3.1.6 Collective Impact and Coalition-Building: A Dynamic Relationship

The fifth article in the series Case-making and Systems Change in Arts and Cultural Education, expands on the theme of Advocacy for the Sector, describing how history has shaped the system of arts education, with a review of the components of our current system. The model acknowledges that we see the larger system and work within a local context, balance organizational structure and flexibility, link communications strategies to goals, build adaptive processes that encourage engagement, understand the dynamics of systems change, and acknowledge progress at all levels. The author proposes new vocabulary to establish Creative Learning at the core of the model, with three sectors (policy, leadership, and philanthropy) that compose the Centers of Influence. The Centers of Influence work to support Creative Learning through various Areas of Impact and Drivers of Change.