Experiential Arts (EA) is a framework for artmaking that puts audiences at the heart of participatory arts experiences.

EA aims to break down barriers in the arts, including the illusive “fourth walls” which separate and often elevate artists from audiences.

EA generates authentic exchange between artists and audiences rather than encounters of transaction or transmission.

EA invites audiences to become a part of arts experiences as active participants rather than apart from as passive observers or spectators.

EA calls on artists to make art with audiences rather than for or at them, and to embrace audiences as willing and worthy co-creators in artmaking experiences.

EA inspires artists to be highly creative, skilled, and imaginative when designing, producing, and facilitating artmaking experiences.

EA requires no previous arts training, knowledge, or skillsets for audiences to participate.

EA can apply to any medium of art and area of arts education.

EA requires minimal resources or expenses and can reach audiences lacking equitable access to arts experiences due to constraints in time, money, proximity, and more.