With the “Rootwork: Grounding Community Arts Education Beyond the Pandemic” program, the National Guild for Community Arts Education has intentionally brought together individuals from the field for an inquiry into how community arts education artists and administrators can better address longstanding racial and economic disparities and marginalization at cultural institutions and grassroots collectives.
In this article, we draw on a conversation with the three Advisors of the Guild's Rootwork program to explore how they envision the work of arts education in a post-COVID world.