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Case Studies

A growing collection of online case studies provides in-depth portraits and analysis of arts and humanities-based civic dialogue projects, many supported by the Animating Democracy Lab.  They offer detailed description of the civic issue addressed by the project, civic and cultural context, project goals, design, actual arts/humanities components, and artistic and dialogic methodologies.  Case studies also offer analysis of impact and extrapolate lessons learned and issues raised about the principles, practices, and philosophical underpinnings of arts- and humanities-based civic dialogue work. 

Summaries follow for these completed case studies.  Full versions are posted on line in PDF form:

• Theatre
• Music
• Interdisciplinary
• Public Art
• Humanities
• Literature
• Visual Arts
• Dance

Theatre

• Arts Council of Greater Lima
  Allen County Common Threads Theatre Project Case Study: Arts Council of Greater Lima by Sue Wood

• Cornerstone Theater Company
  The Faith-Based Theatre Cycle Case Study: Cornerstone Theater Company by Lynn Jeffries, Bill Rauch, Mark Valdez, and Caron Atlas

• Dell' Arte International
  The Dentalium Project Case Study: Dell' Arte by Kathie deNobriga

• Flint Youth Theatre
  ...My Soul to Take by Sue Wood

• Junebug Productions
  The Color Line Project by Cheryl Yuen

• New WORLD Theater
  Project 2050 Case Study: New World Theater

• Perseverance Theatre
  Moby Dick by Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter DuBois, and Susan McInnis

• San Diego REPertory Theater
  Nuevo California: On the Border of Art and Civic Dialogue by Lynn E.Stern

• Out North Contemporary Art House
  Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern

• Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)
  Los Angeles Poverty Department by Maria Rosario Jackson and John Malpede

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Music

• American Composers Orchestra
  Coming to America: Immigrant Sounds/Immigrant Voices by Kim Chan

• Wintergreen Performing Arts
  Preserving the Rural Soundscape by Kathie deNobriga

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Interdisciplinary

• Center for Cultural Exchange
  African in Maine Case Study: Center for Cultural Exchange by Bau Graves, Juan Lado, and Patricia Romney

• The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
  Arte Es Vida Case Study: The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center by Graciela Sanchez with preface by Andrea Assaf

• Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education
  The Kamehameha I Statue Conservation Project Case Study: Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education by Pam Korza

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts
  The Water Project by Cheryl Yuen

• Out North Contemporary Art House
  Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern

• 1+1+1=ONE
  Hip Hop Mental Health Project (HHMHP) by Suzanne Callahan and contributing writers Jane Jerardi and Caitlin Servilio with artist reflections by Rha Goddess

• Tucson Pima Arts Council
  Two-Way Mirror: Ethnography as a Way to Assess Civic Impact of Arts-Based Engagement in Tucson, AZ by Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D.

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Public Art

• CEC Artslink
  go_HOME: Exploring Issues of Exile and Displacement by Jeanne Pearlman

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Humanities

• St. Augustine's Church, in collaboration with Lower East Side Tenement Museum
  The Slave Galleries Restoration Project Case Study: St. Augustine's Episcopal Church and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum by Liz Ševčenko, Reverend Deacon Edgar W. Hopper, and Lisa Chice

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Literature

• City Lore
  Dialogic Poetry & The Poetry Dialogues Case Study: City Lore by Andrea Assaf

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Visual Arts

• Henry Art Gallery
  The Gene(sis) Project: A Laboratory for Arts-Based Civic Dialogue by Lynn E. Stern

• MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
  Public Faces, Private Lives: Making Visible Silicon Valley's Hybrid Heritage by Lynn E. Stern

• The Andy Warhol Museum
  The Warhol: Museum as Artist: Creative, Dialogic & Civic Practice by Jessica Gogan

• The Jewish Museum
  Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art Case Study: The Jewish Museum, New York City by Jeanne Pearlman

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Dance

• Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
  Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: An Aesthetic of Inquiry, an Ethos of Dialogue by John Borstel

• Urban Bush Women
  The Hair Parties Project Case Study: Urban Bush Women by Caron Atlas

• Out North Contemporary Art House
  Understanding Neighbors: Art-Inspired Dialogue Bridges Diverse Viewpoints About Same-Sex Relationships by Lynn E. Stern

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