News & Views Photographer Bill Rauhauser selected as 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist January 9, 2014 Iconic Detroit photographer and educator Bill Rauhauser has been named the 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist. Rauhauser has devoted more than 60 years to “being there” – being present and engaged on the city’s streets, inside the studio and inside the classroom. He joins five other artists who have since 2008…
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…
News & Views Kresge awards $2 million in grants to support resident-driven projects in Memphis neighborhoods October 24, 2019 The Kresge Foundation today announced that it has awarded grants totaling $2 million to 20 community-based organizations throughout Memphis to support resident-driven projects through its Kresge Innovative Projects: Memphis initiative (KIP:M).
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 18 neighborhood groups share $1.5 million from Kresge for projects across Detroit May 25, 2018 The Kresge Foundation today announced $1.5 million in grants for 18 new projects and planning efforts to revitalize neighborhoods across Detroit. The grants are the first to be awarded in the $6 million, three-year relaunch of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit. In the city’s Virginia Park neighborhood, vacant lots will become…
Resource Detroit’s Bold Urban Future: Connecting downtown and the neighborhoods June 25, 2015 Welcome. You come to Detroit at a fascinating time, as an iconic American city is being reimagined and recalibrated. This has profound implications for other cities seeking to establish their own pathways to confront the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The Bankruptcy Who knew that Machiavelli had Detroit in…
News & Views New Freedom Maps report explores the legacy of culture, art and organizing in the U.S. South August 5, 2020 The U.S. South is the country’s most populated region, yet it is also the most underfunded and overlooked. According to the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy, between 2010 and 2014 the South received $41 in foundation funding per person, compared to the national funding rate of $451 per person and…
News & Views Gloria House named Kresge Eminent Artist for 2019 January 24, 2019 Detroit poet, activist and educator Gloria House has been named the 2019 Kresge Eminent Artist. The announcement came Thursday evening at the Masonic Temple’s Jack White Theater at the conclusion of a program honoring the first 10 Kresge Eminent Artists. A collaboration between the Foundation and Detroit Public Television, the…