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Feb 07, 2018
Last year, we had the privilege of working with Utah Diné Bikéyah as they partnered with five Native tribes on the project ‘Traditional Arts of Bears Ears- Hopi, Zuni, Dine, and Ute.’ The project aims to promote a sustainable economic future in San Juan County, UT through culture, community, and the arts. Their work is in supporting... Read More
Dec 05, 2017
Today, we are proud to announce the 23 creative placemaking projects that will receive funding in communities of all sizes across 18 states and one US territory. ArtPlace has a deep commitment to funding in rural America, with almost 52% of this year’s funded projects working in rural communities. Our National Creative Placemaking Fund has invested in communities across... Read More
Nov 27, 2017
As we continue focusing on the intersection of food, agriculture and creative placemaking on the blog this month, we thought it would be a great time to check back in with two of our amazing grantees currently working in this field. The MESA Project in Las Cruces, NM and the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation’s THRIVE Campus project... Read More
Nov 08, 2017
We are excited to join a host of partners to co-produce the 2018 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summits with The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking.The five regional summits are attracting hundreds of artists, planners, and community development practitioners. Do you have insights to share? Want your work to be featured? Send us your session proposal! We have room for more sessions at... Read More
Sep 12, 2017
Our hearts go out to all those affected by Harvey and Irma. It’s hard to comprehend the devastation, especially to poor and underserved communities who feel the full force of not only the weather, but disproportionately, the aftermath. After physical and material safety has been reestablished, there is still much more work to do. Designers can be... Read More
Aug 08, 2017
What critical roles might artists and other culture bearers play in efforts to imagine and create equitable and resilient futures for water and other life-sustaining systems?
This is a question my collaborators and I have been asking in different ways and places since launching the Water Bar project in 2014. While facilitating temporary Water Bar pop-ups at art... Read More
May 31, 2017
We’re excited to report that May marked the kickoff of our Arts, Culture and Environment Working Group following the annual #ArtPlaceSummit in Seattle. In collaboration with online environmental news platform Grist and the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Campaign, ArtPlace Research Strategies brought artists together with a diverse and accomplished working group of environment and energy sector leaders—including policymakers, researchers, community... Read More
May 30, 2017
One of the most pressing (and polarizing) issues of our time is climate change. But figuring out how to tackle a problem that many feel detached from is another issue altogether. At this year’s ArtPlace Summit, we took some time to talk about how arts and culture can be used as tools to render the unseen visible... Read More
May 24, 2017
Over one hundred years ago, the Inupiaq whaling community of Kivalina, Alaska, began discussing plans to relocate their village. In 1905, the Kivalliñiġmiut people were forcibly settled into a 27-acre barrier island at the coastal edge of their 2,200-square-mile traditional estate. Soon after Kivalina’s imposed sedentarization, people started discussing relocating to a new site within their territory... Read More
May 10, 2017
In the face of Puerto Rico’s dire socio-economic crisis, grassroots initiative Somos Machuchal proposes a groundbreaking alternative in the historic and culturally rich neighborhood of Machuchal. Members of the Machuchal community of San Juan, have been fighting for nearly four years for legal rights over a vacant house which has laid abandoned for forty years. After occupying and transforming... Read More