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artEquity artEquity provides tools, resources, and training to support the intersection of art and activism.

Launched in 2015 as a national initiative, artEquity provides tools, resources, and training at the intersection of art and activism. With over 5,000 individuals trained, and a growing alumni community, artEquity is building a broad base of individuals and organizations who are strategically poised to create and sustain a culture of equity, inclusion, and justice through arts and culture.

09/01/2026

Reposted from - Indigenous art is . . . life.

The Indigenous Festival in Bismarck, North Dakota, celebrates the many ways Indigenous cultures add to our communities.

Food, music, art—they are all intertwined, with shared histories.

The inaugural event was created by Sacred Pipe Resource Center, a Native-led community-serving organization committed to the mission of engaging the urban Tribal Native American population by providing safe spaces in which they can connect with each other, build community, and affect positive change.

Videography by Bryan Hempstead

09/01/2026

This hilarious hit musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would happen...more

We believe that Black Liberation is the gateway to liberation for all people. Naming and pushing back on anti-Blackness ...
08/31/2026

We believe that Black Liberation is the gateway to liberation for all people. Naming and pushing back on anti-Blackness is foundational to that belief. Our analysis needs to be as complicated as our lived experiences. We must respond to harm in ways that don’t replicate the structures that we want to dismantle.

Our August offering uplifts resources to identify and disrupt anti-Blackness in service of collective liberation. Visit https://mailchi.mp/artequity.org/beyond-antiblackness or click the link in our bio!

Reposted from - When the field’s most celebrated artistic director told the LA Times that the American nonprofit theate...
08/25/2026

Reposted from - When the field’s most celebrated artistic director told the LA Times that the American nonprofit theater movement is over, my face went hot. Not because he was wrong about the money. Because I have spent my whole life inside the thing he was eulogizing, and it is so very alive.

So I wrote back. The whole essay is here in the slides. It says the things I have needed to say to this to the field I love for a long time. About the funerals we keep holding and the ones we never held. About who gets asked to speak for a movement, and who never gets the call.

That last part is where I need your help. The papers called the biggest buildings and printed the answers as the state of the field. Nobody called a storefront. Nobody called an ensemble. So make the call yourself, right here: name a company or a cultural worker who is the movement, and tag them. Let’s print the roll call they didn’t.

The Movement is alive. Turn the music up.

Find this resource here: https://www.aam-us.org/2023/06/19/transgender-inclusion-guides/ or through the link in our bio ...
08/20/2026

Find this resource here: https://www.aam-us.org/2023/06/19/transgender-inclusion-guides/ or through the link in our bio under "Links to resources from our feed." More details in the caption below.

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As Pride Month comes to a close, we're sharing a practical resource for museum professionals.

The Transgender Inclusion Guides, developed with the LGBTQ+ Alliance, help prepare institutions, coworkers, and transgender museum professionals for gender transitions and to better implement transgender inclusion in policies and practices.

The guides encourage museums to put thoughtful policies and practices in place in advance.

Every person and transition is different. The guides are designed to be adapted to each unique situation.

👉 Learn more via the link in our bio.

08/18/2026

👀 Spotted in the press! Staging Pride is making space for q***r youth to tell their stories!

Staging Pride gives LGBTQ+ youth ages 13–18 a free, affirming space to build community, explore q***r identity and culture, develop theater skills, and create original work alongside professional teaching artists. Participants also have opportunities to attend Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, participate in masterclasses, and connect with other young q***r artists.

If you’re a NYC q***r or trans young person ready to find your voice through theater, applications are open for Fall 2026!

Read the full article here: https://www.amny.com/news/staging-pride-theater-program-for-q***r-youth/

Applications to Staging Pride: https://www.nationalq***rtheater.org/staging-pride

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08/08/2026

Tonight, August 8, 2026, will be the final performance (for now) of “the musical of the year,” as declared by Adam Feldman of Time Out New York.

We’re sending the cast and crew love for all of their passionate labor in bringing this production to life. CATS: The Jellicle Ball showed us that the wisdom of q***r and trans folks of color can help us reimagine how to be with one another and how to cultivate feelings of home.

As this brilliant cast and crew embark on their journeys beyond Broadway, we’re holding joy and care for each one of them and wishing them all the best. Though the final Broadway performance is tonight, CATS: The Jellicle Ball and all involved will not be forgotten. And, we look forward to the show’s many lives ahead!

08/05/2026

After making history, CATS: The Jellicle Ball will have its final show on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

Though the Broadway run will be coming to a close, this reflection by Director Zhailon Livingston emphasizes the impact of reimagining CATS during this political moment and invites us to reimagine the role of art itself. By creating spaces to welcome those who are too often left out, we’re able to gather around what we all share—joy.

Join us in celebrating the cast and crew of CATS: The Jellicle Ball as they close this chapter of the journey. And here’s to a long future ahead!

artEquity is a proud co-producer of the 3x Tony-Award-winning musical, CATS: The Jellicle Ball, currently showing on Broadway. For more info, visit https://catsthejellicleball.com/

In celebration of their 20 years of legacy, resistance, and evolution, we’ve partnered with the Consortium of Asian Amer...
08/01/2026

In celebration of their 20 years of legacy, resistance, and evolution, we’ve partnered with the Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) for a live streamed HowlRound conversation.

What does solidarity actually mean to us? How do we transform solidarity from an ideal into a daily habit and practice?

On August 3, 2026, leaders from Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC), MENA Theatre Makers Alliance (MENTMA), and Native Voices will explore these questions with artEquity in Resistance In Action: Building Solidarity Conversations.

This dialogue will be facilitated by artEquity Founder and Executive Director Carmen Morgan and joined by Leslie Ishii, Jacqueline Flores, Nabra Nelson, and Mary Kathryn Nagle.

Tune in here: https://howlround.com/happenings/resistance-action-building-solidarity or through the link in our bio from 6–7:30 p.m. ET!

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