CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS
This report frames eight reasons to do creative placemaking and strategies for getting started. It also features case studies of how these strategies are being used by three community development organizations that are leading this practice in the field.

RURAL PLACEMAKING: MAKING THE MOST OF CREATIVITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY (A RURAL VOICES ISSUE)
This issue of Rural Voices examines Creative Placemaking as it is practiced in rural communities. The term “creative placemaking” is only about a decade old, but rural community organizations have long taken on community-building endeavors that have included the arts. Creative placemaking offers the explicit recognition that arts and artists, when fully engaged with local stakeholders, are often a gel or a catalyst toward sustained community betterment and economic growth.

NACO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TOOLKIT FOR COUNTIES
NACo, in partnership with Americans for the Arts and with support from the NEA has launched the Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative to support counties as they work to identify and strengthen ways to integrate arts into solutions to local challenges.

ART & WELL-BEING: TOWARD A CULTURE OF HEALTH

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND THE NEA: UNPACKING A MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE
The role of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in shaping the arts and cultural sector is not well understood. This paper focuses on the development of the governance of the creative placemaking policy to unpack the complexity of the role of the NEA.

VOICES FROM THE FIELD
A collection of videos of advice, guidance, and tips gathered from our creative placemaking colleagues!

2018 ANNUAL ARTPLACE SUMMIT VIDEO ARCHIVE
Our 2018 Annual ArtPlace Summit in Louisville, KY, gathered our community of colleagues from the field of creative placemaking – projects and organizations we have been able to support, our foundation and government partners, and the researchers, advisors, and colleagues who help shape our work. With Louisville as our cultural backdrop we heard from national and local leaders on some of the most pressing issues facing our field and our communities. You can view a record of the 2018 plenaries here. 

2017 ANNUAL ARTPLACE SUMMIT VIDEO ARCHIVE
In 2017 we gathered our community of colleagues working on creative placemaking for our Annual ArtPlace Summit. The Summit took place in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest gave us a beautiful backdrop to hear from national and local leaders on some of the most pressing issues facing our communities, including immigration, housing, environment, and the rural urban cultural divide. You can view a record of our featured plenaries here.