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.
Resource Creative Placemaking Case Study Summary: North Collinwood May 22, 2017 This is a one-page summary of a Creative Placemaking case study on the North Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was authored by Point Forward and commissioned by The Kresge Foundation.
Resource Creative Placemaking Case Study: Brookland-Edgewood May 22, 2017 This case study on the Brookland-Edgewood neighborhood of Washington DC, illustrates how Creative Placemaking, the deliberate integration of arts and culture into comprehensive community development, can serve as a critical catalyst in forming equitable living and working solutions for all the social, economic, and racial constituencies of a neighborhood. When…
News & Views Q&A: Minneapolis city leaders partner with artists to provide 10 community healing projects December 1, 2020 Q&A with Gülgün Kayim, director of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy with the City of Minneapolis 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…
Resource Breaking Down Creative Placemaking April 19, 2016 This report looks at two examples of creative placemaking, both supported by The Kresge Foundation: the North Collinwood Waterloo Arts District in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Westside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky.
Resource Creative Placemaking introduction booklet April 19, 2016 This booklet explains the basic concepts of Creative Placemaking and offers examples of such work supported by Kresge.
Resource Request for Proposals: “Fresh, Local & Equitable: Food as a Creative Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization” November 2, 2015 This Kresge Foundation funding opportunity is designed to support food-oriented initiatives that contribute to economic revitalization, cultural expression and health in low-income communities. Kresge will award up to 20 planning grants of up to $75,000 each in the first quarter of 2016 as part of the initiative “Fresh, Local &…
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…
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 Creative Placemaking Case Study Summary: Brookland-Edgewood May 22, 2017 This is a one-page summary of a Creative Placemaking case study on the Brookland-Edgewood neighborhood of Washington DC. It was authored by Point Forward and commissioned by The Kresge Foundation.