A report from the United States Department of Arts and Culture tackles how “as natural disasters and social emergencies multiply, the need has grown for ethical, creative, and effective artistic response—arts-based work responding to disaster or other community-wide emergency, much of it created in collaboration with community members directly affected.”
The report, according to the Department of Arts and Culture, seeks to engage:
-artists who wish to use their gifts for healing, whether in the immediate aftermath of a crisis or during the months and years of healing and rebuilding resilience that follow.
-resource-providers—both public and private grantmakers and individual donors—who care about compassion and community-building and,
-disaster agencies, first responders, and service organizations on call and on duty when an emergency occurs, and those committed to helping over time to heal the damage done.
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