ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers
Bill ClevelandCan your art help dismantle injustice, shift systems, or spark healing in places like homeless shelters, emergency rooms, or city planning meetings? If you’re passionate about making a real difference through creativity, ART IS CHANGE (formerly known as Change the Story / Change the World) is your front-row seat to the real-world impact of art and social change. Hosted by author, musician, and res... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 193 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ArtsSociety & Culture | |||
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What can happen when art carries people across a boundaries they rarely cross?
in 2019, a remarkable theater project brought together two very different communities: rural largely white Brussels, Illinois, and the predominantly Black St. Louis-area ... more
Tricia Rose Burt spent nearly fifteen years doing everything right — director of corporate communications, a career built inside Fidelity Investments and Harvard Business School, the whole stable, predictable life she was raised to want. Then a caree... more
What happens when a government decides that one
of the greatest threats to its future isn't an armed force
— but a cultural institution?
On July 4th, America's 250th birthday, the White House Domestic Policy Council released a 162-page report ac... more
A while back we shared the story of how Breaking Ice, a theater company working out of an arts based social service agency called Pillsbury House and Theater in Minneapolis, joined up with a large health care system in St. Louis to provide a powerful... more
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Well produced, good content and interdisciplinary.
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When I was in my 20s I used to read this magazine called Yes! as an antidote to all the bad news that was “The News. “ Art is Change is another antidote in a time it’s especially needed…full of inspiration, hope, courage and pragmatism!
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Wholehearted thank you to Mr. Cleveland for this archive of transformative practices.
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A globally minded series spotlighting activist artists and cultural organizers who drive social change through creativity. Episodes explore how art can catalyze democratic participation, healing, and cross‑sector collaboration in real-world settings—from schools and hospitals to city planning and public memory. Guests share practical strategies for building durable partnerships, embedding artistic practice in governance, and sustaining impact in challenging political climates. A standout throughline is art as a civic tool—not merely for display, but as a relational practice that fosters listening, care, and collective action across communities.
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