As a cultural worker and arts advocate of almost 10 years, there's been opportunities to collaborate with different museums, non-profits and private clients on relevant programming as well as connect artists with community outreach opportunities.
There is definitely an art to facilitating programming. From developing the vision to planning its execution, budgeting, coordinating contractors and volunteers. There's also marketing of the program and creation of digital or print media - you may design a flyer, publish ticket links or print signage for the event. At times fundraising or grant writing is involved for especially grand programs that require multiple phases and people. Materials must be purchased, ordered and prepared as well as tech/ AV needs considered. Schedules must be drawn up, communicated and audience questions managed.
Pre-planning aside, programs can range in size from 5 to thousands of people. Depending on the volume of participants expected it can be helpful to hire multiple artists, artist assistants as well as project manager to make sure everyone adheres to milestones and stays organized.
Below are examples of diverse programming done in a variety of settings.
Project X
An organization in Northwest Dallas with a high population of recently immigrated and refugee youth wanted to increase the arts in their middle school after-school program. We co-created a series of workshops intended to introduce participants to a range of media practices and applicable fine arts careers taught by professional artists in the DFW area. Read more about this program in an article published in a newsletter titled, "Museums and Community News" by the Association of Art Museum Directors.
Workshop 1: #woodcarving #printmaking #sculpture
Guest Artist: Ben Muñoz
@thebenmunoz
Image description: program participants carving their wood panels before printing them to create awareness posters (top), program participants glueing and painting the wood panels (bottom) before building a bee hotel sculpture in their organizations playground.
Workshop 2: #self-portraits #photography #poetry #youthstorytelling
Guest Artist: Diane Durant
@betweenhereandcool
(above) Guest Artist Diane Durant reads participants her book of photography paired with text inspired by memories of her youth and identity. (below) Program participants pick props and outfits to prepare to get their portraits taken. 
(above) Guest Artist Diane Durant photographs program participant in their chosen pose and surroundings. (below) participant drafting their poem to pair with their portrait. 
(below) Finished self-portraits hung in the classroom for each student to present and reflect on.
DMA X BMA
"Dallas Museum of Art x Bonton Museum of Art"
An after-school organization in Bonton, a historically Black neighborhood in South Dallas, wanted to use art to empower their elementary school students to feel proud of who they are. We worked with Guest Artist and South Dallas resident Tiara Unique Francois @tiarauniquefrancois to create a program that not only allowed participants to express themselves creatively but also see themselves reflected as role models in their community through a public exhibition at a local urban farm and restaurant, Bonton Farms. 
(3 photos above): images from DMA X BMA art exhibit at Bonton Farms.
What Happens Next? at Northwest Community Center
A community center in Northwest Dallas with a high concentration of recently immigrated and refugee status people wanted to engage the adults in their English Language Learning programs with alternate methods of expression. We brought in Guest Artist Nida Bangash and her What Happens Next project. She guided participants through a workshop on the basic elements and parts of a story and we helped each participant use drawings and text, in any language, to create a book about their own story, whatever that meant to them. 
(above) Guest Artist Nida Bangash introducing program participants to the parts of a story and how to structure it. (below) Nida helping students express their ideas in their books. 
(below) program participant working on her book's illustrations and editing the text.
Dirty Turk aka Dirty Immigrant by Artstillery
To celebrate the closing of the My/Gration exhibition in the C3 Gallery of the Dallas Museum of Art. West Dallas organization was commissioned to re-work their production "Dirty Turk" to be performed throughout public spaces in the museum. The planning of this production began at the height of the pandemic and social distancing concerns were a main concern to the success of the performance. Read more about the immersive experience here.
(above): both images from the first site visit and planning meeting at the Dallas Museum of Art. (below) flyer for the performance and preview talk back event 
(above) image from the 2-night performance. (below) image of part of the 200 person crowd from the sold-out weekend.
Lowrider Celebration x Drifting on a Memory
The DMA organized a community celebration of the exhibition "Guadalupe Rosales: Drifting on a Memory" with art making, an artist talk featuring Guadalupe Rosales and Lokey Calderon, lowrider cars, music by Oak Cliff Soul Collective and DJ Pintalabios. Participants were encouraged to bring their own picnic and blanket to eat lunch outside or grab a bite from the food trucks at Klyde Warren Park. We set up partner booths with all latinx vendors, a community mural and pinstripe activity sheets created by artist Lokey Calderon for families to join the fun and make some art, we also organized a photo booth by local artist Martha Rincon. Read more about the event and exhibit here.
(above) flyer from the lowrider celebration. (below) lowrider parked outside the museum.
(below) community partners Las chicas del barrio set up their vendor booth.
(above) Image of the community mural activity table
(above) image from Martha Rincon's photo booth setup @shotbythrive (below) polaroids from the photo booth.
Rosales @veteranasandrucas collaborated with Dallas-based lowrider artist Lokey Calderon @lokey_art to create an immersive work that references lowrider culture and uses sound to replicate the aural experience of cruising in East LA. Warm, rich colors and finely detailed designs spanning the walls of the Museum’s Concourse evoke the iridescent surfaces of the customized cars on a monumental scale.
(above) image of the concourse mural by Guadalupe Rosales. (below) image of Rosales' concourse mural with people for scale.
Check out this video of the artist talking about her mural.