U.S. Department of Arts and Culture

The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture is a people-powered department — a grassroots action network inciting creativity to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging. Learn more about the USDAC and read our Statement of Values, then join this act of collective imagination!

LATEST FROM THE USDAC

There are many ways to connect to the USDAC and other Citizen Artists— see the full list of opportunities:

News

Oct 9, 2020

A Truthful Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Oct 9, 2020

Sep 1, 2020

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: The People’s WPA! DEADLINE September 25

Sep 1, 2020

Jul 23, 2020

Reflections from the #Defund Movement

Jul 23, 2020

Jun 19, 2020

Juneteenth: Resources for Imagination + Abolition

Jun 19, 2020

Jun 1, 2020

Creative Responses to COVID-19: USDAC Listening Shareback

Jun 1, 2020

Mar 15, 2020

Community Care in the Time of Coronavirus

Mar 15, 2020

Sep 11, 2019

Building Strategy and Co-Creating Culture- Call #3 Summary

Sep 11, 2019

Aug 27, 2019

Science Facts, Science Fictions- Call #2 Summary

Aug 27, 2019

Aug 13, 2019

Explaining Policy, Exploring Poetics - Call #1 Summary

Aug 13, 2019

Feb 21, 2019

Celebrate International Mother Language Day!

Feb 21, 2019

FEATURED GUIDES AND ACTIONS

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People's State of the Union 2020

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The 2020 People's State of the Union will take place from March 20-April 20, 2020, in partnership with the Poor People’s Campaign. Host a Story Circle in your community!

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Citizen Artist Salon

Artists Unite for a Green New Deal - Summer Call Series

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Citizen Artist Salon

Check out the recordings from this three-part series of calls with artists, organizers, scientists and others to unpack the policy and science behind a Green New Deal—and dream into the cultural strategies and creative actions that can help make it real.

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Citizen Artist Salon: Creative Strategies for Commemorative Justice

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Citizen Artist Salon, Events

Hosted in partnership with 400 Years of Inequality: A People’s Observance for a Just Future, this salon explored place-based creative strategies for truth-telling and collective healing.

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Imaginings: A DIY Guide to Arts-Based Community Dialogue

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Imaginings: A DIY Guide to Arts-Based Community Dialogue

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Check out our newest guide: Imaginings: A DIY Guide to Arts-Based Community Dialogue, everything you need to know to host a vibrant, creative, equitable, and powerful community dialogue.

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Culture of Health

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Art & Well-Being: Toward A Culture of Health is a guide for Citizen Artists who place their gifts at the service of healing, working for both individual and collective well-being, recognizing social justice as the foundation of a culture of health.

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A series of video-based gatherings and learning calls for Citizen Artists to dig into thematic material, learn about opportunities, and create connections.

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