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Dec 30, 2015
For our last blog post of the year we asked our staff to speak a little bit on what their biggest takeaways and learnings are from 2015 and what they are most looking forward to for 2016.
Jamie B.
In 2015, I learned that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan may be the most beautiful place in the United States.
And... Read More
Nov 11, 2015
It’s not often that you get to spend a month on the road with your coworkers! During October, Jamie B, Prentice, and I shared many planes and coffees visiting each of the six Community Development Investments participants. We were able to visit the communities and spend time with the staff, and it was a great way to get the... Read More
Oct 29, 2015
This week we are thrilled to welcome two new team members to the ArtPlace team: Sarah Calderon and Marirosa García! Sarah joins us as our new Managing Director, focusing on the management of ArtPlace and working with all of our colleagues on the connections and synergies among our work. Sarah comes to us from Casita Maria Center for the Arts & Education (Bronx,... Read More
Oct 02, 2015
Over the first three weeks of October, the participating organizations of the Community Development Investments will hold community forums to introduce this program to local stakeholders. The events will be livestreamed below and we’ll update this page with recordings as they become available.
We recently launched our one-time Community Development Investments (CDI) program to invest a total of... Read More
Sep 29, 2015
I am just back from Common Field’s Hand-in-Glove 2015 convening in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, where I joined a panel discussing advocacy with Artists Space’s Richard Birkett, University of Texas’s Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts’ Sheila Smith. As often happens, “advocacy” almost instantly became elided with “public funding for the arts,” and the conversation quickly centered on the National Endowment for the Arts (where... Read More
Aug 30, 2015
Today we announced an $18 million investment in six place-based organizations around the country to incorporate arts & culture into their community development work. In this post, our Deputy Director and Community Development Investments Program Manager Lyz Crane reflects on the moment.
Today’s announcement of the Community Development Investments program participants feels like a commencement to me: a culmination of... Read More
Aug 11, 2015
We recently had a chance to sit down with Lyz Crane, our Deputy Director, to talk big picture about the work she’s been doing on the Community Development Investments. It’s always a treat to grab a beer with a colleague and indulge in the kind of far-ranging conversation that staff meetings and formal agendas don’t allow, and Lyz... Read More
May 19, 2015
Today, we are pleased to officially welcome a new partner to the ArtPlace America family: The Stavros Niarchos Foundation! The Foundation approved a $1,000,000 grant to support our national work in the field of creative placemaking. ArtPlace is thrilled about this generous support and the opportunity to learn from and be a part of an international community of grantees--see... Read More
May 13, 2015
Hard to believe that just a week ago today we had gathered all together with 300+ of our friends, colleagues, and thought partners in Philadelphia for ArtPlace's annual Grantee Summit! Despite the impressive contingent of folks we had pulled together, there were still many, many others we wished could have joined us for the convening as we shared... Read More
May 04, 2015
ArtPlace is pleased to announce the 21 finalist organizations for the new Community Development Investments (CDI) program! In August of 2015 we will fund one organization in each of the six indicated regions:
A community of any size in Alaska:
Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Anchorage, AK
NeighborWorks Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
The Association of Village Council Presidents, Bethel, AK
A community of any size in California
Alameda County Deputy... Read More