• The power of arts and culture to document social issues and drive social change  
• The dynamics of community-based work—making space for multiple leaders and multiple voices 
• The demands of balancing community-based work—how artists can both sustain their practice and know their limits  
• How to embrace instability as part of the art-making and change-making process 

Part of the Americans for the Arts Artists & Communities conversation series that pairs veteran community arts leaders with emerging community arts leaders to share their visions for, experiences with, and challenges to making healthy, equitable, vibrant communities through arts and culture. As community-based work receives more recognition, and intersections and collaborations become stronger, these conversations illuminate just how artists and community arts leaders can work to sustain and maintain healthy communities through their practice.