Job Title:
"writer, speaker, consultant"
"Arlene Goldbard is a writer and consultant focusing on the intersection of culture, politics and spirituality. See her talks and writings at her Web site:
www.arlenegoldbard.com. Her most books include New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development (New Village Press, November 2006), Community, Culture and Globalization (Rockefeller Foundation 2002) and Clarity, a novel. Her essays have been published in In Motion Magazine, The Arts Politic, Theatre, Tikkun, and many other journals. She has addressed academic and community audiences on topics ranging from the ethics of community arts practice to the need for a paradigm shift in cultural policy. She has provided advice and counsel to hundreds of community organizations, independent media groups, funders and policymakers. Current projects include a book about artists working to heal the prison-industrial complex; a film about Rabbi Arthur Waskow; and a campaign to create Cultural Recovery for the U.S., including a ""new WPA."" "