Social Impact of the Arts
Guiding Questions
- What is the impact of the arts and design on socioeconomic mobility and community health and revitalization, particularly in the Charlotte metropolitan region?
- How do artists and arts educators conceptualize and assess the impact of arts and design-based efforts on communities?
- How do we measure the social and community impact of our own creative research practices in the arts?
- How can we as academics strengthen our region, build arts communities and audiences, and support arts professionals to have a greater impact on Charlotte?
- How can our academic programs in arts and heritage engage transdisciplinary pedagogies to nurture creativity, develop engaged citizens, and build career competencies?
- How can our initiatives support a campus community of students, faculty and staff that leverage the arts as catalysts to innovate and creatively work for the public good, particularly in the Charlotte metropolitan region?
Research Projects
- Arts Based Social Mobility in Charlotte
- ArtsImpact Charlotte
- Grier Heights: Community is Family
- Representation and the Arts
- Corridors of Opportunity
- Arts Education Initiatives
Co-Cadre Leaders
Jacklyn Piatak, Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Administration
Meg Whalen, Director of Communications and External Relations, College of Arts + Architecture
Affiliated Faculty
- Nadia Anderson
- Carlos Cruz
- Janaka Lewis
- Beth Murray
- Margaret Quinlan