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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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Jun 14, 2019
The 2019 Rural Generation Summit brought rural (and urban) creative placemakers from across the country to Mississippi to connect, converse, and steep in Southern culture. Here are a few of the poetic verses, conversational snippets, and personal reflections that made the event so memorable.
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Jun 06, 2019
Everyone can picture how a bright mural or whimsical statue can elevate our enjoyment of a public park. But artists can figure in to the success of park projects in even more central, powerful, guiding ways. A case study on New Mexico’s Zuni Youth Enrichment Project detailed how artist involvement from the start led to a more... Read More
Jun 04, 2019
It’s one thing to say we want to work with artists, and another to do so effectively. How can organizations and project leaders make the most of artists’ strengths while dodging common cross-sector traps?
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May 28, 2019
ArtPlace’s Senior Program Officer introduces our next (and last) initiative: Local Control, Local Fields. This people-powered investment in locally controlled resources aims to strengthen six fields of practice in six distinct geographies around the U.S. Learn how our approach was developed, what makes it different, and what to watch for as it rolls out this spring.
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May 24, 2019
At the ArtPlace 2019 Annual Summit, hundreds of grantees, funders, staff, and friends met for three days in Jackson, Mississippi, as one community. We explored themes of healing through music, spoken word, food, visual and performing arts, and—most compelling—listening.
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May 22, 2019
ArtPlace and DAISA Enterprises are thrilled to announce the release of “Cultivating Creativity: Exploring Arts & Culture in Community Food Systems Transformation.” The fifth in ArtPlace’s series of Creative Placemaking Field Scans, this new report explores how arts and cultural practices can be better leveraged to create equitable and place-based food systems change across the country.
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May 16, 2019
Prison and nightclubs might not sound like two things that go together, but they serve as complementary forces in the creative placemaking project Bring Down The Walls. Learn how this collaborative effort turned a decommissioned fire NYC station into a venue for community healing through interactive learning, music, and dance.
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May 15, 2019
Welcome to the ArtPlace 2019 Annual Summit! We are happy to announce that this year we will be livestreaming all our Summit Plenaries on Facebook Live from Jackson, MS! Once a year, we gather ArtPlace America’s community of colleagues from the field of creative placemaking – projects and organizations we have been able to support, our foundation and... Read More
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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