- Acknowledging and challenging our inequities and working in partnership is how we will make change happen.
- Everyone deserves equitable access to a full, vibrant creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society.
- The transformative power of creativity, innate in all people, can be guided into activities that create lasting change.
- Art and culture can build empathy, create a sense of belonging, and activate the social imagination and civic agency needed to make real change.
- Teaching artists can help people come to know each other, to build trust and respect, to foster creative problem solving, and to change our collective story.
Community Engagement Lab
Our Purpose
We bring people of all ages together in projects that activate their creativity to imagine and build more just and thriving communities. We believe: