News & Views Mission, Money & Markets: How impact investing and creative financing are playing a role in conserving public lands February 5, 2018 The ability to tap into a market, or create a market, can help solutions scale to the size of the problem. This month, we looked at how The Conservation Fund is retrofitting a financial structure to help preserve valuable forest land across the United States. To do so, I invited Larry Selzer,…
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 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.
News & Views 2014 Kresge Artist Fellows reflect Detroit’s vibrant artistic communities June 26, 2014 Eighteen from tri-county area receive $25,000 awards for artistic vision, creative excellence. Seventeen metropolitan Detroit artists and one collective have been awarded Kresge Artist Fellowships for 2014. Each of the 18 fellowships, for artists working in dance/music and a new theater/film category, includes an unrestricted prize of $25,000 to reward…
News & Views 18 Kresge Artist Fellowships, 2 Gilda Awards for 2017 announced June 22, 2017 Eighteen metropolitan Detroit artists have been selected to receive 2017 Kresge Artist Fellowships in recognition of their creative vision and commitment to excellence. In addition, two emerging artists will receive Gilda Awards. Funded by The Kresge Foundation, Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Awards are administered by the Kresge Arts in…
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 Springboard for the Arts explores the need for and impact of guaranteed income on artists March 2, 2023 In 2021, 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 was to explore the impact of guaranteed income on artists, culture bearers and creative workers at a neighborhood level…
News & Views Q&A: Artist led engagement in Minneapolis brings community healing and connections December 9, 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…
News & Views Q&A: How IFF navigated layering partners, capital to build a new early childhood center February 20, 2024