In the Summer and Fall of 2022, Creative Generation collaborated with the Appell Center for Performing Arts (ACPA) to produce an actionable plan elevating community knowledge and inform a set of tools to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County, PA. ACPA sought to engage with the community effectively, specifically convening residents throughout the county to learn about the ways they engage civically, creatively, and interpersonally with the arts, arts education, and the Appell Center and its theaters.
Read more10 Recommendations Towards Community Visibility
In the Summer and Fall of 2022, Creative Generation collaborated with the Appell Center for Performing Arts (ACPA) to produce an actionable plan elevating community knowledge and inform a set of tools to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County, PA. ACPA sought to engage with the community effectively, specifically convening residents throughout the county to learn about the ways they engage civically, creatively, and interpersonally with the arts, arts education, and the Appell Center and its theaters.
Read moreBlueprints for Belonging: Lessons Learned from Community Engaged Forecasting
Less than six months into my role as Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts, a member of the community said to me that “people know when something isn’t made for them.” Having just moved to York, PA to assume this new position at an organization focused on expanding education and community engagement programs, I was working double-time to make connections and have honest conversations about ways the performing arts center could do better in truly serving its community. I was learning that there were two sides to every coin, and navigating a way to honor and support existing narratives.
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