Blog
Dec 14, 2015
Below is a summary of a conversation between Susan Delvalle from the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, and Lynn Rippy from YouthBuild and IDEAS 40203.
As the great philosopher Whitney Houston said “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” Which is a cheeky way to start this... Read More
Dec 11, 2015
I have to admit that I have re-written this blog over a number of times in, what feels like, a futile attempt at identifying the best way to share all of the learnings that our team has gathered over the course of the last year. Beyond sharing what we’ve learned, I want to help you all understand... Read More
Dec 03, 2015
Written by Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa Nicodemus, at the request from the Mayor's Institute on City Design, the Creative Placemaking white paper was the first essay to bring the phrase ‘creative placemaking’ to American communities. Commissioned in 2010, it touched on what creative placemaking is, what it does, who it involves and what it achieves. In essence it was... Read More
Nov 30, 2015
I should probably introduce myself before I head into my blog ramblings. I’m Marirosa García, the new Social Media Manager here at ArtPlace America. You probably know me best from that recent Twitter retweet or that totally on-point Instagram posting about coffee and Mondays.
Yes, that was me. Hello.
I thought for my first post I would speak a... Read More
Nov 25, 2015
This post is the ninth in a ten-part series continuing those conversations, and it focuses on Agriculture & Food. Below is a summary of a conversation between Donna Neuwirth and Jay Salinas from the Wormfarm Institute; and Emily Raine and Stuart Siegel from the International Sonoran Desert Alliance. What luck that our discussion of the Agriculture & Food... Read More
Nov 24, 2015
As ArtPlace's research director I find myself in countless cross sector conversations across the country. Whether I’m on a panel myself or in the audience at someone else’s presentation, my job is to listen for alignments and to look for opportunities to connect the arts to other community development efforts and agendas. Two things have jumped out... Read More
Nov 20, 2015
This post is the eighth in a ten-part series continuing those conversations, and it focuses on Immigration. Below is a summary of a conversation between Nia Umoja, of the Cooperative Community of New West Jackson and Henry Reese, of City of Asylum. The immigration sector stretches beyond law and public policy to include how communities navigate all... Read More
Nov 17, 2015
About a year ago we put the Community Development Matrix together to lay out our sense of how the community planning and development world self-organizes. It helps us break things down into more digestible morsels and monitor the diversity of perspectives we take into account across all four of our lines of work. After debuting the matrix... Read More
Nov 11, 2015
This post is the seventh in a ten-part series continuing those conversations, and it focuses on Environment & Energy—which we previously labelled Environment & Open Space. Below is a summary of a conversation between Clark Wilson of the US Environmental Protection Agency and Sarah Kavage of Duwamish Revealed. First, you may notice that we’ve decided to label this sector Environment &... Read More
Nov 11, 2015
It’s not often that you get to spend a month on the road with your coworkers! During October, Jamie B, Prentice, and I shared many planes and coffees visiting each of the six Community Development Investments participants. We were able to visit the communities and spend time with the staff, and it was a great way to get the... Read More