Check the Resources section for notes, photos and video documentation from At the Crossroads!

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED!

The Community Arts Training Institute (CAT) and the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) hosted the inaugural “At the Crossroads: A Community Arts & Development Convening” from March 25 – 27, 2010 in St. Louis.

Over 150 practitioners and their partners in arts based community development programs and collaborations convened for hands-on workshops, panels, presentations and provocative thinking.

At the Crossroads was funded by a grant from The Nathan Cummings Foundation and with support from the Whitaker Foundation, National City-Now part of PNC, and Incarnate Word Foundation.

Featured presenters included Bill Cleveland, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Art and Community in Seattle and author of Art & Upheaval: Artists on the World’s Frontlines and Arlene Goldbard, social activist from the San Francisco area and author of New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development.

We participated in three days of lively exchanges in an energetic learning environment where arts and community practitioners connected, collaborated and conversed.

The Convening was kicked off an Thursday, March 25, 2010 with a special pre-conference workshop from noon to 5 pm: “What Difference Are We Making? Assessing Social Impact of Arts for Community Change” with Marty Pottenger of the Arts in Equity Initiative in Portland, ME and Barbara Schaffer-Bacon and Pam Korza, the co-directors of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts.

See the Schedule to the right for entire Convening schedule of events. Please go to the Resources section for the full program, all the notes, photos, essays and video documentation.

For more information, go to the Contact section or contact the Convening coordinator Roseann Weiss, Director of the Community Arts Training Institute, roseann@stlrac.org