HOW TO DO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
This resource helps you navigate creative placemaking topics. Each section has a series of essays from some of the best minds in this field, and also some case studies of projects funded through the NEA’s signature arts and community development program—Our Town. 

INDIANA CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TOOLKIT
A hub for creative placemaking resources, examples, funding and connections for Indiana communities. Including how to build partnerships and talk about your success.

INFORMAL ARTS: FINDING COHESION, CAPACITY AND OTHER CULTURAL BENEFITS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
A team of ethnographers from the Chicago Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College (CCAP) conducted a research study to investigate adult participation in the “informal arts” which encompasses such diverse experiences as acting in community theater, singing in a church choir, writing poetry at the local library, or painting portraits in a home studio. These “hands-on” activities tap people’s creative potential and expand our concept of artistic participation beyond the role of audience member.

INVESTING IN THE INDIGENOUS ARTS ECOLOGY
First Peoples Fund presents research, data, and stories about the work of culture bearers and artists and the critical role they play in  communities highlight the value of Native cultures and the need to be included in discussions and decisions among tribal leaders, policy makers, funders, and state and federal government.

IRRIGATE TOOLKIT
The Irrigate toolkit stemmed from the Irrigate project, which leveraged the arts to offset the disruption caused by construction of a new rail line in St.Paul, MN. Disruption is something that all communities face at some point in their trajectories, and this toolkit clearly lays out how the arts can help help turn a ubiquitous challenge into positive outcomes. 

LISC CREATIVE PLACEMAKING RESOURCES
Multiple resources from LISC in areas such as Affordable Housing, Education, Economic Development Financial Stability, Health, Safe Neighborhoods Community Leadership, Policy & Research