Wing Young Huie Photography

Explore how Wing Young Huie’s many photographic projects document and address socio-economic and cultural realities of American society.See the Profile

Participatory Art-Making and Civic Engagement

Learn how organizations are using participatory art-making to promote community involvement in urban planner Ferdinand Lewis' trend paper written on behalf of the Music Center/Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles.Read the paper

Art + Economic Justice Special Collection

Discover how artists and arts organizations are engaging with current economic issues and perspectives on heightened social inequity in this Special Collection of featured projects, organizations, and artist Profiles. See the collection

EVALUATION IN ACTION! Webinars

What difference are we making? How can we tell our story better? Don’t miss Animating Democracy’s four webinars tackling common evaluation challenges artists, arts organizations, and their community partners face. Watch the webinars

Featured Activities and Resources

Assessing Creative Media’s Social Impact

Explore film as an agent of social involvement through documentary films that have inspired discourse and change in Diana Barrett and Sheila Leddy’s article. more >>
Arts & Social Change Mapping Initiative

Highlights the spectrum of ways the arts are making change. Check out the LANDSCAPE to find artists, change agents, funders, and more! more >>
Playing for the Public Good

Discover how the arts can be a tool for engaging the public in government and community planning through this Trend Paper by Jon Catherwood-Ginn and Bob Leonard. more >>
Making Measures Work for You: Outcomes and Evaluation

Grantmakers, explore this guide on outcomes-based evaluation published by Grantcraft. more >>
Evaluation Tools for Racial Equality

A website packed with resources specifically to help you assess effectiveness of initiatives focused on race and racial equity. more >>
Critical Perspectives

An experiment in multi-voiced writing, this bestselling book of 12 essays deepens understanding of arts-based dialogue work through the engagement of writers from a variety of backgrounds. more >>