Voice

Our formative research into the intersection of public values and arts, culture, and creativity, identified that the American public believes participating in creative experiences offers inspiring opportunities to engage and elevate diverse VOICES, including their own.

As you craft stories, messages, and programs that tap into this voice benefit, consider the following concepts that share how connecting through creative expression…

  • Expresses our unique identity, creativity and ideas

  • Honors and shares cultural heritage across generations and communities

  • Engages and elevates diverse voices and perspectives

  • Provides opportunities for us to experience and be inspired by the creative expression of others

 

News you can use

Access studies, trends, and new ideas related to VOICE and explore how organizations are thinking about arts, creativity, and culture as tools for hearing and sharing diverse perspectives.

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Family farms weave connections through barn quilts
Family farms weave connections through barn quilts

How the barn quilt became the largest grassroots public art movement in America.

Hooked on a Feeling
Hooked on a Feeling

How do we shape spaces that foster emotional connections?

Art + Technology as a Platform for Human Connection
Art + Technology as a Platform for Human Connection

Exciting opportunities to make art, organizations, and communities more responsive to diverse voices are popping of everywhere.

Let's Have a Conversation
Let's Have a Conversation

Holding space. Space for people across difference, beliefs, and backgrounds to have a conversation. That’s the simple premise behind a signature program of Oregon Humanities.

Teatro Vision: Embedding community voices in the artistic process
Teatro Vision: Embedding community voices in the artistic process

Process makes perfect. How crowdsourcing poems deepened Teatro Vision’s connection to their community.

Among First Nations Youth, Hip-Hop Is a Tool for Self-Expression and Cultural Preservation
Among First Nations Youth, Hip-Hop Is a Tool for Self-Expression and Cultural Preservation

Young people from First Nations communities across Canada are reflecting on issues that are important to them through hip-hop, thanks to a series of travelling workshops.

Making music, making friends
Making music, making friends

June 21 marked the 35th annual Make Music Day, a celebration of creativity, connection, and culture.

Time to dust off the old selfie stick
Time to dust off the old selfie stick

Proving that the times really are a changin', curators and artists must now contend with a new question as they create and exhibit art—is it selfie-worthy?

Worth a thousand words
Worth a thousand words

National Geographic asks, “How can the act of photographing, of making a portrait and then describing another person’s journey, help us to connect and learn?” 

Creating Connections in the Age of Contempt
Creating Connections in the Age of Contempt

Can we use creativity to create connections in an era of political discourse set on dehumanizing one another? Can we afford not to?

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