Theater of the Liberated performance cast, credit: Hester Street
Municipal-Artist Partnerships are collaborations between local governments and artists that use creative processes to rethink and improve spaces and systems for their communities. To support growing interest in these collaborations, this new practical resource was created by A Blade of Grass and Animating Democracy.
Read MoreThe Global Justice Institute (GJI) is a hub for training, development, and convening at El Puente–realized through a process of codifying El Puenteʼs 35 years of pedagogy and methodology of nurturing leaders for peace and justice.
Read MoreCreative Placemaking from the Community Up is a national cohort that has included NOCD-NY, LA Commons, Kentucky Cultural Organizing Alliance, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, Arts & Democracy, and the Oakland Cultural Affairs Office.
Read MoreOn Thurs, March 28th, 2018, NOCD-NY and Arts & Democracy hosted a webinar on different approaches to grounding equity commitments through training, program design, and day-to-day practices—from both community-based and public sector perspectives.
Read MoreOn March 14, 2019, No Longer Empty, Arts & Democracy, and NOCD-NY hosted a webinar with artists and cultural organizers from Chicago, IL, Douglas, AZ and New York, NY who are actively working to envision a life of dignity for immigrants, detainees and prisoners, and individuals who have been violated and rendered invisible. Y
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