Blog
Aug 13, 2019
When employees don’t feel they can bring their “whole selves” to work, creativity, productivity, and ultimately a business’s success can also suffer. In the third of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains how diversity, inclusion, innovation, and production interrelate, and how a new framework could help all sides measure and manage “cultural wellbeing” in the... Read More
Aug 08, 2019
Detroit’s Bright Art Paths is crafting a gamut of “creative play adventures” for kids and adults in the city’s Brightmoor neighborhood. We asked Laughing Moon of Superhero Training Academy, a Bright Art Paths partner, to tell us what’s been happening on the ground since the project’s 2016 ArtPlace grant.
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Aug 05, 2019
The Cambridge, MA-based Loop Lab is a Swiss Army knife of creative problem-solving. Their internship programs train and hire young women and people of color for careers in the creative economy, help disrupt the monolithic perspective of mass media, and work to preserve the rich culture of their historic neighborhood.
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Jul 30, 2019
Power is a broad concept, and its import ranges from who has it and how to get it to what it ultimately means and why it matters. At the ArtPlace America 2019 Annual Summit, we asked three leaders in creative community development from around the country to answer one crucial question: “In your work, how do you... Read More
Jul 25, 2019
“When you dig into any community organizing, anti-displacement, creative placemaking, or placekeeping work, you’ll find parties as a part of it.” In these highlights from a recent interview, Scott Oshima of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center explains how fun, art, and culture can be some of our best tools in the fight against displacement and... Read More
Jul 23, 2019
While we aren’t always aware of the culture that surrounds us, the messages we receive about our communities and ways of life have a great impact on our health. In the second of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains how culture and community affect the wellbeing of individuals, populations, businesses, and the economy.
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Jul 17, 2019
For decades, Philadelphia’s Village of Arts and Humanities has been cultivating local civic power in creative and lasting ways. Learn how the organization has effectively used film, photography, sound design, and—currently—the built environment to bring residents into their power as community experts, planners, caretakers, and documentarians.
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Jul 16, 2019
It’s hard work running a city, county, or state—and even harder to live in one that’s not well-run. Read civic artist Mallory Nezam’s rundown of major ways artists can help governments solve big problems, function more smoothly, and elevate the people and places they serve.
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Jul 10, 2019
Numbers alone may move businesses and markets, but culture is the operating system that guides communities. In the first of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains what many businesses miss when they strive to improve employee and community health, and how creative placemaking can help bridge the gaps.
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Jul 09, 2019
We are happy to share the exciting development that our colleague Erik Takeshita will be joining us at ArtPlace as a Senior Fellow on loan from the Bush Foundation. Erik’s first interactions with ArtPlace were through his role as board chair of Springboard for the Arts, as well as when he was working at the Local initiatives Support Corporation and launched their national creative... Read More