For twenty years, ReDefine Arts has developed a relational practice rooted in equity, access, and community authorship.
In community-engaged arts, the work often begins as a signal—a story, memory, need, or invitation that emerges from community life. When met with care, collaboration, and imagination, these signals create resonance: shared meaning, lasting relationships, and artistic experiences that continue to vibrate long after a project ends.
Across this landscape, ReDefine Arts’ work has continued to resonate. Our long-term partnerships, equity-centred practices, and accessible creative methods position us to respond to the moment with clarity and purpose. The next three years will focus on strengthening our signal—what we stand for, what we offer—and deepening our resonance across communities, sectors, and regions.
Our Strategic Priorities
- Tune the Signal: Deepen Artistic Practice & Accessibility: ReDefine Arts’ “signal” is our core creative offering – community-engaged, and rooted in accessibility. Over the next three years, we will refine and strengthen this signal so it remains clear, responsive, and connected to community experience.
- Strengthen the Frequency: Prepare Artists as Carriers & Leaders: ReDefine Arts’ frequency is embodied in artists, facilitators, and cultural workers. This priority shifts from organizational retention toward capacity transfer—supporting artists to carry forward practices independently and collectively.
- Support the Transmission Network: Ethical Sustainability: Rather than long-term institutional expansion, ReDefine Arts’ will focus on ethical sustainability, ensuring financial responsibility, transparent governance, and intentional partnership transition.
- Amplify the Resonance: Legacy, Knowledge Sharing & Sector Contribution: This priority emphasizes lasting impact over growth, ensuring that what ReDefine Arts has learned is shared widely and meaningfully.
Read the full 2026-2028 Strategic Plan: https://redefinearts.ca/files/RDA-26-28-Strategic-Plan.pdf
Read the plain-text version: https://redefinearts.ca/files/RDA-26-28-Strategic-Plan-plain-text.pdf