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Jan 07, 2019
Thomas Young, creative director of The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking (NCCP), gets theatrical about his love for Creative Placemaking Leadership Summits and why you should join ArtPlace and NCCP at our events across the country this year. I can’t watch theater anymore. After about eight years of directing musicals, plays, and devised theater, all I do when... Read More
Dec 18, 2018
With 2018 drawing to a close and 2019 on the horizon, we leave ArtPlace readers with some actionable wisdom about wellness and work, delivered by the artist Leslie Kimiko Ward in the closing plenary of our 2018 Annual Summit in Louisville, Kentucky. Leslie Kimiko Ward, a social practice artist, movement specialist, writer, and shepherd (yes, of sheep), gave... Read More
Dec 11, 2018
As Forecast Public Art wraps up its 40th year, we join the celebration by sharing out some of the useful, valuable resources they produce for artists and creative placemakers—free of charge. As this milestone anniversary year comes to a close—and in the holiday spirit of giving—we at ArtPlace wanted to share out a few of the many top-shelf... Read More
Dec 06, 2018
Elena Serrano of Oakland’s EastSide Arts Alliance & Cultural Center reflects on the threats and opportunities people of color face in her city as development accelerates—and the role arts and culture can play in working toward racial justice. Our Humans of ArtPlace series takes its cue from the famed Humans of New York project. This month, as our blog tells... Read More
Dec 04, 2018
An introduction to some of the many useful creative placemaking resources produced by our friends at PolicyLink, The Trust for Public Land, The DC Office of Planning, and Transportation for America. Just in time for year-end highlight reel season, ArtPlace is pleased to share some top takeaways from the session “Creative placemaking tools: What exists? Where are they?... Read More
Nov 27, 2018
Our Humans of ArtPlace series takes its cue from the famed Humans of New York project. This month, as our blog tells stories of “the people behind creative placemaking,” we asked the driving forces behind three ingenious ArtPlace-funded projects to give us some personal insights on work, life, art, and place. Donna Neuwirth co-founded the Wisconsin-based Wormfarm Institute in 2000, and remains... Read More
Nov 15, 2018
Our Humans of ArtPlace series takes its cue from the famed Humans of New York project. This month, as our blog tells stories of “the people behind creative placemaking,” we asked the driving forces behind three ingenious ArtPlace-funded projects to give us some personal insights on work, life, art, and place. Doug Naselroad is a Master Artist-in-Residence at the Appalachian... 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 30, 2018
Peter Haakon Thompson is a Minneapolis-based artist and the Community Development Coordinator at Springboard for the Arts. For many years, he has initiated and participated in art projects that center community engagement—some while wearing his “artist” hat, and some as an arts administrator. We asked Peter to share some examples of successful creative placemaking ventures he’s been involved with,... Read More
Oct 25, 2018
Amid the opportunities and stressors of gentrification, and facing an existential water crisis, new and longtime residents of bucolic Bozeman, Montana, create and experience public art that amplifies their stories and brings them together. In a rapidly growing western town, indigenous and non-indigenous artists collaborate with ranchers, ecologists, and activists in a poignant performance series about the... Read More