News & Views Helping South African universities build sustainable futures January 23, 2019 Students from the University of the Western Cape’s Creative Arts Choir perform at the 2019 Inyathelo Leadership Retreat, under the direction of Sibusiso Njeza. A 13-year partnership between the Kresge Foundation and Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, helped eight universities and one teaching hospital double, triple, and in…
News & Views Summer at Kresge 2022: Meet Arts & Culture Program Intern Mel Liu July 21, 2022 Arts & Culture intern to focus on Creative Placemaking and policy support for arts and culture This year marks the seventh year of The Kresge Foundation’s summer internship program, during which a cohort of interns work for the foundation for approximately 10 weeks. During their time at the foundation, interns…
News & Views 18 Kresge Artist Fellowships awarded in metro Detroit June 24, 2015 From graphic novels to performance art, these 2015 fellows “exemplify the creativity that continues to enliven our city.” Now in its seventh year, the Kresge Artist Fellows program and its companion Kresge Eminent Artists program have put $3.5 million into the local arts community.
Resource Art X Detroit: Why art matters April 11, 2011 Art X Detroit demonstrates why the arts are so powerful in this time and place; makes connections across the past, the present and the future; and views our community through a lens that substitutes for a tired and incomplete view of a city in decline a fresh, unexpected view of…
News & Views City of Hampton fights flooding with issuance of Virginia’s first Environmental Impact Bond December 7, 2020 Hampton to undertake three major flood resilience projects with $12 million in outcome-based financing supported by The Kresge Foundation The City of Hampton closed on Virginia’s first Environmental Impact Bond on December 2. This creative tool will finance $12 million in nature-based solutions to localized flooding as part of its…
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 Successes, challenges of innovative Kresge-backed community policing model illuminated in feature story April 10, 2019 An in-depth exploration of an innovative community policy strategy supported by Kresge – and the challenges of building trust between communities and law enforcement that it has illuminated – is featured in a recent feature story in Next City. The Alameda (California) County Sheriff’s Office’s Community Capitals Policing framework incorporates…
News & Views NYC Department of Probation partners with Carnegie Hall to reimagine community justice through NeON Arts program August 10, 2022 “If we don’t do something to reform our probation and parole systems and turn them into systems that are actually designed to support people’s meaningful re-entry in society rather than simply ensnare people once again into the system, we can continue to expand the size of our prison population simply…
News & Views Two Memphis leaders explore how Artist Emergency Fund provided relief to artists June 22, 2020 ArtsMemphis’ Elizabeth Rouse and Music Export Memphis’ Elizabeth Cawein share how artists, community have benefited The arts and cultural sector has experienced a setback not unlike that in the business community. Beyond closing doors and canceling programs, organizations are grappling with how to meet payroll and shift from in-person programming to…
News & Views Q&A: Seattle Housing Authority’s Jen Song shares how arts and culture drive community building among public housing residents December 8, 2020 In late November, The Kresge Foundation unveiled $30 million in grant commitments to advance racial justice. This investment marked a pivotal institutional milestone, underscoring Kresge’s belief that to expand opportunity in America’s cities, the Foundation must invest directly& and strategically in community-based efforts that address systemic racism and inequality. This…