WORKING THROUGH GROWING PAINS IN ARTIST/COMMUNITY DEVELOPER COLLABORATION
At their roots, both the arts and community development amplify a people’s voice. And while this connection makes sense on paper, it can look a lot different in practice. Shelterforce shares three insights from our work together that speak to the promise, and peril, of such collaboration.

WORKING WITH ARTISTS TO DEEPEN IMPACT
The first in a series of briefs by PolicyLink documenting lessons and stories from ArtPlace America’s Community Development Investments program. This brief will explore the theme of collaborative practice, or how community-based organizations cultivated working relationships with artists, and how they have significantly changed the approaches through which community preservation and revitalization can take place.

WORKING WITH ARTISTS TO DEEPEN IMPACT WEBINAR
This webinar, with leaders of community-based organizations and the artists with whom they have partnered, focuses on the lessons learned from their collaborative practice. The webinar is based in the four-year journeys of the six organizations that participated in ArtPlace America’s Community Development Investments program — from identifying partners and formalizing relationships, to uncovering the hidden assets and talents of staff. These experiences also provide lessons for community development corporations, nonprofit housing developers, park associations, health services providers, and economic development agencies on leveraging small-scale arts and culture work into larger, more ambitious projects, and addressing challenges, accepting critique, and learning from mistakes.