Portals
The links below provide a curated list of organisations that, in turn, offer further links to projects and groups currently active in the field of community arts around the world.
art Bridges
ArtBridges is a hub and forum for connection for anyone interested in or active in community-engaged arts and arts for social change in Canada. Find out about affordable and accessible community-engaged arts initiatives. Learn about what’s going on, opportunities, workshops and resources. Share information about a community-engaged arts initiative that you know about!
CAN (Australia)
CAN is a long-standing arts platform creating positive social change by fostering inclusion and understanding. For over 30 years, it has collaborated with communities to share overlooked histories and everyday acts of resilience, challenging systemic silence and fear. Through powerful artworks and experiences, CAN amplifies voices, connects people, and inspires hope—reaching audiences far beyond the communities where the work begins.
CAN (USA)
The Community Arts Network (CAN) was an initiative active from 1999 to 2010 that fostered information exchange, research, and critical dialogue in community-based arts. It supported art as a voice and force within specific communities defined by place, spirit, or tradition. Though no longer active, its website is archived online, preserving its resources, and CAN remains present through an active Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/communityarts
CAN (Vienna)
CAN is a global platform dedicated to enabling, engaging, and empowering individuals, organizations, and communities through the arts. It supports art as a catalyst for social change, challenging the notion of art as mere decoration. By fostering unlikely alliances and promoting access to the arts as a fundamental right, CAN uses creativity to inspire, shift narratives, and contribute to healing and transformation across societies..
Create
Create is Ireland’s national development agency for collaborative arts, supporting artists and communities to co-create ambitious, socially engaged work. Through partnerships, professional development, funding schemes, and research, Create fosters art-making beyond traditional spaces. It manages the Artist in the Community Scheme and leads the Creative Places programme. Guided by its strategy Connect Create Change (2020–2025), Create promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion while addressing urgent social, cultural, and political issues through collaborative art.
The Third EYE
The Third Eye is a feminist think tank and digital learning platform exploring gender, sexuality, violence, technology, and education. Emerging from Nirantar’s decades of grassroots knowledge work, it creates bilingual, open-access resources in English and Hindi. It documents and shares community-rooted theories, stories, and practices, especially from marginalised contexts. By fostering collaborative learning and public discourse, The Third Eye empowers educators, youth, and communities across rural, urban, and transnational settings.