The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) has provided funding to support the Community Arts Convening & Research Project, making possible three national convenings, research and publication of research and writing arising from the Project concerning the work of the universities with degree-granting programs in arts and community building.?The 2011 and 2008 meetings at Maryland Institute College of Art (澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网) and the 2009 meeting at California State University Monterey Bay enabled faculty, students and community members to generate ideas, solve problems, share practices and identify new research questions.