The Framework

Arts and Policy: The Framework 

An interactive, case-based program for city leaders

Participants: The mayor’s cabinet, other staff members selected by the city’s administration.

Part 1: 

Arts and Policy: When the Arts Inform Public Management

(Four online two hour sessions)

Session 1: (Online, Two hours) Arts and Policy, Steps and Missteps

Description: A conceptual introduction to the program and its approach with exemplary mini-cases. Includes an interactive presentation/discussion of the history of arts and culture as contributors to policy and public management. A comparison of two mini-cases to be discussed. 

Session 2:(Online, Two hours) Artful Leadership, Participatory Arts, Security, Integration, Social Capital 

Description: Based on a study of almost two dozen major public design projects within mostly public-sector organizations in five countries, identifies effective leadership strategies critical to their success. 

Session 3:(Online, Two hours) Arts and Policy Toolkits 1 Change Management Frameworks

• Arts complement both conventional and innovative Change Management Frameworks
• Review of various frameworks
• Address the blind spot of Change Management that ignores participatory arts

Session 4: (Online, Two hours)Arts and Policy Toolkits 2: Relational and Round

• Models of Adaptive Leadership
• Human centered design, Design thinking:
• Systems thinking

 

Part 2:

Arts and Policy: Impacts on Cities and Citizens

(In person, 4 sessions, two hours each)

Session 5: (In-person)Customize Arts and Policy for Your City

Session 6: (In-person) Connect the Dots

Session 7: (In-person) Facilitated Working Groups

Session 8: (In-person) Finalize Projects Definitions

 

Part 3:  

Arts and Policy: Project Work

Work in groups over six month period, regular check-ins with project faculty.

 

Part 4:  

Arts and Policy: Summit

(In person, one day)

Presentation of projects and results from one or more cities. Plans for scaling up, integration, etc.