Case studies provide in-depth portraits and analyses of arts and civic engagement and dialogue projects, supported by Animating Democracy’s first phase of research and its recent Arts & Civic Engagement Impact Initiative. They offer detailed description of the civic issue addressed by the project, civic and cultural context, project goals, design, arts/humanities components, and artistic and engagement methodologies. Case studies also offer analysis of impact and extrapolate lessons learned and issues raised about the principles, practices, and philosophical underpinnings of arts- and humanities-based engagement work.
Identify case studies by creative discipline to view an abstract then click for the full case study in PDF form:
Theatre
- Arts Council of Greater Lima
Allen County Common Threads Theatre Project Case Study: Arts Council of Greater Lima by Sue Wood - Cornerstone Theater Company
The Faith-Based Theatre Cycle Case Study: Cornerstone Theater Company by Lynn Jeffries, Bill Rauch, Mark Valdez, and Caron Atlas - Dell' Arte International
The Dentalium Project Case Study: Dell' Arte by Kathie deNobriga - Flint Youth Theatre
...My Soul to Take by Sue Wood - Junebug Productions
The Color Line Project by Cheryl Yuen - New WORLD Theater
Project 2050 Case Study: New World Theater - Perseverance Theatre
Moby Dick by Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter DuBois, and Susan McInnis - San Diego REPertory Theater
Nuevo California: On the Border of Art and Civic Dialogue by Lynn E. Stern - Out North Contemporary Art House
Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern - Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)
Los Angeles Poverty Department by Maria Rosario Jackson and John Malpede
Music
- American Composers Orchestra
Coming to America: Immigrant Sounds/Immigrant Voices by Kim Chan - Wintergreen Performing Arts
Preserving the Rural Soundscape by Kathie deNobriga
Interdisciplinary
- Center for Cultural Exchange
African in Maine Case Study: Center for Cultural Exchange by Bau Graves, Juan Lado, and Patricia Romney - The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
Arte Es Vida Case Study: The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center by Graciela Sanchez with preface by Andrea Assaf - Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education
The Kamehameha I Statue Conservation Project Case Study: Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education by Pam Korza - Northern Lakes Center for the Arts
The Water Project by Cheryl Yuen - Out North Contemporary Art House
Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern - 1+1+1=ONE
Hip Hop Mental Health Project (HHMHP) by Suzanne Callahan and contributing writers Jane Jerardi and Caitlin Servilio with artist reflections by Rha Goddess - Tucson Pima Arts Council
Two-Way Mirror: Ethnography as a Way to Assess Civic Impact of Arts-Based Engagement in Tucson, AZ by Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D.
Public Art
- CEC Artslink
go_HOME: Exploring Issues of Exile and Displacement by Jeanne Pearlman
Humanities
- St. Augustine's Church, in collaboration with Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The Slave Galleries Restoration Project Case Study: St. Augustine's Episcopal Church and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum by Liz Ševčenko, Reverend Deacon Edgar W. Hopper, and Lisa Chice
Literature
- City Lore
Dialogic Poetry & The Poetry Dialogues Case Study: City Lore by Andrea Assaf
Visual Arts
- Henry Art Gallery
The Gene(sis) Project: A Laboratory for Arts-Based Civic Dialogue by Lynn E. Stern - MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
Public Faces, Private Lives: Making Visible Silicon Valley's Hybrid Heritage by Lynn E. Stern - The Andy Warhol Museum
The Warhol: Museum as Artist: Creative, Dialogic & Civic Practice by Jessica Gogan - The Jewish Museum
Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art Case Study: The Jewish Museum, New York City by Jeanne Pearlman
Dance
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: An Aesthetic of Inquiry, an Ethos of Dialogue by John Borstel - Urban Bush Women
The Hair Parties Project Case Study: Urban Bush Women by Caron Atlas - Out North Contemporary Art House
Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern
