[classified]: stories that catalyze dialogue about diversity
Four Virginia Tech students bridge the gap between university policy and individual experience. From Community Arts Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1. By Laura Agnich, Kimberly Baker, Megan Carney and Shannon Turner (June 2008)

A Bridge Conversation on Listening to the Stories Underneath the Work We Do
Paula Allen and Lena Richardson talk about traditional arts and culture as resources for Native community health. By R. Lena Richardson (June 2008)

A More Perfect Union
Review of 2002 performance in Union, S.C. By Linda Frye Burnham (February 2003)

A Summer of Reading
Artists recommend interesting books. By Linda Frye Burnham (July 2000)

After the Hurricane: Survivors' Words and Pictures
A traveling photo exhibit carries personal memories of an unforgettable disaster. By Piper Hanson (August 2006)

Answering the Call of the Drums
"GroupSpeak" poem assembled from the actual words of those in attendance at Animating Democracy's 2003 National Exchange on Art & Civic Dialogue in Flint, Mich. By Alice Lovelace (November 2003)

Appalachia's Roadside Theater: Celebration of a Community's Culture
The beginnings of a nationally known company from Appalachia that has closely examined the art of celebrating the community from which it comes. Published in High Performance #64, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1993. By Donna Porterfield (September 2002)

Arts, Activism and Humanity – The Prison Creative Arts Project
Investing in the voices of the incarcerated By Geetha Iyer (August 2008)

Book Review: Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World Frontlines
What are the roles that artists can play in the midst of severe violence? By Craig Zelizer (July 2008)

Community Arts and Technology: Confessions of a Quiet Practitioner
Overview from the founding co-director of the Center for Digital Storytelling. By Joe Lambert (May 2002)

Community Conversations through the Arts: Artistic Response After the Virginia Tech Tragedy
A disparate group of Blacksburg residents decides to seek community healing. By Shannon Turner (August 2008)

Conference Report: Engaging Through Place at Imagining America
The Imagining America 2006 conference explores the artist residency as a campus-community collaboration. By Nicole Garneau (March 2007)

Core Arts: Mississippi Arts Commission and Communities in Schools Greenwood LeFlore
A juvenile-justice program that survived a rocky beginning and can now be found in every region of its state By Grady Hillman (August 2008)

Creating a Model for Institutional and Personal Change with Music Theatre Workshop
Collaborative playwriting helps incarcerated girls in Chicago heal from abuse. From Community Arts Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1. By Meade Palidofsky (June 2008)

Digitizing the Extended Family
A project linking African-American geneology and history with photography. Published in High Performance #67, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1994. By Joyce Fernandes (December 1999)

Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin
Preface to Tannenbaum's book on her experiences in arts and corrections. By Judith Tannenbaum (August 2000)

Drum Sticks: A Story From Scrap Mettle SOUL, Chicago
A homeless performance artist finds a home in a community performance piece. By Eve Tulbert (June 2002)

Faces of Fruitvale: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Case study of a community story project in the San Francisco Bay Area; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project. By Erica Kohl (February 2001)

For What It's Worth: Uncovering the Hidden Value in Work
Monuments in a Massachusetts park to a waitress, a professor, a trash collector, a librarian and a grocer. By Lara Lepionka (April 2007)

I Am of a Place...
What it really means to create new artwork out of the place where you live. Published in High Performance #64, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1993. By Jo Carson (October 2003)

I Can Write a River: An interview with Jo Carson
Interview with award-winning playwright Jo Carson about her community-based theater experiences. By Linda Frye Burnham (December 1999)

In Search of Katha — Celebrating the Power of Story in India
Teaching at Katha, the kaleidoscopic story institute of Delhi. By Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein (April 2004)

LAPD Inspects Raleigh
The Los Angeles Poverty Department, a performance company of homeless and formerly homeless people, creates a residency project with the homeless of Raleigh, N.C., based on their stories. By Linda Frye Burnham (December 1999)

Letter from an Artist: The Dream Life of Bricks
The community-dance artist talks about making "The Dream Life of Bricks" at MASS MoCA with the people of North Adams, Mass. By Martha Bowers (December 2002)

Letter from an Artist: The Wallpaper Project
Creating a traveling oral-history performance project in Wisconsin. By Rachel Barber (April 2004)

Living with the Doors Open: An Interview with Blondell Cummings
The dancer/choreographer talks about her community workshops, which provide her with material for her performances. Published in High Performance #69/70, Vol. XVIII, No. 1/2, 1995. By Veta Goler (September 2002)

Maintaining Humanity: An Interview with Grady Hillman about Arts-in-Corrections
The poet and founder of the Southwest Correctional Arts Network comes up with some cold, hard statistics in defense of arts programs in prisons. Published in High Performance #71, Vol. XIX, No. 1, 1996. By Steven Durland (September 2002)

Making Things and Making Things Better
A poet asks how making art is like making a difference.Originally published in Seattle Journal for Social Justice. By Frances McCue (October 2004)

Mapping Within: The Making of a University-community Arts Partnership
Community artists at Harvard explore the intersection of theory and practice in collaboration with a children's writing group. By Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein and Rachel McIntire (December 2005)

Mother Africa Laughs: The Rwandan Folk Tale Project
A light-hearted look at best-laid plans gone awry. By Judd Hardy (December 2006)

Nine Eleven, Fear and Hand Me Down Shoes
Review of "Hand Me Down Shoes" by Community Performance Inc. with the Mennonites in Newport News, Va. By Linda Frye Burnham (April 2002)

Organizing and Theater: Bus Riders Union
Case study of an arts-and-organizing project using community story in Los Angeles, Calif.; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project. By Erica Kohl (February 2001)

Practicing in Public
On the "Evoking History" project at Spoleto Festival USA. By Mary Jane Jacob (October 2003)

Resolving Conflicts: A Poet's Residency in Tulsa
The artist discusses the uses of conflict resolution in art workshops that intend to celebrate the private and communal life; to question societal values regarding women; to provoke critical thinking around deeply rooted social issues. Published in High Performance #72, Vol. XIX, No. 2, 1996. By Alice Lovelace (September 2002)

Ripples of the Fourth Wave: New York's viBePoetry
Preparing New York girls to lead the fourth wave of feminism. Includes audio! By Dana Edell (February 2006)

River of Words and Images
Coverage of the "River of Words Poetry and Art Contest." By Linda Frye Burnham (May 2000)

Shards, Circles, Jails, Journeys and Cootie Shots: Four New Books
Reviews of Daniel Dancer's "Shards and Circles: Artistic Adventures in Spirit and Ecology," Rena Fraden's "Imagining Medea: Rhodessa Jones and Theater for Incarcerated Women," "Journeys Home: Revealing a Zuni-Appalachian Collaboration," edited by Dudley Cocke, Donna Porterfield and Edward Wemytewa, and "Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry for Kids, Parents and Teachers," edited by Norma Bowles and Mark E. Rosenthal. By Linda Frye Burnham (April 2002)

Speaking in Poems
On writing and teaching poetry while doing life in prison. By Spoon Jackson (May 2007)

Swamp Gravy: Northerners tell stories in private and call it therapy. Southerners tell stories in public and call it swapping lies.
First person account of developing community performance in a small town. Published in High Performance #63, Vol. XVI, No. 3, 1993. By Richard Owen Geer (December 1999)

Swappin' Lies in Miller County: The Story of Swamp Gravy
The making of the landmark community performance piece with, by and for the citizens of Miller County, Georgia, by the artists of Community Performance Inc. By Linda Frye Burnham (December 1999)

Swimming in the River of Words 2001
Some winners in the 2001 River of Words environmental poetry and art contest, ages 7-14. By Linda Frye Burnham (June 2001)

Telling It... The Art of Storytelling
The art of storytelling. Published in High Performance #63, Vol. XVI, No. 3, 1993. By Adora Dupree (October 2003)

Telling and Listening in Public: Factors for Success
Essay about what makes a good community-based narrative performance project, based in interviews with prominent practitioners in the field; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project. By Linda Frye Burnham (February 2001)

Telling and Listening in Public: The Critical Discourse
Essay about criticism in the field of community-based narrative performance work; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project. By Linda Frye Burnham (February 2001)

Telling and Listening in Public: The Sustainability of Storytelling
Essay addressing whether a community-based narrative performance project's "storytelling energy" can continue in a community after the project is competed, including interviews with prominent practitioners; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project. By Linda Frye Burnham (February 2001)

Telling the Truth in a Small Town: Ukiah Players Theater
Case study of a community story project in Ukiah, Calif.; part of "Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change" research project By Erica Kohl (February 2001)

The Path of Stories: Artists and The Thousand Kites Project
A long, deep look into a multi-arts collaboration that's starting a national conversation about the U.S. prison industrial complex. Includes video. By Arlene Goldbard (May 2008)

The Story Revolution: How Telling Our Stories Transforms the World
A speech advocating a new center for local stories at Ukiah Players Theater in California. By Arlene Goldbard (January 2005)

Viewpoint: Community Collaborative Arts
Community art is an edgy collective experience with aesthetic qualities of its own. From Community Arts Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1. By Johanna Poethig (June 2008)

We're All at the Table: In the Working Class Kitchen
About a chain of writers opening doors for each other in Lexington, Kentucky. Includes the founder's manifesto. Published in High Performance #64, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1993. By Ann Kilkelly and Laverne Zabielski (October 2003)

When Stories Talk to Stories: The Dialogue of Dance
The associate artistic director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange writes about the creation of civic dialogue during the company's nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Peter DiMuro (March 2003)

Whose Agenda Is It, Anyway? Documentary Burdens, Community Benefits
History and theory of the documentary arts from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. By Lynn McKnight (August 2003)

Writings from Women on the Inside
Excerpts from 2003 anthology of poems and stories by women incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, produced in "Keeping the Faith" workshops by the Seattle-based performance ensemble, the Pat Graney Company. By Pat Graney (June 2004)