Community Engagement
We believe the arts change lives and transform communities. By offering our community members many different avenues to explore creativity, we hope to provoke inspirational conversations, deep self-reflection, and inspired celebration in Dayton.
Gary Minyard
Chief Creative Officer
gary.minyard@daytonlive.org
937-637-8308
![Watercolor painting of Dr. Gary LeRoy by Greg DeGroat](https://dayton-live-assets.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20155835/education-vv2022-grid.jpg)
Dayton Live partners with Shango: Center for the Study of African American Art and Culture, and Willis “Bing” Davis, exhibit curator and director of EbonNia Gallery, to display an exhibit of art by local African-American artists inside the Schuster Center.
![Young women on an outdoor stage singing](https://dayton-live-assets.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/23122142/education-projects-grid.png)
Each year, Dayton Live’s Education & Engagement team offers one or more in-depth education projects at no charge to participating students and teachers.
![PNC Arts Annex Exterior](https://dayton-live-assets.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/22134103/education-community-spotlight-grid.jpg)
Supporting under-resourced community groups, musicians, poets, performing arts companies, and other organizations.