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The Resource Centre provides a list of books, useful web sites, research papers and reports, that give the most recent information and examples of community engagement in the arts and other areas.
You can edit your reading to your interest by selecting your interest(s) from the list on your left.
This section will be frequently updated with new information when it becomes available.
The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual conversation held as part of the
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The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual session held as part of the ArtsEngage Learning Community in mid-December, 2020.
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The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual conversation held as part of the
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Here's an interesting article that addresses the question of whether attendance, as a measure of success, is still a helpful metric to museums.
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Arts for Social Change is an organization rooted in social, environmental, and political justice, designed to engage heads, hearts, and hands, and is a form of cultural democracy designed to nurture insight, exchange, and action.
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The Empathetic Museum is a concept supported by a group of museum professionals who “value and advocate for diversity of thought and authentic integration of empathy in museum practice.” While geared towards museums, their ideas and resources are highly useful for anyone in ar
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OF/BY/FOR ALL is an organization that "envision[s] a world in which all people are empowered to share their talents to strengthen their communities. Communities in which people feel safe, welcome, and connected to the strangers who cross their paths every day.
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This report offers an initial framework of key organizational characteristics for cultural institutions that are genuinely engaging participants who reflect their communities' changing demographics.
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Well-meaning organizations sometimes have a tendency to charge ahead with a community project without stopping to listen to what the community wants or needs.
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This article explores the community
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This article tells the inspiring story of the Next Stage Arts Project in Putney, Vermont. After the community came together to create an arts hub in a vacant historic church, an art project was created that focuses on community projects and creative placemaking:
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This series of studies from The Wallace Foundation explores building arts audiences and relationships with diverse communities.
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ArtBridges is a hub and forum for connection for anyone interesed in or active in community-engaged arts and arts for social change in Canada.
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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:
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The AHRC Cultural Value Project: Understanding the Value of Arts & Culture is an in-depth, three-year study to understand the value of the arts and the difference they make to individuals
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"This think-piece by Chrissie Tiller unearths and explores some of the complexities and challenges of sharing power, drawing on thinking from CPP directors, community managers and other team members, artists and project critical friends.
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This toolkit offers tips, tools, and case studies from Creative People and Places projects.
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