Community Engagement Resources from Doug Borwick

Doug Borwick is a US-based artist, arts administrator, and leading advocate for community engagement in the arts. He has authored numerous useful resources on this subject:

ArtsEngaged.com: A thorough website containing articles and blogs on community engagement in the arts
Building Communities, Not Audiences: The Future of Arts in the United States (book, 2012)
Engage Now! A Guide to Making the Arts Indispensible (book, 2015)
Engaging Matters: An Arts Journal blog

Community engagement basics

Connecting with your community

Planning the project

Organizational buy-in

Shifting mindsets

Supporting healthier communities

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Nurturing Local Culture: Stories from Creative People and Places

The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual con

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Turning Engagement Patterns Upside Down

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Power Up

"This think-piece by Chrissie Tiller unearths and explores some of the complexities and challenges of sharing power, drawing on thinking

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Shared Decision-Making

This toolkit offers tips, tools, and case studies from Creative People and Places projects.

Why?

Dance Across The North

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Why?

Buddha

Why?

The Ontario Shebang

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