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The Resource Centre provides a list of books, useful web sites, research papers and reports, that give the most recent information and examples of community engagement in the arts and other areas.  

You can edit your reading to your interest by selecting your interest(s) from the list on your left. 

This section will be frequently updated with new information when it becomes available. 

The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual conversation held as part of the Continue Reading...
The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual conversation held as part of the Continue Reading...
The following is a summary of key learnings and resources from a virtual session held as part of the ArtsEngage Learning Community in mid-December, 2020. Continue Reading...
The link to the page below is a treasure trove of articles focusing on the role of the arts in post-crisis settings, found on Hill Strategies website (www.hillstrategies.com).  Continue Reading...
John Killacky, a long-term arts manager and now member of Vermont's House of Representatives, penned this wonderful article on the importance of integrating the arts into all aspects of community. Continue Reading...
This past October, Agenda Paris hosted their Communicating the Arts conference in Montreal. Communicating the Arts is an international conference for cultural leaders. Continue Reading...
The potential for positive connections between the arts and health/well-being are increasingly being recognized and explored. Continue Reading...
While written in 2012, Michael Rohd's article from Howlround rings true and relevant today. Continue Reading...
Animating Democracy has shared a collection of writings depicting the wide range of ways the arts make community, civic, and social change. We found these two resources particularly useful: Continue Reading...
There are many evolving conversations about how performing arts spaces can better serve society as a whole, not just those who have traditionally attended their shows. Here are a few articles to provoke further thought, both written by Lyn Gardner for The Guardian: Continue Reading...
This inspirational  article from Leah Sandals via the Culture Days blog explores two programs that address aging through the arts: Edmonton's GeriActors and Vancouver's Continue Reading...
In this webinar from Ontario Presents, community engagement consultant Annalee Adair and volunteer presenter Alyson Martin walk us through the process of executing a successful community engagement project. Continue Reading...
In this article The Guardian theatre critic Lynn Gardiner makes a compelling argument for the need for arts institutions to change the way that they relate to their communities, drawing on several examples of innovative British arts organizations: Continue Reading...
This article tells the inspiring story of the Next Stage Arts Project in Putney, Vermont. After the community came together to create an arts hub in a vacant historic church, an art project was created that focuses on community projects and creative placemaking: Continue Reading...
This article discusses Creative Commonwealth, a new program in Massachusetts that will increase arts-based community engagement programs across the state. Continue Reading...
This Community Foundations of Canada report argues for the effectiveness of the arts in creating a sense of community belonging- a sense that many Canadians do not currently feel. Continue Reading...
"From Community Supported Art in Canada to a New York project that stages work in laundromats, Laura Zabel looks at the ways in which artists and communities can pull together." From The Guardian, February 2015 Continue Reading...

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