RUX Featured in "FORWARD" Magazine, a publication by Forecast Public Arts

RUX Featured in “FORWARD” Magazine, a publication of the Minnesota Non-profit, Forecast Public Arts

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We are excited to share that RUX has been featured in FORWARD Magazine. FORWARD is a publication of the Minnesota nonprofit Forecast Public Art that activates, inspires, and advocates for public art that advances justice, health, and human dignity. Founded in 1978, Forecast Public Art connects artists with cities, institutions, and communities, to create socially engaged work that transforms communities and drives change.

The issue focuses on civic health and engagement, particularly in the spheres of civic knowledge, relationship building, and transformation. The publication is guest-edited by former RUX Steering Committee member Richard Young. Young is the founder and executive director at CivicLex, a nonprofit in Lexington dedicated to strengthening civic health at the local level.

This 8th issue of FORWARD focused on the connection between arts and civic engagement dives into the work of various initiatives that use art to drive three key civic health outcomes identified by Young as: “building civic knowledge and capacity, strengthening social cohesion and connection across difference, and, creating more responsive institutions.”

In addition to RUX, the issue delves into the work of many socially engaged arts organizations doing parallel work across the globe including: Warm Cookies of the Revolution (Denver), The People’s Budget Office (Philadelphia), The Playhouse (Northern Ireland), and more. We are so proud to see our work featured alongside that of many effective and creative changemakers who inspire us deeply.

Join Forecast Public Art Thursday June 26th at 2pm for their virtual panel How Art & Culture Builds Civic Health moderated by Richard Young.

RUX Co-Founder Savannah Barrett will also be featured on a panel hosted by Forecast next week.

The panel will explore the intersection of art and civic health with arts and culture leaders:

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