News & Views Art, culture and community-engaged design help invigorate neighborhoods in Cleveland, Washington D.C. July 10, 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 Kresge Foundation and Point Forward. The studies…
Resource Why Comprehensive Community Development is Essential Now, and Why the Arts Must be at the Table December 6, 2016 The New Reality Since the time this event was conceived so many months ago, one thing has remained remarkably constant, while another has become a bit topsy-turvy. The remarkable constant has been Jane Chu. Her grace, her thoughtfulness, her unwavering advocacy for the centrality of arts and culture in our…
News & Views East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation applies arts, culture in equitable community development November 16, 2022 For 47 years, the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) has advocated for healthy neighborhoods where all residents have a place to call home and have the resources they need to thrive. Based in Oakland, California, EBALDC is a non-profit community development organization that builds vibrant and safe neighborhoods…
News & Views Public-private collaboration puts arts at center of community revitalization September 16, 2011 Foundations work with National Endowment for the Arts to make $11.5 million investment in dozens of cities nationwide. DETROIT – Eleven private philanthropies have joined with the National Endowment for the Arts and a number of federal agencies to establish ArtPlace, a nationwide initiative to drive community revitalization with a…
News & Views Kresge shares innovative approaches to create opportunity at grantmakers gathering November 1, 2016 A suite of innovative approaches for using social investments, arts, food and culture as tools to create opportunity for low-income communities was shared by The Kresge Foundation during the recent Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) annual conference. Kresge-led sessions included exploration of the foundation’s record-shattering Fresh, Local & Equitable initiative…
News & Views Roundtable: How arts and culture organizations are advancing racial healing November 9, 2021 Roundtable Part 1: An intimate conversation with leaders from The Kresge Foundation, National Public Housing Museum and Design Impact The arts and culture sector has taken a tremendous hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the lockdowns of 2020 – that extended into 2021 – many artists and creatives have been…
News & Views Rapson: Jackson, nominated to chair NEA, would bring uncommon promise to the job October 5, 2021 President Biden has made countless admirable appointments to federal positions. But none more thrilling for us at Kresge than his announcement today of Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson’s nomination to be the next Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Maria began working as a Senior Advisor/Consultant with Kresge in…
News & Views A fresh approach to civic asset investment August 25, 2020 Report finds Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative shaped by emphasis on outcomes and a portfolio approach to public-space assets Since 2015, the Reimagining the Civic Commons (RCC) national initiative has sought to revitalize and connect civic assets with people of all backgrounds, create more resilient communities and reverse trends of economic and…