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Magnetizing Neighborhoods through Amateur Arts Performance

Resource Question(s): FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Audience: Artists, Arts organizations, Higher Education

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MAGNETIZING NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH AMATEUR ARTS PERFORMANCE
There is a significant correlation between the amount of amateur, informal arts activity in neighborhoods and neighborhood stability and/or improvement. This correlation is evidence of magnetization - an increase in the desirability, commitment, social integration, and quality of life in a community area. Arts create shared experience, they encourage intergenerational activity and make public spaces enjoyable, among other effects. For those reasons, components of comprehensive community development should include space for amateur and semi-professional activity.