Stories
May 22, 2019
ArtPlace and DAISA Enterprises are thrilled to announce the release of “Cultivating Creativity: Exploring Arts & Culture in Community Food Systems Transformation.” The fifth in ArtPlace’s series of Creative Placemaking Field Scans, this new report explores how arts and cultural practices can be better leveraged to create equitable and place-based food systems change across the country.
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Jun 04, 2019
It’s one thing to say we want to work with artists, and another to do so effectively. How can organizations and project leaders make the most of artists’ strengths while dodging common cross-sector traps?
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May 24, 2019
At the ArtPlace 2019 Annual Summit, hundreds of grantees, funders, staff, and friends met for three days in Jackson, Mississippi, as one community. We explored themes of healing through music, spoken word, food, visual and performing arts, and—most compelling—listening.
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Jun 06, 2019
Everyone can picture how a bright mural or whimsical statue can elevate our enjoyment of a public park. But artists can figure in to the success of park projects in even more central, powerful, guiding ways. A case study on New Mexico’s Zuni Youth Enrichment Project detailed how artist involvement from the start led to a more... Read More
Jun 11, 2019
Stories are a cornerstone of every creative placemaker’s work. But not every story is as robust as it can be. Join the Story Doctors from the ArtPlace 2019 Annual Summit as they share their best prescriptions for getting your story into tip-top shape.
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Jun 14, 2019
The 2019 Rural Generation Summit brought rural (and urban) creative placemakers from across the country to Mississippi to connect, converse, and steep in Southern culture. Here are a few of the poetic verses, conversational snippets, and personal reflections that made the event so memorable.
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Aug 13, 2019
When employees don’t feel they can bring their “whole selves” to work, creativity, productivity, and ultimately a business’s success can also suffer. In the third of a series of guest posts, Theo Edmonds explains how diversity, inclusion, innovation, and production interrelate, and how a new framework could help all sides measure and manage “cultural wellbeing” in the... Read More
Jun 21, 2019
Artists can be unfairly stereotyped as head-in-the-clouds dreamers—when the reality of artistic practice involves much creative decision-making and problem-solving. In a piece she wrote after the ArtPlace 2018 Summit, Krys Holmes details why artists make great civic planners.
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Aug 15, 2019
While the work of creative placemaking involves plenty of “grown-up” tasks like applying for permits and analyzing data, young people can play pivotal roles in shaping projects by bringing high energy, fresh thinking, and honest questions.
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Aug 20, 2019
“One thing about it is you can never trust the coal company. … They call it Bloody Harlan for a reason. We don’t intend no harm. We’re just here trying to get what’s rightfully owed to us.” That’s what Shane Smith, a former Blackjewel and Revelation Energy miner, told alumni of our Appalachian Media Institute when they interviewed him last week on... Read More