Crossroads Institute is a New Orleans-based team of researchers, artists and educators who develop, document and disseminate effective community-based arts practices throughout the United States and around the world.
Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts
Stories, methods, exercises and ideas for Artists, Educators & Activists of all ages.
Crossroads Comics #1
Stories from the Beginner's Guide plus new content re-packaged especially for teens.
CRAFT of Community Development
A fun, practical introduction to community-based arts theory and practice (1-5 hours)
Traveling Arts & Social Change Hot House
A challenging rite of passage for teams of adults and youth who want to improve themselves and their communities (12 hours)
XX: Xroads Xchange
An annual institute for community-building veterans to share best practices (3 days)
Creative Forces
Documents, videos and audio clips from the Xroads model youth program in New Orleans.
Xroads Launches Worldwide Recruitment Campaign
Posted: July 9th, 2010
If your organization wants to exponentially increase its effectiveness in working with at-risk young people ages 14-24, you need to [...]
Kickstarter Campaign Raises $3,000 for CF Library
Posted: July 2nd, 2010
Deep Thanks go to all 43 folks around the country who contributed $10-150 to our “Spread the Creative Forces Model!” [...]
Xroads Webinar “It Takes a Village…” 05/27/10
Posted: May 8th, 2010
On Thursday, May 27th from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Crossroads Institute will host another professional development seminar for [...]