We are a national team of artists who believe that with the right approach, the same tools and capacities that artists use to make art can be utilized to transform systems and improve the impacts of government and community-driven efforts and programs.
Announcing New Leadership Circle
After a year-long collective re-design with artist-facilitators from across the United States, CPCP has expanded its leadership model from three core decision makers to a leadership circle of primarily practitioners of color.
What we believe, what moves us.
What we practice and prioritize.
About Civic Practice
CPCP bases its approach to collaboration on a framework we introduced in 2012. Civic Practice work refers to projects that bring artists, designers, culture makers, and heritage holders into collaboration and co-design with community partners and local residents around a community defined aspiration, challenge, or vision.
Works with organizations, systems, and networks outside the arts to integrate arts-based strategies into their efforts and visions.
Supports artist and community partner teams to explore and develop place-based civic practice projects.
Works with arts agencies to build local capacity for artist and community and municipal partnerships.
