Culture Builds Community: The Power of Arts and Culture in Community Building

by Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert, Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work

The Social Impact of the Arts Project is a research center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice. SIAP has produced a wealth of valuable research on the role of arts and culture in American cities, with a particular interest in strategies for arts-based revitalization. Since 1994, SIAP has focused on developing empirical methods to study the links between cultural engagement and community well-being. More>>