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Aug 13, 2019
When employees don’t feel they can bring their “whole selves” to work, creativity, productivity, and ultimately a business’s success can also suffer. In the third of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains how diversity, inclusion, innovation, and production interrelate, and how a new framework could help all sides measure and manage “cultural wellbeing” in the... Read More
Jul 23, 2019
While we aren’t always aware of the culture that surrounds us, the messages we receive about our communities and ways of life have a great impact on our health. In the second of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains how culture and community affect the wellbeing of individuals, populations, businesses, and the economy.
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Jul 10, 2019
Numbers alone may move businesses and markets, but culture is the operating system that guides communities. In the first of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains what many businesses miss when they strive to improve employee and community health, and how creative placemaking can help bridge the gaps.
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Jul 02, 2019
It’s not news that arts and culture can be powerful forces for positive change in communities. But that headline can belie a more complex truth. The Springboard for the Arts and Helicon Collaborative report Creative People Power surfaces interesting nuances about the complicated, sometimes unintended repercussions arts and culture projects can pack.
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Jun 26, 2019
ArtPlace partner PolicyLink recently released Working with Artists to Deepen Impact, the first in a series of briefs describing the changes seen and lessons learned when arts and cultural strategies were deployed in the service of community development and planning through our Community Development Investment projects.
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Jun 18, 2019
Ah, “evaluation”—every creative placemaker’s favorite word. If you’ve ever struggled with questions surrounding how, when (or why) to evaluate the outcomes of your placemaking projects, read these creative ideas gleaned from an expert panel (and audience) at last spring’s Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit in Madison, New Jersey.
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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