HOW TO DO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
This resource helps you navigate creative placemaking topics. Each section has a series of essays from some of the best minds in this field, and also some case studies of projects funded through the NEA’s signature arts and community development program—Our Town. 

CREATING PLACE: THE ART OF EQUITABLE COMMUNITY BUILDING
A multimedia collection of explorations, reflections, challenges, and offerings to the national dialogue around creative placemaking, created by ALTERNATE ROOTS members. Start by downloading the Creating Place digital book which contains an excerpt or overview of each Creating Place article, film, and podcast, as well as links to where you can see more.

NATIONAL OPERA CENTER OF AMERICA'S INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC PRACTICE
Without shared spaces to bridge divides, develop empathy and be pushed beyond the comfort zones of personalized news feeds, democracy will break down. The National Opera Center America lays out it's civic practice responsibilities.

PUBLIC ARTS RESOURCES CENTER (AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS)
Are you interested in calls for artists in your area? Or are you an administer looking for professional development opportunities? Maybe you are a field partner just interested in the basics? This tool will show you exactly what you are looking for. The Public Art Resource Center (PARC) is your online portal to find tools, resources, and opportunities tailored to your role and needs in the public art field.

ALLIANCE FOR ARTIST COMMUNITIES SOCIAL PRACTICE TOOLKIT
This is a living toolkit for social-practice residency programs and will continue to add to this online library over time. Resources within each category include guides for residency programs, 10 Tips for Artist Residency Directors, 10 Tips for Community Partners Residency, Case Studies, and Sample Documents for Residency Programs.

MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Helicon Collaborative, supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, began this research in 2015 in order to contribute to the ongoing conversation on “socially engaged art.” Their goal was to make this important realm of artmaking more visible and legible to both practitioners and funders in order to enhance effective practice and expand resources to support it.

CREATIVE EXCHANGE TOOLKITS
Loads of Practical toolkits from artists and art organizations for creative, artist-led community projects and programs. Meet the people around the country who are using their art, creativity and connections to shape their communities.

IN OUR BACKYARD (IOBY) WEBINARS
Is crowdfunding right for your neighborhood project? Check out these webinars from Ioby on how to crowd fund for anything from community gardens, community projects, racial justice and more.

THE NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL EXCHANGE
This series draws on the power of connection to bridge further conversation across the regions, sectors, and place-based philosophies that make the work of creative placemaking so essential to the future of our rural places. Roughly every three weeks, these Digital Exchanges offered an opportunity for folks to come together and engage with leaders working across the dynamic range of fields that compose the foundation of rural creative placemaking.

GUIDE FOR BUSINESS DISTRICTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS
A free guide for place managers to work with artists on creative placemaking projects. The guide was created for International Downtown Association by Springboard for the Arts from their experience working with artists and consulting on creative placemaking work across the country, the guide contains tools for partnership building between BIDs and artists, collaboration between community stakeholders, budgeting and project management.