Community engaged arts practices have the transformative power to activate solidarity and agency, facilitating social action and cultural democracy within communities. For a community engaged project to be successful, as well as culturally and physically safe, practitioners require knowledge of the key concepts, issues and processes of community building.
The Code’s Community Engagement section provides practitioners (including artists, individuals, organisations and institutions) with recommended processes for relationship building, establishing expectations and problem solving. The good practice guidance is formed around a series of questions that practitioners should ask themselves at the start, during and at the end of a project.
