CAUX, CH — The 2026 Caux Arts and Peace Encounters brought artists, peacebuilders, policymakers and academics together in what organizers describe as a “living laboratory.” Rather than holding another conference about peace, participants experiment with how creativity, empathy and imagination can actually change peacebuilding practice. The program explicitly puts diplomats in situations where they learn…
NAIROBI, KE — ForumCiv brought together 20 artists from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania for its first joint East African Artivism Fellowship. Participants worked on civic storytelling, systems thinking, legal awareness, digital activism and safety, then created projects addressing police brutality, disability inclusion, gender violence, food sovereignty, land rights and statelessness. More than 600 people applied.…
Evaluation and Creative Practice: Research on evaluation practice in Australian creative organisations is a study prepared for Creative Australia by Aden Date. Released Sep. 2, 2026, this research provides interviews and case studies showing that effective evaluation often grows from practices artists are already using: reflection, storytelling, creative listening, audience feedback, and iterative adaptation. Its…