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This interdisciplinary conference seeks to make space for the multi-layered discussions about the relationships between the arts and community. Questions to be discussed include: How do the arts (music, visual art, film, theatre, dance, etc.) impact community? How do they create community? Should community be a goal of art, or is it merely a byproduct? How have the arts been used to close communities (nations, people groups, religions) off from other people through identity creation? How have the arts been used to open people up to others? How have artistic communities been changed by globalism and technology? What public is “public art” for? How have economic factors changed the dynamics between art and community? Should artistic practice have an ethical responsibility to a community?