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Music Policy (Taylor’s Version): A Healthy Music Ecosystem Calls for an Intentional Approach
Five steps your city can take to become a music city and support the next big star.by: Kati Woock November 22, 2023Five steps your city can take to become a music city and support the next big star. -
A Mural Expert Shares Community Engagement Wins with Planners
The founder and executive director of Mural Arts Philadelphia highlights the brilliance of local artists and the role of murals in maintaining vibrant neighborhoods.by: Meghan Stromberg March 01, 2023The founder and executive director of Mural Arts Philadelphia highlights the brilliance of local artists and the role of murals in maintaining vibrant neighborhoods. -
Federal Funding Bolsters Creative Solution to Local Economic Recovery
Providence, Rhode Island, is investing American Rescue Plan dollars in a new economic development strategy—and reinvigorating its struggling tourism industry through arts and culture.by: Michelle McCue March 10, 2022Providence, Rhode Island, is investing American Rescue Plan Act dollars in a new economic development strategy — and reinvigorating its struggling tourism industry through arts and culture. -
Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces
2012by: Cynthia NikitinThis article discusses the importance of collaboration when creating interactive public spaces. -
Creative Placemaking 2.0
Grantmakers in the Arts Reader, Vol 23, No 2, 2012by: Anne NicodemusThis article summarizes definitions and approaches to creative placemaking. -
Signs of Life: The Station North Arts District in Baltimore, Maryland
NEA Arts Magazine, Issue 2012, Number 3, 2012by: Rebecca GrossThis article discusses how creative placemaking initiatives in Baltimore reactivated a neighborhood and supported the growth of an Arts and Entertainment District.Baltimore, MD -
A Vibrant Transformation: Cities and States Take Creative Placemaking to New Heights
NEA Arts Magazine, Number 3, 2012by: Michael GallantThis article identifies creative placemaking as a strategy to activate communities. -
Our Town: Supporting the Arts in Communities Across America
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Jane Chu, Jason SchupbachThis article presents information on projects funded through the Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an agency that supports arts-based community development. -
Creative Placemaking: How to Do It Well
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Ann Markusen, Anne NicodemusThis article focuses on strategies to engage in quality creative placemaking initiatives. -
Arts and Culture in Detroit: Central to Our Past and Our Future
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Rip RapsonThis article discusses how Detroit has supported the city's cultural ecology, including the use of creative placemaking to create more vibrant places.Detroit city, MI -
Creative Placemaking in Community Planning and Development: An Introduction to ArtPlace America
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Jamie BennettThis article introduces creative placemaking using historic context and provides examples of projects that exemplify how creative placemaking can impact a community. -
Arts for the City: Community Arts and Affordability Innovations in San Francisco
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Edwin Lee, Tom DeCaignyThis article explores public and private partnerships in San Francisco that promote creative placemaking and equitable urban development.San Francisco, CA -
Creative Policymaking: Taking the Lessons of Creative Placemaking to Scale
Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Volume, Issue 2, 2017by: Kiley ArroyoThis article focuses on how creative placemaking can encourage participatory policymaking. -
Defining Creative Placemaking: A Talk with Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa Nicodemus
NEA Arts Magazine, Issue 2012, Number 3, 2012by: Jason SchupbachThis article discusses changes in creative placemaking since the release of the white paper titled "Creative Placemaking." -
Placemaking and Social Equity: Expanding the Framework of Creative Placemaking
Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2014by: Debra WebbThis article discusses how creative placemaking efforts can expand to promote civic engagement and social change. -
Opportunity at the Intersection of Community Development and Creative Placemaking
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Ben HechtThis article looks at how creative placemaking can encourage community development. -
Gentrification and the Artistic Dividend: The Role of the Arts in Neighborhood Change
Journal of the American Planning Association, 80(1): 21-35, 2014by: Carl Grodach, Nicole Foster, James MurdochThis article explores the relationship between creative placemaking, gentrification, and displacement. -
Assessing a Set of Indicators for Creative Placemaking: Reflections from the Field
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Elaine Morley, Mary WinklerThis article explores the challenges related to identifying effective indicators for creative placemaking projects. -
Best Practices for Creative Placemaking
March/April 2017by: Juanita HardyThis article identifies ten best practices to support creative placemaking projects. -
The Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Transformation of Public Spaces
April 2015This article discusses the use of "Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper" (LQC) projects to bring revitalize community public spaces in a way that is not expensive or labor intensive. -
How Design Thinking Transformed A Neighborhood’s Creative Placemaking Strategy
January 2020by: Sarah Corlett, Caitlin BehleThis article describes how the design thinking process can strengthen creative placemaking strategies. -
Creative Placemaking
PAS Memo — November-December 2016by: Leonardo Vazquez, AICP November 01, 2016The November/December 2016 issue of PAS Memo defines creative placemaking and provides planners with a primer on the principles and processes of this emerging field in which arts and culture shapes places and communities.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Planning for Music Can Help Transform American Cities
From live shows to recording studios, music is an economic multiplier.February 01, 2019Pop culture, particularly in the form of music and musicians, is impacting the development of cities. -
The Art of Public Engagement
Planners and communities get creative with the planning process.December 01, 2018Art means different things to different people, which is just one of the reasons why public art is so effective at engaging community members of all backgrounds in the planning process. -
When Arts and Culture Take Center Stage
Each city may need a slightly different approach.November 01, 2015How civic leaders and urban planners can work on using arts and culture in redevelopment initiatives. -
No Place Like It
January 01, 2018The cultural industry in New Orleans accounted for 14 percent of total employment in 2016.
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