Resource Creative Placemaking case studies June 28, 2017 Press release from June 29, 2017: The integration of arts, culture, and community-engaged design into community development has injected new life into post-industrial neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D.C. – and those successes are chronicled in depth in a pair of case studies and companion videos released by The…
Resource Connecting Detroit’s assets through strategic placemaking April 11, 2013 Good morning. I would like to extend a warm welcome to the guests who have arrived in Detroit for this inaugural Project for Public Spaces Leadership Council meeting. I’m told that we have representation from 25 states and 10 countries. Leave it to the Project for Public Spaces to assemble…
Resource Creative Placemaking January 31, 2013 A white paper for The Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a leadership initiative on the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the United States Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation. Ann Markusen, Markusen Economic Research Services, and Anne Gadwa, Metris Arts Consulting. NEA 2010.
Resource Creative Placemaking Research from ArtPlace America January 15, 2021 Based on a decade of cross-sector research, ArtPlace America developed an interactive tool that highlights 13 ways arts and culture can support equitable community development. Visit creativeplacemakingresearch.org to learn more about the “Translating Outcomes” research initiative.
Resource Kresge weekly newsletter: 2016-2019 December 19, 2019 Issues of the weekly newsletter News From The Kresge Foundation, containing information about funding initiatives, events, research and our work to expand opportunity in America's cities. See the most recent 2020 newsletters
News & Views Q&A: Minneapolis artist creates outdoor barbershop to help community process grief through haircuts December 3, 2020 By Teeko Yang, Project Manager of the City of Minneapolis’ Creative CityMaking Program Editor’s note: This Q&A feature is part of a series of articles highlighting 10 Minneapolis artists who turned to their community to create a ripple effect of connection, healing and joy following George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent uprisings.…
News & Views Kresge partners share 8 ways to advance racial justice through culture and creative practices February 24, 2021 Editor’s note: Lori Bartczak, Walter Howell and Carla Taylor of Community Wealth Partners contributed to this story. When community planning and development is done equitably, it embodies the culture and voices of the people who live in the community and focuses on racial justice. This is a core principle of…
News & Views University of Orange provides music-making as a creative tool to help communities heal from collective trauma March 24, 2021 Artists and creatives have played a key role in advancing public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic and the national movement for racial justice – two crises that continue to impact the physical and mental health of many people. Residents in the most vulnerable communities are no stranger to health…
News & Views Kresge names nine experts to FreshLo advisory committee July 14, 2016 The Kresge Foundation has named nine national experts from fields such as sustainable food development, creative placemaking and community development to the advisory committee for the Fresh, Local & Equitable: Food as a Creative Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization initiative. The program, known as FreshLo, is a joint effort of Kresge’s…