About

In the summer of 2024, through the Arts for EveryBody initiative, 18 cities and towns across the U.S. presented highly visible, participatory public art projects designed to strengthen community wellbeing. These projects were the product of 18 unique, scalable models for collaboration across the arts, health, and municipal sectors in communities with vastly different economic, social, racial and geographic experiences.

Before sunsetting as an initiative in 2025, Arts for EveryBody issued a call to action. From February 5-8th, leaders from all 18 sites came together for the first and only time to reflect on how their communities changed and inspired others across the U.S. to join in on the powerful work of cross-sector collaboration and community healing through artmaking.

Agenda

  • Welcome Reception and Art Gallery Opening (Cohort-only/closed session) 

    Pittman Gallery

    6:00 -8:00PM

  • (Cohort-only/closed session. Evening performance open to the public)

    Opening Plenary

    9:00 - 10:30AM

    Morning Sessions: Approaches to Change

    10:45 - 11:45AM

    • Working with Cities: Strengthening Cross-Sector Collaborations Across Your Municipality

    • Next Steps & New Structures: Social Prescribing and Beyond

    • Aesthetics of Change: How Artists Drive Impact in Community 

    Mini Sessions (Optional)

    12:00 - 12:30PM

    • Research Data Repository Orientation

    • Wellness Room

    • Chair Massages

    Lunch

    12:30 - 1:30PM

    Afternoon Sessions: Moving Your Work Forward

    1:45 - 2:45 PM

    • Building Coalition: Collaboration in the Room and Across the Local

    • Diversifying Resources: Advancing Local Initiatives

    • Telling Your Story: Community Voice and Narrative Change

    Mini-Sessions (Optional)

    2:45 - 3:30PM

    • Participatory Sculpting with Issis Kelly

    • Cyanotypes with Norma Dycus Pennycuff

    • Wellness Room

    Closing Plenary Session

    3:30 - 4:30PM

    Cohort Dinner

    6:00 - 7:00PM

    ONOP Night of Theater (Open to Public)

    Latino Cultural Center

    8:00 - 10:00PM

  • All events open to the public.

    Registration and Light Refreshments

    Statler Hotel

    8:30 - 9:30AM

    Opening Welcome

    9:30 - 9:45AM

    Morning Plenary: Where We Are & Where We’re Going: The Horizons for Policy and Culture

    9:45 - 10:45 AM

    Presentation of Research Findings

    10:45 - 11:15AM

    Morning Plenary: Bridges & Tunnels: New Infrastructures for Arts and Health

    11:15AM - 12:15PM

    Afternoon Sessions: Deeper Dives

    1:30 - 2:45PM

    • Doing It and Doing It Well: Local Arts and Health Models in Practice

    • Flipping the Script: Moving Beyond Traditional Philanthropy and Gatekeeping

    • From Engagement to Co-Design: Shifting Power in Community

    Closing Plenary

    3:00 - 4:30PM

    Optional Happy Hour

    Pittman Hotel 

    5:00 - 6:15PM

    Sound Bath Experience

    Pittman Gallery Space

    5:00 - 6:15PM

    Dinner on Your Own

    Deep Ellum Neighborhood

    6:00 - 7:45PM

    Evening Concert

    Statler Hotel

    8:00 - 10:00PM

  • Closing Breakfast and Final Cohort Session (Cohort Only/Closed Session)

    Pittman Hotel

    9:00 - 11:00AM

Download the Capstone Convening Session Descriptions Here.

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