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May 10, 2019
Renowned filmmaker Queen Muhammad Ali, great-granddaughter of Eastern American Samoa’s late Paramount Chief Tuli Le’iato, contributed this story to ArtPlace about how she's helping to heal the obesity and diabetes epidemics her island faces by bringing the power of new technologies to indigenous Samoan healing arts.
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Apr 03, 2019
“Environment” might conjure up images of mountains, rivers, and forests. But place-based practitioners know that the “E” word can encompass “built” (human-made physical) and “unbuilt” (cultural and natural) environments. Guest contributor Judi Jennings describes some of the ways these three intersect in the field of creative placemaking, in rural as well as urban settings.
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Mar 13, 2019
Chicago’s Perry Avenue Commons—a series of aquaponic farms, community gardens, and art spaces—is demonstrating how an “inclusive, art-inspired, and agriculture-fed approach to neighborhood development” can help meet its community’s environmental, social, educational, and economic goals, as well as its need for fresh, nutritious, affordable food.
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Mar 06, 2019
Hmong French American artist Oskar Ly founded ArtCrop, an art and food CSA in Minnesota. By continuing and innovating on the traditions of her farmer-artist forebears—and contemporaries—Ly is inviting local farm share subscribers to enjoy “a more rooted cultural experience.”
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Mar 04, 2019
Georgia teacher Lywante Bonner coordinates events for One South, the community development corporation behind the state’s first “agrihood.” She spoke with ArtPlace about why she’s helping to make her South Macon neighborhood “feel whole again.”
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Jan 30, 2019
Sahra Noor, former chief executive officer of People’s Center Clinics & Services, and Laura Zabel, executive director of Springboard for the Arts, discuss in this Shelterforce article how their collaboration to offer art-making events at a Minnesota health clinic helped create a community hub for connection and creativity.
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Jan 28, 2019
Recent research commissioned by ArtPlace demonstrates how arts and culture strategies can help provide solutions to public health challenges faced by communities across the United States. This summary provides highlights and offers example projects.
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Jan 25, 2019
From April 2017 to November 2018, Carolyn Lewenberg served as the Metropolitan Area Planning Council of Massachusetts’ first artist-in-residence. She spoke with ArtPlace about how artists can best work with municipal agencies, the challenges both parties face, and why artists are worth investing in. “We did a little art walk through the offices, and people said, ‘Wow, I... Read More
Jan 23, 2019
Transportation is about more than getting from A to B. Equitable, sustainable mobility choices are a cornerstone of public health. Boogie Down Rides, a project profiled in our transportation field scan, illustrates how arts and culture can be leveraged to make healthful transportation options more inclusive, accessible—and fun. In 2017, ArtPlace began a partnership with Transportation for America (T4A) to... Read More
Jan 18, 2019
Architect Joseph Kunkel leads the Santa Fe-based Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative. He spoke with ArtPlace about ownership versus stewardship, what it means to be culturally responsive, and the importance of good old fashioned listening to the design process. "As a native designer, I've approached this style of engagement, i.e. sitting and listening, because this was a way... Read More