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May 30, 2017
Each year, the ArtPlace Summit offers attendees the opportunity to gather for a three-day conference designed to refresh our perspectives on place-based work. This time, more than 300 of us met in Seattle, Washington to enjoy a series of eye-opening panel discussions, tool-building break-out sessions and moving cultural experiences together. The summit kicked off on Monday, May 15... Read More
May 30, 2017
One of the most pressing (and polarizing) issues of our time is climate change. But figuring out how to tackle a problem that many feel detached from is another issue altogether. At this year’s ArtPlace Summit, we took some time to talk about how arts and culture can be used as tools to render the unseen visible... Read More
Jun 13, 2016
ArtPlace America strives to make investments in projects that achieve real, sustainable change through creative placemaking. But how do we know change is happening? How do we measure it, quantify it and document it? At this year’s ArtPlace Summit in Phoenix, AZ we asked our attendees to focus on examining their experiences with defining progress. In the... Read More
May 26, 2016
Our attendees at this year’s ArtPlace Summit in Phoenix, AZ dug into the question, “How will the arts help achieve community change?” Attendees in the “Creating Art in & for Place: Methods for Locale-Minded Curation” breakout session quickly agreed that art and culture are not a band aid for wider community issues – they are tools to be... Read More
May 19, 2016
How do we move the field and our knowledge from a beginning, more remedial understanding (101) to a more advanced, thoughtful understanding (201)? What resources, frameworks and initiatives should we be working on to ensure the growth and sustainability of creative placemaking projects? At our recent ArtPlace Summit in Phoenix, AZ, we asked our attendees to break... Read More
May 12, 2016
ArtPlace often refers to the “Four Questions” that each creative placemaking project should ask. These are four great questions to ask at the onset of a new undertaking, and they also align with the overall lifecycle of a project (e.g. initial research, strategy formation, implementation, and reflection). These are difficult questions that deserve some deep thought, so during the... Read More
May 05, 2016
As we continue unpacking the 2016 ArtPlace Summit, we’d like to take a look back at the Artistic Breakout Sessions and the valuable insights that emerged. The goal of the sessions was to dive into nine arts disciplines and understand how these disciplines best address community development challenges and opportunities. These disciplines included: Craft & Culinary, Dance,... Read More
Apr 21, 2016
This week we are lucky to have Pilar McKay, one half of Rural Arts Weekly, joining us for a guest blog post about her thoughts, findings, and questions that came up from our ArtPlace Summit. Without further ado, take it away, Pilar! What is the magic of creative placemaking? During ArtPlace Summit 2016, I was determined to find... Read More
Apr 14, 2016
This year's ArtPlace Summit was a whirlwind of excitement, energetic conversations, inspiring presentations, and new friendships. Have you had a chance to catch your breath yet? For those of you who weren't able to join us this year, we thought we'd put together an overview of our time together in Phoenix. If you were able to be there, well,... Read More
Apr 08, 2016
Having just wrapped up our ArtPlace Summit 2016 we wanted to put together a quick visual recap of our time in Phoenix, AZ. But don't worry! A more in depth discussion of our learnings and thoughts on the Summit will be coming next week, but we wanted to share a few photos we loved during the conference.
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