Arts & Civic Engagement: Policies and Actions for Strengthening the 21st Century Community
Originally recorded on March 11, 2009 (90 minutes)

The 2008 National Arts Policy Roundtable, an annual forum of Americans for the Arts and the Sundance Preserve, examined important and timely opportunities for the arts to promote civic engagement toward building healthy communities and a healthy democracy.  Learn what business, government, philanthropy, education, and arts leaders recommend in areas of cross-sector alliances, policies and investment, research and evaluation, and messaging and casemaking to ensure a vital civic role for the arts.

Presenters:

• Marian A. Godfrey, Senior Director, Culture Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Susan Patterson, Program Director, Charlotte, The Knight Foundation
• Barbara Schaffer-Bacon, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts
• Pam Korza, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts
• Marete Wester, Director of Arts Policy, Americans for the Arts

Available for free to both Americans for the Arts members and non-members.