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Jun 23, 2020
Angelo Baca- a Navajo and Hopi filmmaker, and a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at NYU - speaks of the challenges of COVID-19, and how the recent protests are tipping societal scales of historical trauma back to a semblance of restorative justice.
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May 21, 2020
In times of crisis it is often hard to find the resources, information, and help we need. From loss of income and cancelling of events to shifting to online meetings and more, the COVID-19 virus is affecting many artists, nonprofits, and communities across the globe. While not comprehensive, we hope the running list of resources below is... Read More
Apr 21, 2020
PolicyLink has released a new brief, How Organizations Evolve When They Embrace Arts and Culture, which delves into the ways the six organizations in ArtPlace’s Community Development Investments (CDI) program had to grow and change to integrate arts and culture into their work, help them achieve their missions more effectively, and bring about positive outcomes for their communities.
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Oct 24, 2019
CreativePlace is the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking's podcast focusing on people who are making a difference in their communities through the arts and cultural programming. This episode features Julie Decker (Anchorage Museum in Alaska) and Bodil Kjelstrup, who serves as curator of the SEED Lab. Learn how Anchorage partnered with the Northern Norway Art Museum to address some... Read More
Oct 22, 2019
The American Indian College Fund’s Indigenous Visionaries initiative helps develop Native women leaders through education, mentoring, and networking. We asked two of the project’s organizers to elaborate on their session at the 2019 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit West and describe the ins and outs of their successful collaboration.
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Oct 01, 2019
In Weogufka, AL the local Indigenous Maskoke community are reclaiming their ancestral homelands, re-introducing animals to the bioregion, growing vegetables to contribute to the health of the community and reawakening traditional arts practices, including language revitalization and women’s medicinal practices, in an effort to improve health outcomes for the community.
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Sep 16, 2019
Tosa Two Heart (Oglala Lakota) and Bryan Parker (White Mountain Apache, Muscogee Creek, Mississippi Choctaw) discuss First Peoples Fund’s Rolling Rez Arts bus which was developed to strategically support Native artists on the large and extremely rural Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Sep 03, 2019
How can storytellers integrate the traditions and values of diverse indigenous communities into community-engaged artistic practice? Cornerstone Theater’s artistic director Michael Jon Garces and playwright Larissa FastHorse tell us how their newly evolved methodology working with Native American communities on indigenous land created its current touring project, “Native Nation.”
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Aug 22, 2019
The RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam, held annually in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, gives youth from across the region a chance to meld contemporary street art practices with their heritage, identities, and stories. The event builds young people’s creative skills, self-confidence, and cultural pride.
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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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