Stories
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
Nov 06, 2015
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (SF Fed) publishes the Community Development Investment Review, a journal that brings together to bridge the gap between theory and practice in providing capital to low-and moderate-income communities. The journal leverages a broad spectrum of contributors ranging from government and nonprofits to financial institutions and beneficiaries to research and disseminate best practices. In... Read More
Nov 03, 2015
Last week our team was able to attend PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2015 in Los Angeles.
PolicyLink is our research and documentation consultant for our Community Development Investments and were kind enough to invite us down for this Summit.
In PolicyLink’s own words, the Equity Summit 2015 strived to “ground inclusion, justice, and prosperity in the urgent issues of today and connect them to the... Read More
Oct 29, 2015
This week we are thrilled to welcome two new team members to the ArtPlace team: Sarah Calderon and Marirosa García! Sarah joins us as our new Managing Director, focusing on the management of ArtPlace and working with all of our colleagues on the connections and synergies among our work. Sarah comes to us from Casita Maria Center for the Arts & Education (Bronx,... Read More
Oct 14, 2015
Over the last month, ArtPlace’s research efforts have quietly transitioned from being a conceptual framework to being a nuts and bolts reality. With three new research consultants on board, we are undertaking the first of several “field scans” that explore the relationship between the arts and other sectors of community development. Of the ten sectors that ArtPlace has... Read More
Oct 02, 2015
Over the first three weeks of October, the participating organizations of the Community Development Investments will hold community forums to introduce this program to local stakeholders. The events will be livestreamed below and we’ll update this page with recordings as they become available.
We recently launched our one-time Community Development Investments (CDI) program to invest a total of... Read More