Directory Listing
Welcome to the ICASC directory of national and international art for social change organizations, networks, educational programs and opportunities.
This is a curated list focusing on art for social change – by no means a comprehensive community arts listing.
If you are looking for more complete Canadian community arts listings, we highly recommend ArtBridges’ directory at http://artbridges.ca/community/community_map.
This is a living resource. We will be updating and revising it as new information becomes available. You can filter this list by selecting from the various options below.
489 results found.
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) Organization / Theatre / Philippines
Founded in 1967 by Cecile-Guidote Alvarez, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is an organization of creative and critical artist-teacher-cultural workers committed to artistic excellence and a people’s culture that fosters both personal fulfillment and social transformati……read more
PhotoVoice Organization / Visual Arts / United Kingdom
PhotoVoice’s vision is for a world in which no one is denied the opportunity to speak out and be heard. PhotoVoice’s mission is to build skills within disadvantaged and marginalised communities. To achieve this, we utilise innovative participatory photography and digital storytelling ……read more
photoVOICE at the North Bay Regional Health Centre Organization / Visual Arts / Canada
photoVOICE breathes life into recovery, a philosophy of care mandated by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and in Ontario’s 10-Year Mental Health and Addictions Strategy (2010) and adopted by the North Bay Regional Health Centre. It is a creative medium that has recovery principles as ……read more
Plataforma Puente Cultura Viva Comunitaria Organization / Multidisciplinary / Colombia
We are a part of a set of social actors that could be potential allies in building a community cultural fabric capable of driving long-term transformations in Latin America. The campaign, promoted by the Community Living Culture Bridge Platform, is generated from public actions and sustained……read more
Porte Parole Organization / Theatre / Canada
At Porte Parole we restore dignity to human dialogue by insisting that it actively and artfully reflect diverse points of view. We do so by practicing a creative process called ‘documentary theatre’ whereby stage artists record current event stories from myriad perspectives and then m……read more
Portes et Passages du Retour Organization / Multidisciplinary / Senegal
Portes et Passages is an art-centered association made up of artists and individuals engaged in the movement of social change working towards having a strong and lasting impact in the sphere of community development. Its purpose is to promote holistic consciousness toward the integral development……read more
Prison Creative Arts Project Organization / Multidisciplinary / United States
The Prison Creative Arts Project's mission is to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression. …read more
Productions Oracle Organization, Training and Education / Multidisciplinary, Digital Media / Canada
PRODUCTIONS ORACLE, un organisme à but non-lucratif qui donne aux jeunes un mode d’expression, en français et anglais, qui offre la possibilité de pouvoir participer à la création d’outils multimédias éducatifs, dans un processus professionnel. Le but de Productions Oracle est ……read more
Project RAD Organization / Dance / Canada
Projet RAD is an organization providing people with various disabilities the opportunity to take inclusive urban dance classes in a warm and safe environment adapted to their needs. Guided by specialized teachers, they can share the fun of dancing with a group and blossom on stage. …read more
Project Re-Vision/Revisioning Differences Mobile Media Arts Lab Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
Project Re-Vision is a social science institute specializing in the use of visual, digital, and sensory methods to create understandings of difference that disrupt dominant narratives and open up possibilities. Project Re-Vision is currently working on arts-based research and engagement projects ……read more
Project Row Houses (PRH) Organization / Multidisciplinary / United States
Project Row Houses (PRH) is a community-based arts and culture non-profit organization in Houston’s northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African American neighborhoods. Founded in 1993 as a result of the vision of local African-American artists wanting a positive creative pre……read more
Propeller Dance Organization / Dance / Canada
Propeller Dance has been an innovator in the field of contemporary integrated dance and diverse performance practices in Canada since 2007. Propeller Dance is committed to excellence — creating, teaching, performing, presenting integrated dance and more recently, inter-arts performance. At ……read more
Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
Ptarmigan Music And Theatre Society is a charitable arts organization with 25 years’ experience carrying out community arts outreach programs, workshops and events. It exists to provide high caliber arts education and artistic opportunities, directly and indirectly, to under……read more
Puente Theatre Organization / Theatre / Canada
Puente Theatre's mandate is to use theatrical experience as a bridge between cultures. Our objective is to express the immigrant experience while striving for the highest artistic standards. We endeavour to foster respect for the cultural heritage that immigrants bring to our new homelan……read more
Puntos de Encentro Organization / Digital Media / Nicaragua
We are a civil non-profit organization in Nicaragua that is feminist, diverse, autonomous and regional in projection. We foster a favorable social environment, individual action and collective action for the transformation of unequal power relations, recognition, defense and exercise of the ……read more
Qendra Multimedia Organization / Theatre /
Qendra Multimedia, based in Prishtina, Kosovo, is a cultural production company, working in the field of arts and culture since it’s foundation in 2002. It’s main focus is in contemporary theater and dramaturgy. Qendra produces and co-produces cultural activities for all ages; locally……read more
Quand l’Art passe à l’Action (ATSA) Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
Quand l'Art passe à l'Action (ATSA) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1998 by artists Pierre Allard and Annie Roy. The pair create transdisciplinary works and events for the public realm that take the form of interventions, installations, performance art and realistic stagings.……read more
Queer Imaging and Riting Kollective for Elders (Quirk-e) Organization / Digital Media / Canada
The Queer Imaging & Riting Kollective for Elders (aka Quirk-e) is a group of artist-activists who self-define as queer and as old and interpret these identifications in diverse ways. Some embrace the idea of being old, and some believe that the word is an empty signifier. As far as the word q……read more
RADE Organization / Multidisciplinary / Ireland
Our Mission: To engage drug-users with the arts and therapeutic supports and provide a platform for their artistic expression. …read more
Raw Art Works Organization / Multidisciplinary / United States
We create a culture where every artist feels welcomed, connected, and committed to our community. RAW is there for kids when they struggle with a piece of art or a piece of their lives. RAW’s clinical art therapists and professional artists build meaningful relationships with each kid, help……read more