Working Guide Trend Papers are a growing collection of new and extant papers by leaders in and chroniclers of the field. Papers offer snapshot descriptions of various types of arts for change work within the arts, community development, civic engagement, and social justice fields, as well as work focused on particular issues.
Microfest: Appalachia
Microfest: Democratic Arts in Appalachia's Coal Country
by Mark W. Kidd
A Community of Practice: NET Learning in Place
by Gerard Stropnicky
Creative Engagement and a Moral Economy in Appalachia
by Caron Atlas
Microfest: Detroit
Making Art, Making Detroit, Making a Difference
by Eddie B. Allen, Jr.
Re-imagining Revitalization: Thoughts on MicroFest: Detroit
by Michael Premo
Participatory Democracy
Participatory Art-Making and Civic Engagement
by Ferdinand Lewis
Playing for Good: The Arts in Planning and Government
by Jon Catherwood-Ginn and Bob Leonard
Arts-based Civic Engagement
by Pam Korza and Barbara Schaffer Bacon
Cultural Organizing: Experiences at the Intersection of Art and Activism
by Javiera Benavente with Rebecca Lena Richardson
Dance
Dance and Civic Engagement
by Paloma McGregor
Community Centered Arts & Culture
Folk and Traditional Arts and Social Change
by Betsy Peterson
Building Worlds Together: The Many Functions and Forms of Arts and Community Development
by Lyz Crane
Arts-based Community Development: Mapping the Terrain
by William Cleveland
Community Arts at Work Across the U.S.
by Linda Frye Burnham
The Spirit of Sovereignty Woven into the Fabric of Tribal Communities: Culture Bearers As Agents of Change
by Lori Pourier (Oglala Lakota)
Echoes of the Earth in Times of Climate Change: Native American Artists’ and Culture Bearers’ Knowledge and Perspectives
by Edward Wemytewa
Contemporary Art
Socially Engaged Contemporary Art
by Nato Thompson
Issues & Settings
Art in Service: Supporting the Military Community and Changing the Public Narrative
by Maranatha Bivens
Environmental Art
by Sam Bower
Immigration: Arts, Culture and Media 2010 / A Creative Change Report
by The Opportunity Agenda
Arts in Corrections
by Grady Hillman
Arts in Healthcare: 2009 State of the Field Report
by The Society for the Arts in Healthcare
History Organizations and Engagement
by Pam Korza and Barbara Schaffer Bacon with the Heritage Philadelphia Program
Publicly Engaged Scholarship in the Humanities, Arts, and Design
by Jamie Haft
Popular Culture
Popular Musicians as Allies in Social Change
by Erin Potts
Media for Creative Change: The Role of Popular Media in Advancing Social Change
by Sarah Ingersoll
Media Arts
Open Space Documentary
by Helen De Michiel
A Youth Media Agenda for Social Justice
by Diana Coryat
Media for Creative Change: The Role of Popular Media in Advancing Social Change
by Sarah Ingersoll
Youth
The All-Ages Music Movement: How It Impacts Culture, Civic Engagement, and Leadership
by Shannon Stewart
A Youth Media Agenda for Social Justice
by Diana Coryat
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