Arts & Culture Innovations that improve the vibrancy of arts and culture in society
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Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way
Arts and culture organizations have the power to drive the cultural movement America needs to deliver democracy.
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Healing Through Hip-Hop
In the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, mental health professionals are using hip-hop culture to reach troubled youth.Latest
Dance Revolution
The Wooden Floor is licensing its successful model of using arts education to break the cycle of poverty.
Tend It Like Beckham
Vi-Ability uses football to get disengaged British youth interested in acquiring the skills and experience necessary to succeed.
Collaborative Fundraising
The Contributor Development Partnership is revitalizing public broadcasting with a fundraising model that can help other large nonprofits with local affiliates.
In Defense of Pet Causes
The effective altruism movement could be more effective if it encouraged adoption of its principles within causes and geographies, not just across them.
Two Countries, One Vision
From fraternity houses in the American Midwest to villages in rural India, Breakthrough is experimenting with novel approaches to reducing violence against women and girls.
Plugging Into the Past
An architecture firm is helping bring modern amenities to Beijing’s historical hutong courtyard homes with minimal disruption.
Radio for Good
National Prison Radio, run by inmates, reaches more than 60,000 prisoners in England and Wales—and aspires to better the lives of every single one.
Building Cultural Prosperity
What we can learn from cultural innovators, and why it’s important.
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Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
How a Venezuelan model of music education is bringing a sense of inclusion to children in immigrant communities in Denmark—and around the world.
Turning the Page
Four years ago, a Northern California bookstore reinvented itself as a hybrid social enterprise—and its story continues to unfold.
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Dance Revolution
The Wooden Floor is licensing its successful model of using arts education to break the cycle of poverty.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.
Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way
Arts and culture organizations have the power to drive the cultural movement America needs to deliver democracy.
Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument for a New Distinction
A look at the difference between cultural and social entrepreneurship.
Creating a Sharing Economy that Actually Shares
Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.