tapestry of community members.
What are the qualities of a rubber band? Flexibility: the ability to bend without breaking.…
Sometimes joining a new community can open up new, magical worlds that you never…
Dearest Sanctuaries, I deeply appreciate the love, compassion, and care with which you treat me.…
A patron, artist, writer and poet shares: Dear Carrack Gallery, I’d like to thank…
There are some very successful design researchers who routinely ask customers to write love notes or break up notes to their brands. This creative and fun approach can (often unwittingly) get powerful insight into the perceptions of customers.
I. Predicting the Unpredictable The former NEA Chair Rocco Landesman says he doesn’t see anything…
We talk about community a lot. The word gets thrown around so much that it…
I’ve been noticing a trend that many of my friends and colleagues will, after having…
It signifies change that helps individuals to visually express feelings and emotions, which are difficult…
The Reformed Protestant congregation hung 49 rainbow flags along the railing of the church in…
Our community was one of interest and history and the rural/urban exchange informed nearly all…
Torres Hodges, a musician and Creative Community Fellow describes what community means to him in an original song.
. When my grandmother’s twinkly eyes and warm, welcoming disposition disappeared along with her memories due…
Community, as a singular plurality, encompasses the people who, and places that I endear and…
Many arts organizations and artists have started these community supported art programs to showcase and support…
Some more open than others. Some with multiple communities inside of one another. Some where…
In all the work they do, Alternate ROOTS embraces these five principles of working in…
Be sure to travel to the many resources mentioned in the post and comments. Are…
An HBR article on the importance of strong leadership in guiding community building and the amazing things that can happen when a network transforms into a community.
Community building does too, according to this article on The Guardian. From mobilizing communities to…
Locality? Your Youtube Cat Video Appreciation community might have something to say about that. Distance…
The question of whether the arts can truly contribute to community building is still widely…
In this article, Lyz Crane, Deputy Director of ArtPlace America, dives into the field of arts-based community development – from the practitioner and researcher point of view.
Creative Community Fellows alumna, Jess Solomon and artist and director of Art at Work, Marty Pottenger, reflect on the increase of artists who work within communities, and on the unique role that art can play in strengthening and supporting communities.
In “A Model of Identity and Community“, David Pollard shares consultant Aaron Williamson’s definition of…
They also point out the complex nature of communities: “When a funder or evaluator looks…
Embracing failure is something I’ve worked very hard on in my life. When I first…
During 20 years of employment in organizations and companies, I rarely experienced failure to a…
When conducting recent audience research with colleagues last year, we were stricken to hear from…
When presented with this question of failure, I ask myself a lot of times who gets to fail and who doesn’t get to fail.
“Let’s run an experiment and see what happens.” I say these words at least twice…
Classically trained artists and performers are typically possessed of levels of discipline, rigor and tenacity…
Evaluation is not something that should merely be done by oneself, given that your reputation…
The above quote from Beckett’s penultimate novella has become a popular battle cry of enlightened…
It can be a difficult time of navigating emotions, goals, and setbacks. Now, picture how…
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