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Oct 08, 2019
Laura Zabel and Jun Li (Springboard for the Arts) talk about how to build the infrastructure that helps communities and neighborhoods tap into their natural Creative People Power. Their work is about building stronger communities, neighborhoods, and economies, and they believe that artists are an important leverage point in that work.
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May 14, 2019
ArtPlace kicks off our sixth research working group—all about arts, culture, and immigration—this week in Pittsburgh. See a rundown of the accomplished arts and immigration leaders, practitioners, and advocates we’ll be meeting with, and what’s on our agenda.
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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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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 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 10, 2019
Minneapolis’s Mixed Blood Theatre has been a mainstay in one of the city’s most notable immigrant enclaves since the 1970s. Now, they’re using their neighborhood connections to help community members bring their personal health stories to the stage, screen, and each other. Minneapolis’s Mixed Blood Theatre “changes attitudes, behavior, and policy by paying positive attention to difference.” Since... Read More
Nov 13, 2018
This is the second in a series of guest posts by Judi Jennings called “Asking Tough Questions About Creative Placemaking.”Her posts highlight analysis and action ideas from interviews with some of the best minds in placemaking and philanthropy. How can storytelling transform public safety “hotspots” into community “bright spots”? How can mural-making elevate and protect the humanity of... Read More
Oct 10, 2018
In 2013, ArtPlace America invested in the implementation of two “Creational Trails” in Milwaukee, a project led by the Greater Milwaukee Committee. Both trail initiatives were intended to address specific problems, both were intensely collaborative, and both employed many of the same partners, including MKE<->LAX consultant Sara Daleiden and the City of Milwaukee. Through a partnership with NEWaukee, the West Wisconsin Avenue Creational... Read More
Oct 02, 2018
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is recognized as a national leader in progressive public safety. Through community development initiatives, authentic relationship building, sports, arts, and recreation, it is helping to transform disinvested neighborhoods in urban unincorporated areas of the county it serves. In 2016, ArtPlace America invested in Eden Lives! The project was started by the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Activities... Read More
Sep 26, 2018
It’s been just over two years since the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released How to Do Creative Placemaking: a 200-plus-page guide to cultivating, nurturing, and sustaining all the elements necessary for successful creative placemaking efforts. The guide has since been read and referenced by thousands of people and communities across the country. ArtPlace recently caught up with Jen Hughes,... Read More