Reading Room: Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way
arts and culture organizations must understand themselves not as arbiters of taste, but as creative homes for the people. They must be places driven by artists, culture bearers, philosophers, and activists. They must be platforms for cultivating public imagination; building thick and diverse networks; convening across differences and sectors; and incubating breakthrough ideas that stick, because they spring from communities that come together to embrace truth, honor diversity, and poetically pursue freedom.
By Deborah Cullinan
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Link: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/civic_engagement_why_cultural_institutions_must_lead_the_way