Imagination and creative practice belong in how we live together and shape our shared future We hear it across the creative world. Theatre will lead us forward. Music brings us together. Dance reconnects us. Visual art gives us community and hope. Architecture and design shape how we live. Behind these expressions is a shared conviction:…
What would it mean for a museum to act not simply as a place people visit, but as a place where people help shape cultural and civic life? In “Cultural citizenship through museums’ place-based public programmes,” Lucrezia Gigante draws on research involving 21 interviews and ten cultural organizations in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, and…
Cartooning for Peace is an international network of editorial cartoonists who use humor and visual commentary to defend freedom of expression, human rights, democracy, and respect among people of different cultures and beliefs. The organization grew out of a 2006 gathering convened by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and French editorial cartoonist Plantu following…
Arts activism, sometimes called artivism, uses creativity to advance social change. Res Creativa asks a different question: How can creativity change our ability to live together? This is an inquiry into what becomes possible when we place creativity before crisis, rather than summoning it only after events have been set in motion. When It Comes…