Learnings

CULTURE AS COMMONS: RETHINKING ADVOCACY THROUGH ART AND PUBLIC IMAGINATION

CLEVELAND-HARRIS develops cultural advocacy projects that frame arts & culture as a resource for engaging the most pressing social and environmental challenges facing our country. By centering artists and cultural work as invaluable to impacting public discourse; we move beyond conventional activism and policy change; inviting artists, leaders, organizations and communities to re-examine harmful narratives and imagine new possibilities.

Our work creatively addressing issues such as environmental sustainability, health equity, housing insecurity, and racial justice; informed by research, data and lived experiences. We use the power of multidisciplinary artistic practice and storytelling to create opportunities for communities and practitioners to engage social problems differently.

Artists have the unique ability to transform complex ideas and data into experiences that have deep meaning for people. Through performance, multimedia, writing, and collaborative projects, we’re opening new pathways for advocacy, movements, and social innovation.