Changemaker Card Deck

Tools

Arts for social change work is about process. The deck includes a set of process-based tools and concepts coming from human centred design, the art of facilitation, theatre of the oppressed, and more. These are useful tools and approaches for working with groups. 


The links on this page can help you learn more about where these ideas come from. To see the full text on the back of each Tools card, download a copy of the deck.

Wise Crowds

Image Theatre

Rapid Prototyping

Five Whys

Storytelling

Places to Intervene in a System

Deep Listening

Indigenous Evaluation: Principles

Indigenous Evaluation: Reflection

ACKOWLEDGEMENTS

These cards grew out of the Artist As Changemaker program, supported by the Trico Changemakers Studio in partnership with Calgary Arts Development. Thank you to each of the artists and changemakers whose work made this possible. 

Featured Artists & Changemakers: Art City, Americans for the Arts, Anique Jordan, Cirque Hors Piste, Gladys Rowe, Mixed Company Theatre & OAITH, Nicole Wolf (card illustrations), Quirk-e, Shumaila Hemani & Alberta Ecotrust, Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth.

Project Supporters: Sally Njoroge, Patti Pon, Helen Moore-Parkhouse, Lena Soots, Jordan Baylon, Jill Andres, Maya Pajevic, Robin Sokoloski, Pam Korza, and Barbara Shaffer Bacon.

This deck was illustrated by Nicole Wolf, designed by Amanda Chan and curated by Skye Louis with project support from Katie Pearce.