1. Participatory, community-based art has a positive social impact in Saskatchewan.
Objectives
We will build sustainable relationships with communities and artists throughout Saskatchewan to encourage participation in arts for social change and ensure our work is responsive and collaborative.
We will engage with communities in participatory art that raises, explores and expresses relevant issues and results in positive social change. Our work in participatory arts values and engages alternative and traditional voices and world views and supports innovation, diversity and inclusion.
Our work in participatory arts affirms and develops creative consciousness by challenging the status quo with honesty and integrity. It will foster personal growth, social development, and/or increased awareness for those involved (participants, community-members, artists, staff, stakeholders, society at large).
2. Artists and communities are engaged in collaborative art of high artistic merit.
Objectives
We will utilize approaches and processes that truly engage our professional staff, professional artists, and communities in empowering, collaborative and collectivist projects.
We support community goals and build the capacity of participants by working with professional artists and staff who are committed to the process and product of collaborative art of high artistic merit.
We offer a multi-disciplinary approach to the arts and support professional artists who are innovative, exploring new technologies, and engaged in art-making practices recognized by their peers.
3. Common Weal is recognized as a leader in participatory arts for social change.
Objectives
We are a learning organization. We encourage creativity and self-reflection in all areas of our work. We document and evaluate our projects using original and diverse methodologies.
We will actively engage the public to increase awareness of and promote participatory arts for social change.
We build capacity of our communities by sharing our documentation and supporting research and practices that investigate the field of participatory arts for social change.
