Arts and Culture Leadership for Social Change

Art and culture are powerful tools for the transformation of society and individuals: they sustain communities in resistance, provide powerful social critiques, expose audiences to multiple experiences and points of view and utilize collaboration, co-creation, dialogue, and exchange, to effect social change. In this course, students will learn how cultural institutions can become active agents in the work of social change. We will examine theories of movement building, explore case studies and develop advocacy, outreach, and program planning strategies for successful arts and social justice leadership.