Engage Rural provides resources, guidance, and connection for rural community leaders as they develop creative strategies for civic engagement. Such strategies can break down barriers to civic participation and strengthen local leadership. Designed to support communities through the Discover, Connect, and Design tracks, Engage Rural offers services that benefits participants at various stages in their arts-based civic engagement journey.
The Engage Rural Civic Arts Cohort is a year-long curated cohort experience for Core Teams based in rural Minnesota.
Examples, tools, and recommendations for getting started on arts-based civic engagement with your community.
The Discover Track is a free, low-stakes place to begin exploring how to work with artists and utilize creative strategies for increased civic engagement in your rural community. These are publicly available resources for anyone interested in arts-based rural civic engagement.
Engage Rural: Connect is a community of practice for rural leaders beginning to explore arts-based civic engagement initiatives.
The Design track is for communities, municipalities, or organizations who want to work directly with our team, on a contract-basis, to design and implement civic arts projects.
This report highlights the value of the intersection of rural creativity and civic engagement.