THE ROLE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPENT: A VISUAL ANALYSIS
After releasing research findings in all ten sectors of ArtPlace’s Community Development Matrix, we developed one final resource: The Role of Arts and Culture in Equitable Community Development: A Visual Analysis. This comprehensive analysis cuts across all ten sectors, and is presented through an interactive infographic.

ARTPLACE FIELD SCAN: CENTERING CREATIVE YOUTH IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FIELD SCAN

ARTPLACE: 10 YEARS
ArtPlace: 10 Years tells the story of ArtPlace America. ArtPlace brought together a range of private philanthropy into coordinated partnership, then funded nearly 300 creative placemaking, placekeeping, and placetending initiatives across the country. 

2020 ARTPLACE VIRTUAL SUMMIT VIDEO ARCHIVE
ArtPlace America's Virtual Summit culminated a decade of work as part of an extraordinary community of artists, community developers, culture bearers, designers, government officials, philanthropists, and researchers who have come together from rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban communities across the United States. You can view a record of the 2020 plenaries here.

RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR
A new action guide offers research insights and lessons learned from states that are harnessing the power of the arts to drive rural prosperity. Produced by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, the guide offers creative policy solutions that draw on home-grown arts and cultural assets to address the urgent problems facing rural America.

ARTSFUND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ARTS STUDY

VOICES FROM THE FIELD: RURAL ORGANIZERS ON WHAT THEY NEED FROM FUNDERS
As a first step in establishing a framework and priorities, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work. From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the group’s role and intended impact in the landscape of rural organizing. Capturing the voices of organizers on the ground, the scan identified the following priorities: infrastructure and capacity, strategizing for impact, and anti-racist organizing.

2019 ANNUAL ARTPLACE SUMMIT VIDEO ARCHIVE
Our 2019 Annual ArtPlace Summit in Jackson, MS, gathered our community of colleagues from the field of creative placemaking – projects and organizations we have been able to support, our foundation and government partners, and the researchers, advisors, and colleagues who help shape our work. With Jackson as our cultural backdrop we heard from national and local leaders on some of the most pressing issues facing our field and our communities. You can view a record of the 2019 plenaries here. 

CREATIVITY LIVES HERE
A year-long digital storytelling campaign showcasing the people and places behind creative community development. Have a story about how arts and culture is helping address a challenge or opportunity in your community? Click the image to add YOUR VOICE to the growing collection of grassroots stories from across the United States.

WORKING WITH ARTISTS TO DEEPEN IMPACT
The first in a series of briefs by PolicyLink documenting lessons and stories from ArtPlace America’s Community Development Investments program. This brief will explore the theme of collaborative practice, or how community-based organizations cultivated working relationships with artists, and how they have significantly changed the approaches through which community preservation and revitalization can take place.