Stories
Jan 20, 2016
With January already half gone, we’ve hit the ground running since the release of our 2016 call for projects to the National Creative Placemaking Fund on January 5th. Leila and I are thrilled with the responses we’ve received so far and have been humbled by the hundreds of interested applicants we’ve already met from our recent trips... Read More
Jan 05, 2016
We are excited to announce that $10.5 million is available to fund projects that work with artists and arts organizations help build stronger, healthier communities anywhere in the United States.
Applications will need to be submitted here by Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (and you will need to register no later than Tuesday, February 16, 2016).
We expect many people to apply – last... Read More
Dec 30, 2015
For our last blog post of the year we asked our staff to speak a little bit on what their biggest takeaways and learnings are from 2015 and what they are most looking forward to for 2016.
Jamie B.
In 2015, I learned that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan may be the most beautiful place in the United States.
And... Read More
Dec 23, 2015
Earlier this year we tipped our hand about sharing a tool that lays out how the arts and culture sector organizes itself. The Community Development Matrix has proved valuable in helping us analyze the diversity of our work by sector and stakeholder type, but what about arts and culture? If our goal is to integrate the arts into community planning and... Read More
Dec 15, 2015
One of the first tasks I was charged with when I joined ArtPlace eight weeks ago was planning a staff retreat. Not knowing much about the organization and most important, our amazing staff, I was a bit wary about the outcomes with me at the helm.
At the same time, I believe in staff retreats and the need... Read More
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