Art can play an influential role in understanding the diversity of history, context, and place to inspire empathy and change. This article addresses how one artist uses his work to create meaningful conversations about the historical and cultural importance in understanding diverse cultures. Click here to read more about the ways artists and their work can inspire social change.

 

Americans for the Arts founded National Arts and Humanities Month more than thirty years ago to recognize the importance of art and culture in America. Click here to learn more about the goals of this month-long celebration and ways you can get involved!

Creative placemaking is an integral part in fostering public arts and community engagement opportunities, and state arts agencies are a valuable resource in accomplishing this. In this article, Art Place America and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies collaborated to develop tools and strengthen the knowledge of practitioners to implement creative placemaking strategies in their local communities. Click Here to browse the different resources these two organizations compiled to communicate the importance of state arts agencies in influencing the public arts sector!

Art is a historical reminder of the past, serving as a vessel of communication about a person, place, or event. In this article, you can find 10 artworks created by Missouri artists who are no longer living. Click Here to better understand Missouri’s history through paintings, prints, and sculptures.

 

Cultural understanding is integral in our ability to empathize with diverse populations and the arts can be used as an educational tool. Research suggests that exposure to arts featuring marginalized people and groups can impact the publics opinion, cultivating an environment of equity and inclusion. This fact sheet provides data on the arts ability to create social change with programs, readings, and organizations who work to sustain it.