NATIONAL OPERA CENTER OF AMERICA'S INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC PRACTICE
Without shared spaces to bridge divides, develop empathy and be pushed beyond the comfort zones of personalized news feeds, democracy will break down. The National Opera Center America lays out it's civic practice responsibilities.

PUBLIC ARTS RESOURCES CENTER (AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS)
Are you interested in calls for artists in your area? Or are you an administer looking for professional development opportunities? Maybe you are a field partner just interested in the basics? This tool will show you exactly what you are looking for. The Public Art Resource Center (PARC) is your online portal to find tools, resources, and opportunities tailored to your role and needs in the public art field.

ALLIANCE FOR ARTIST COMMUNITIES SOCIAL PRACTICE TOOLKIT
This is a living toolkit for social-practice residency programs and will continue to add to this online library over time. Resources within each category include guides for residency programs, 10 Tips for Artist Residency Directors, 10 Tips for Community Partners Residency, Case Studies, and Sample Documents for Residency Programs.

MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Helicon Collaborative, supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, began this research in 2015 in order to contribute to the ongoing conversation on “socially engaged art.” Their goal was to make this important realm of artmaking more visible and legible to both practitioners and funders in order to enhance effective practice and expand resources to support it.

CREATIVE EXCHANGE TOOLKITS
Loads of Practical toolkits from artists and art organizations for creative, artist-led community projects and programs. Meet the people around the country who are using their art, creativity and connections to shape their communities.

RURAL PLACEMAKING: MAKING THE MOST OF CREATIVITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY (A RURAL VOICES ISSUE)
This issue of Rural Voices examines Creative Placemaking as it is practiced in rural communities. The term “creative placemaking” is only about a decade old, but rural community organizations have long taken on community-building endeavors that have included the arts. Creative placemaking offers the explicit recognition that arts and artists, when fully engaged with local stakeholders, are often a gel or a catalyst toward sustained community betterment and economic growth.

IN OUR BACKYARD (IOBY) WEBINARS
Is crowdfunding right for your neighborhood project? Check out these webinars from Ioby on how to crowd fund for anything from community gardens, community projects, racial justice and more.

ART & WELL-BEING: TOWARD A CULTURE OF HEALTH

THE NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL EXCHANGE
This series draws on the power of connection to bridge further conversation across the regions, sectors, and place-based philosophies that make the work of creative placemaking so essential to the future of our rural places. Roughly every three weeks, these Digital Exchanges offered an opportunity for folks to come together and engage with leaders working across the dynamic range of fields that compose the foundation of rural creative placemaking.

GUIDE FOR BUSINESS DISTRICTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS
A free guide for place managers to work with artists on creative placemaking projects. The guide was created for International Downtown Association by Springboard for the Arts from their experience working with artists and consulting on creative placemaking work across the country, the guide contains tools for partnership building between BIDs and artists, collaboration between community stakeholders, budgeting and project management.