INSIDE ARTIST-MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS
Animating Democracy’s Inside Artist-Municipal Partnerships blog salon interviews innovators in the field of local government. 

BUILDING ARTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
The questions in this work kit provide a structure for developing and planning an arts and community partnership. The kit is intended to tease out assumptions that lie within the impulses for the project. 

TRANSFORMING THE TRANSPORTATION CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC PRACTICE
This paper examines an artist-led tour program initiated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), as a case study, to demonstrate one way contemporary artistic practices are strategically implemented to further community engagement, by extending the reach of existing, integrated artworks during a capital project’s operational phase. 

CIVIC ARTISTS PROJECT MAILING LIST
Artists have a vital role to play in government and now is the time. The Civic Artists Project mailing list is intended to keep you up-to-date about news, opportunities and critical thinking around embedding artists in government.

ARTSFUND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ARTS STUDY

MAGNETIZING NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH AMATEUR ARTS PERFORMANCE

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ARTS & CULTURE
The new edition of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Community Development Innovation Review explores an evolving era in community development that infuses art and cultural practice with that of community development organizations to help residents reclaim community identity, strengthen cultural resilience, and build power to shape neighborhood planning.

VOICES FROM THE FIELD: RURAL ORGANIZERS ON WHAT THEY NEED FROM FUNDERS
As a first step in establishing a framework and priorities, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work. From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the group’s role and intended impact in the landscape of rural organizing. Capturing the voices of organizers on the ground, the scan identified the following priorities: infrastructure and capacity, strategizing for impact, and anti-racist organizing.

ARTPLACE FIELD SCAN: CREATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION
This white paper frames the value of the arts and culture for advancing health and well-being in communities. It offers examples and recommendations for expanding cross-sector collaboration and innovation.

NAS
NAS supports individuals in the areas of leading change, partnerships, strategy and leading teams. Programs provide access to academia and opportunities, mixing skillsets and mindsets, broadening perspectives and networks, removing silos and opening doors, pushing boundaries and what’s possible. This fee-based training is customizable and offered across the US as well as remotely.