Resource NeighborWorks offers resources, peer reflections on investing in creative community development July 19, 2023 NeighborWorks America believes art, culture and creative expression are key components of comprehensive community development. In a recent blog, NeighborWorks’ Vice President of Community Initiatives Paul Singh affirms, “Many network organizations are undertaking arts and culture-based efforts in order to engage residents, build community, create awareness, forge partnerships, beautify public…
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.…
Resource The Art of Economic Justice: An Impact Report on Guaranteed Income Pilots for Artists and Creative Workers in Minnesota March 1, 2023 Springboard for the Arts launched one of the first Guaranteed Income pilots in the country focused on individual artists and creative workers in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The goal of the pilot is to explore the impact of guaranteed income on artists, culture bearers and creative workers at a neighborhood level…
News & Views Kresge Arts & Culture grantees gather to share, learn and help move Creative Placemaking forward on a national scale October 3, 2017 Kresge Foundation Arts & Culture Program partners gathered last week to explore strategies for effectively blending arts, culture and design into local development plans and projects across the nation. The foundation hosted representatives of nine grantee organizations and other partners from its Arts & Culture Program National Networks focus area…
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 Kresge’s Arts and Culture team will integrate its grantmaking framework under the concept of ‘creative placemaking’ May 22, 2012 The Kresge Foundation’s Arts and Culture team plans to roll out a new program that unifies the elements of the three-part framework that has guided its grantmaking since 2010. The aim – helping communities use arts and culture to create healthy, vibrant places – is unchanged. But where recent grantmaking…
News & Views Wayne State grad learns importance of Creative Placemaking practice July 18, 2017 While Corissa Green is in Midtown Detroit for classes at Wayne State University, she notices the changes around the city. How community members, like artists, have played a part in creating new opportunities and development. Now, Green has a bird’s-eye view of how those projects come to fruition as an…
Resource Creative Placemaking and Expansion of Opportunity July 18, 2018 This paper examines critical needs or opportunities to help the Creative Placemaking field continue taking root in community planning, and to better contribute to expanded opportunity and equity in low-income communities. Several years into the advancement of Creative Placemaking, the language and general premise are taking hold. The term is now…
News & Views Kresge unveils BASED, a new $8 million Creative Placemaking initiative to advance community development November 13, 2019 The Kresge Foundation announced today the creation of a new $8 million initiative, Building and Supporting Equitable Development (BASED), which seeks to advance community development through arts and culture. This national initiative is led by Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program as part of its ongoing effort to position culture and…
Resource Creative Vitality in Detroit: The Detroit Cultural Mapping Project March 4, 2013 A report commissioned by The Kresge Foundation’s Arts and Culture Program to create a baseline of data about metropolitan Detroit’s creative economy and cultural assets. The report catalogs a broad range of creative industries and occupations, as well as resources like festivals and events, cultural organizations and facilities.