Several seated clusters of people discuss together at tables covered with large note paper and post-its as well as refreshments.

The Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice

The Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice includes twenty-one arts and cultural organizations working over three years to explore the impact of the arts in and with communities through themes of justice and equity, relationship building, sustainability, and social impact. This professional-learning community began convening in April 2017 through an initiative launched by The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, which provided funding to support these organizations’ individual projects. These projects build on existing relationships within their local communities, create new connections, and serve as meaningful instruments for positive community change. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts serve as anchor organizations for the Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice.

Partnering Organizations

Our Work

The Power of Many: A Collaborative’s Journey toward Creative Practice and Social Justice

This publication (available in an accessible, downloadable PDF) illuminates the behind-the-scenes work of the Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice, a twenty-one–organization think tank dedicated to critically pursuing and practicing social justice through the arts. The publication follows the highs and lows of collaborative practice, celebrating brilliant successes, such as The Beautiful Project’s exhibition at The Met, as well as the joys and challenges of working together. It features insights on the experiences of Collaborative members, tools for collective problem-solving, and models for collective engagement, including an inventive new collaborative grants administration model centering equity. It also explores the five essential questions that govern the work of the Collaborative: Covenant Building, Relationship Building, Social Impact, Justice and Equity, and Sustainability.

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Civic Practice Project CPP Artist in Residence Mei Lum marches through the streets of Chinatown with event participants holding up large signs of colorfully painted cut-out illustrations of birds and building facades.

CPP Artist in Residence Mei Lum marches through the streets of Chinatown with event participants holding up large signs of colorfully painted cut-out illustrations of birds and building facades.

The Civic Practice Project

The Civic Practice Project is a multiyear initiative that advances The Met’s role as a positive, relevant, and inspiring force in the daily lives of communities across New York City.

Civic Practice Partnership

Aya Rodríguez-Izumi and CPP artist in residence Miguel Luciano walk side by side holding a replica of the Zemí Cohoba Stand through the streets of El Barrio.

The Civic Practice Partnership

A partnership between communities, artists, and The Met in an effort to support healthy communities committed to social change.

The Civic Practice Project is made possible by The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust.