Members of the International Association of Blacks in Dance founders, Joan Myers Brown, Lulu Washington and Cleo Parker Robinson, talk about community and collaboration.
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.
Sometimes joining a new community can open up new, magical worlds that you never…
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…
Erin Salazar, an artist, muralist, seamstress, public art curator and Creative Community Fellow, shares what community means to her in this time lapse video.
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…
To me, to be part of these communities meant your pretty standard definition of “community.”…
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.
ArtPlace America also defines ‘community’ as inherently place-based in their 4 principles of successful creative…
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…
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…
The question of how an organization financially sustains a plastic baling twine recycling program in a rural community has been nagging me. Facilitating up-cycle exhibits featuring this material helps to raise awareness, but it doesn’t begin to address the problem.
Md. Harun Sheikh (father) and Sahara Md. Sheikh (daughter) who participated at “Doodle with Dad”…
Arts Advocacy Day is an important event, to be sure. The arts do matter. But, chances are if you’re reading this you’re likely already a believer. Therein lies the problem… or at the very least an opportunity.
Design thinking is an iterative process that helps you move from having a seed of an idea to a plan for experimenting on a small scale. Using design thinking, which is based in the scientific method, helps you question your assumptions and explore a wide range of possible solutions to the problem you are trying to solve.
This whole conversation began as a means to talk about creative placemaking. What is it?…
Connect. Connected. Connecting. Connection. Connector. This is what we heard when we asked our Creative…
We asked our Creative Community Fellows to talk about creative placemaking and the work they…
This week we will be featuring conversations with leaders working in communities. Laurelin Kruse and Rachel Reynolds Luster…
Mikel Ellcessor introduces the concept of Cultural Fluency as a means for establishing genuine community connections.
Editor’s note: Over the next two weeks, we’ll feature posts around the final convening of…
When a multi-year infrastructure project threatened to disrupt businesses and cut off neighborhoods along a six-mile stretch of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, the team at Springboard for the Arts saw a transformational opportunity. Their response was Irrigate, a creative placemaking initiative that mobilizes local artists to collaborate with businesses, organizations and community groups to “change the landscape of the corridor with color, art, surprise, creativity and fun.”
This post appears as part of the ARTSblog Emerging Leaders Blog Salon, in which emerging leaders…
The recent flurry of articles around the “failure” of the creative class to save our…
One of the most important responsibilities for any nonprofit is to understand how you can best leverage organizational assets to serve your mission and your constituents. But often, our assets alone aren’t plentiful enough to let us deliver on our mission with the level of impact we’d like.
Frederick Douglas once said “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken…
Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director of Ballet Hispanico, stresses the importance of art as a connector and being true to your mission.
Matías Tarnopolsky, Director of Cal Performances, arrived at a time when the organization faced substantial internal and external challenges. His response was to created the Fall Free for All – an open house of free music, dance and theater performances – that gave staff a chance to work together on a large-scale project and reconnect with the community in a meaningful way.
Watch the following video featuring Mikel Ellcessor, General Manager of WDET in Detroit and a…
Terence McFarland, LA Stage Alliance’s former CEO, has united a broad community in the search for understanding of the region’s audiences through a project called Arts Census. He and his team have broadening their service to welcome all arts disciplines. They are living their mission “to empower artists and engage audiences.”
Talking to Terrence McFarland about the Arts Census: a way to collect, analyze and access quality data no matter what size our budgets.
Deborah Cullinan, former Executive Director of Intersection for the Arts, shares the experience of becoming part of the 5M Project.
Video case story of Intersection for the Arts’ embrace of risk; an in-depth look at some of the challenges, lessons and triumphs of managing change
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