PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE STRATEGIES: CREATIVE PLACEMAKING GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

BLACKSPACE MANIFESTO
BlackSpace challenges architects, planners, urban designers, artists, and all curators of built spaces to unlearn traditional values and rethink Manifesto-based practice. They create spaces for Black urbanists to use talent, culture and rituals to design Black futures, demanding a present and future where Black people, spaces, and culture matter and thrive. 
 

CREATING CONNECTIONS: AN ARTS AND CULTURE FRAMEWORK AND TOOLKIT

BLACK SOIL: OUR BETTER NATURE

STREETS FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery compiles emerging practices from around the world and includes implementation resources for cities and their partners. Recognizing the rapidly changing nature of this pandemic, Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery will be revised and expanded to include new strategies, address changing conditions, and provide the best possible information on each design practice.

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ARTISTS IN CREATING A MORE JUST AND SOCIAL PUBLIC

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FORUM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS
The Community Engagement Toolkit shares a series of tools for planning community engagement to be more purposeful, equitable, transparent, and strategic so that community members are true partners for achieving impact. This toolkit includes tools exploring these areas: Be Result-Driven & Purposeful, Community Engagement Spectrum, Asset-Based Community Development, Equity – Who is at Our Tables?, Equity – Testing Assumptions & Bias, Assessing Audiences, Building Partnerships, Capacity Building, and Change Management.

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING 101 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS
Anne Gadwa Nicodemus takes a look at the creative placemaking trend, its research, and how to confirm it's the right road to pursue. 

THIS IS WONDERLAND PODCAST
Wonderland is a “master class” in culture change. Podcast hosts Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke apply their experience and perspective from careers spent at the intersection of social justice, entertainment and media to uncover the truth about the stories we’re telling as a country, on TV, in movies and throughout pop culture mediums.

WHY PUBLIC ART MATTERS 2018
Art in public spaces plays a distinguishing role in our country’s history and culture. It reflects and reveals our society, enhances meaning in our civic spaces, and adds uniqueness to our communities.This document explores how public art impacts five community values: Economic Growth and Sustainability, Attachment and Cultural Identity, Artists as Contributors, Social Cohesion and Cultural Understanding, and Public Health and Belonging. This document is designed as a tool for those making the case for public art in their community.