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.
Chickenshed Theatre Organization / Theatre / United Kingdom
Our work uses the stage to celebrate diversity and performance as a vehicle to tackle topical social issues. We regularly present original and entertaining productions for young children, families and adults that showcase talent. We also create new work, inspired by the people around us, about pe……read more
Children’s Peace Theatre Organization / Theatre / Canada
The mandate of the Children's Peace Theatre (CPT) is to create a culture of peace by engaging children and youth through the practice of theatre and art. Our vision is to nurture an ever- expanding circle of young people in mentorship with elders, diverse artists and communities to create, pe……read more
Chol Theatre Organization / Theatre / United Kingdom
The aim of Chol Theatre is to create arts and culture projects that challenge discrimination and explore the positive values of diversity within society. Our artistic programme is driven by our desire to involve people in making art that responds to identity and locality. We create contempor……read more
Chto Delat Organization / Multidisciplinary / Russia
The collective Chto Delat (What is to be done?) was founded in early 2003 in Petersburg by a workgroup of artists, critics, philosophers, and writers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Nizhny Novgorod with the goal of merging political theory, art, and activism. …read more
Circo Social Del Sur Organization / Theatre / Argentina
Circo Social Del Sur is an NGO dedicated to circus arts and culture as a development strategy and community, social and personal transformation. Active in Buenos Aires since 1996 and founded by circus performers and professionals from various social areas. It was legally established in 2002. We t……read more
Circo Volador Organization / Theatre / Mexico
Circo Volador is a Center for Art and Culture dedicated to the care of young people from the different sectors of society which are normally excluded for economic or political reasons, by gender, identity, sexual orientation or any other group conditions. …read more
Circus In Motion Organization / Theatre / Singapore
Circus In Motion is a contemporary circus arts company that offers social circus workshop and visually captivating circus performances. We specialize in inventive live performances and the creative use of geometrical shapes to perform our circus acts. The company has worked with more than 3000 un……read more
Cirque du Monde Organization / Theatre / Canada
The group of young creators and ordinary citizens who contributed to the birth of Cirque du Soleil never forgot where they came from. Rather than tackling a wide range of causes, the Cirque chose to commit itself to at-risk youth through its social circus program, Cirque du Monde. With the aim to……read more
Cirque Hors Piste – Cirque du Monde Montréal Organization / Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Music, Dance / Canada
Cirque Hors Piste est un organisme de cirque social qui offre aux personnes ayant un parcours de vie marginalisé, un espace alternatif et inclusif de création. L’ogranisme favorise l’apprentissage individuel, social et collectif par le biais des arts du cirque. Ses partena……read more
Clay and Paper Theatre Organization / Theatre / Canada
The goal of Clay & Paper Theatre is to change the world. Completely. Irrevocably. It is the fervent desire of Clay & Paper Theatre to encourage people to abandon propriety, to escape the mundane, to celebrate the wisdom of the little man and woman, to transform dormant curiosity, to ackno……read more
Clean Break Organization / Theatre / United Kingdom
Our vision is of a society where women are not criminalised unjustly nor imprisoned unnecessarily. We believe that theatre enables women to challenge their oppression by society in general and by the criminal justice system in particular. Clean Break has thrived since its establishment in 1979 an……read more
Comics With a Cause Organization / Visual Arts / Canada
Comics with a Cause is a small team of artists and advocates based out of Vancouver with a mission to use comics and storytelling to spread awareness of sexual assault and violence. …read more
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is a provincial arts organization that collaboratively engages professional artists with communities to promote social change and cultural identity through creative expression. …read more
Community Arts Council of Vancouver Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
CACV’s vision is of a socially-engaged, inclusive, and vibrant city alive with community arts. CACV’s mission is to further the development of community arts throughout Vancouver. …read more
Community Arts Lab-XL (CAL-XL) Organization / Multidisciplinary / Netherlands
Community Art Lab-XL (CAL-XL), is a Dutch laboratory for art and society, a network of leaders who aspire to a greater role of art in social development. It may be more and it could be better. Key themes are the promotion of professionalism and legitimacy, from project to program, vital coalition……read more
Community Media for Development (CMFD) Organization / Digital Media / South Africa
CMFD (Community Media for Development) Productions is a media/ communication for development consultancy specialising in high quality communication materials and projects (serial radio dramas, radio spots, digital stories, music, theatre and print publications). Our services include project manag……read more
Community Theatre Internationale Organization / Theatre / United States
Creating community through performance... across borders local and global . The Community Theatre Internationale develops multi-media, collaborative productions between community-based ensembles in different parts of the world. Mixing live performance with video and Internet technology, we create……read more
Complex Social Change Organization / Multidisciplinary / Canada
About Complex Social Change: teaching, performing, exhibiting, designing, mapping is an interdisciplinary research program involving Josephine Mills (Principal Investigator, Art Gallery), Bruce MacKay (Liberal Education), Lisa Doolittle (Theatre &a……read more
Concentric Media Organization / Digital Media / United States
Concentric Media is an independent video and digital production company based in Northern California with a focus on films that provide fresh perspectives on complex issues. Subjects range from holistic healing to progressive education; from aging to the universal Spirit within all faiths. Our wo……read more
Concordia University Training and Education / Theatre / Canada
Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts - Department of Theatre used to offer a BFA specialization in Theatre and Development. Although this specialization is not currently offered, one of the Department of Theatre's objectives is to "offer[s] students an opportuni……read more