Shiftworks Community + Public Arts

Shiftworks Community + Public Arts envisions a region in which the creative practices of artists are fully engaged to collaboratively shape the pubic realm and catalyze community-led change. Shiftworks builds capacity for this work through civically engaged public art, artist resources, public programming, and technical assistance. Our Guiding Principles are: Artists are agents of social, civic, and cultural change. We support them to work with communities. Community members are highly valued collaborators with expertise in their neighborhoods. We build capacity for them to engage with artists. Equity and social justice are the foundation of our work. We center equitable and just practices through staff commitments as well as in our programs, partnerships, and collaborations. A successful public art landscape depends upon a thriving network of public art practitioners. We build tools and systems to support the public art ecosystem in the region.