Exclusive Content: Arts & Culture

Podcast: Placemaking in Native Communities with Joseph Kunkel, MASS Design Group

Posted on January 29, 2021

Joseph Kunkel Principal MASS Design Group Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn Sustainable planning and design. Joseph Kunkel, Principal at MASS Design Group and Director of the Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab, joined the podcast to talk about planning projects with Native communities. He discussed his work on affordable housing in Indian Country and engaging with...

Podcast: The Kinston, NC Arts and Cultural District with Raney Rogers, Adam Short, and Sarah Arney

Posted on January 5, 2021

Raney Rogers Executive Director smART Kinston LinkedIn Adam Short Planning Director City of Kinston, North Carolina Sarah Arney Community Development Planner City of Kinston, North Carolina LinkedIn Redevelopment through arts and culture. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Kinston, North Carolina has redeveloped their community through the implementation of...

Songs in the Key of Public Service

Posted on December 30, 2020

By Sarah Moss, MPA | LinkedIn | Twitter What I am listening to – This public service songs playlist I made for you on Spotify! What I am reading – Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels What I am watching – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool on Netflix Dear ELGL Community, This year...

Podcast: Food Access and Public Art in Jackson, MS with Salam Rida and Travis Crabtree

Posted on October 30, 2020

Salam Rida Project Director Fertile Ground Project LinkedIn | Twitter Travis Crabtree Project Manager Fertile Ground Project LinkedIn Inspiring dialogue through art. Salam Rida, Project Director, and Travis Crabtree, Project Manager, discuss the Fertile Ground Project in Jackson, Mississippi. This project uses public art to talk about urban farming, the availability of healthy food, and...

Podcast: Public Art & Black Lives Matter with Amina Cooper, Arts & Science Council

Posted on September 8, 2020

Amina Cooper Program Director, Public Art CLT Arts & Science Council LinkedIn | Twitter Authentically reflecting community values. Amina Cooper, Program Director of Public Art CLT for the Arts & Science Council, joined the podcast to talk about creating more equitable and diverse public art. She discussed the recent efforts by communities across the country...

Youth are often under-represented in the traditional formal meetings of community planning processes. While some adults hesitated to pick up a brush, kids dove right in.

A Paint-By-Numbers Mural Becomes a Collaborative Investigation into Community, Placemaking

Posted on August 21, 2020

No one was too young to participate in Euclid’s first community-painted mural. Space along the 75’ wall was reserved for signatures of everyone who picked up a brush and contributed to the artwork. Allison Lukacsy-Love AIA, EcoDistricts AP, Community Projects Manager, Acting Planning & Zoning Commissioner, Department of Planning & Development at City of Euclid,...

Podcast: Engaging through Art with Carrie Christensen, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

Posted on August 4, 2020

Carrie Christensen Senior Planner Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board LinkedIn | Twitter Meaning making and synthesizing. Carrie Christensen, Senior Planner for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, joined the podcast to talk about how she has employed artists to be partners in the community engagement work they do. Partnering artists has improved the quality of engagement...

Using Public Art to Change the Way We’ve Always Done It

Posted on July 22, 2020

This blog was written by Michelle Bixler, Director of Community Development in Strasburg, VA. I work for a community named Strasburg located right at the intersection of interstates 81 and 66 in northwestern Virginia. Strasburg has 6,600 residents. Like a lot of communities in VA, it has a historic downtown, with beautiful architecture and Civil War markers throughout. It is rural. It...

What Happens When City Staff Make a Dance: Real Impacts of Collaborative Art

Posted on July 3, 2020

This blog is part of ELGL, ArtPlace America, and Civic Art's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. As a dancer and choreographer, I’ve been working with city staff for over seven years. My job is with Forklift Danceworks, a non-profit arts organization. We make dances with people...

Creative Communities Check-In Poll

Posted on June 26, 2020

We're at the halfway point for ELGL's "Creative Community" partnership with CivicArts and ArtPlace America and we want to know more about what YOU'RE wanting to learn in the next six months. Take this quick survey and tell us (and you can win a book of Allie Breyer's choosing if you want to share your...

Creative Communities Check-In Poll

Posted on June 24, 2020

Creative Communities Check-In Poll

Posted on June 22, 2020

Data Storytelling: How to Identify the Story behind the Data and Share it with the Community

Posted on June 18, 2020

This post is brought to you by Greg Stopka, Strategy and Innovation Manager at the Park District of Oak Park, as part of ELGL’s “Creative Community” learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here – tell your...

Rewind: Health, Arts, Parks, & Equity

Posted on May 27, 2020

This webinar originally aired on May 27, 2020. About the webinar: The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit organization that creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Across the country, TPL uses place-based arts and cultural strategies to create parks that are more healthy, community-center,...

The Power of Arts and Culture to Transform our Water Future, Part Two

Posted on May 21, 2020

The following blog is a two-part series that explores how the arts and culture are contributing to the organization’s larger vision. In this second blog we hear from Radhika Fox, CEO and Katy Lackey, Senior Program Manager at the US Water Alliance about how arts and cultural strategies specifically came to inform both the professional...

The Power of Arts and Culture to Transform our Water Future

Posted on May 15, 2020

Kids draw the sea level rise line in Eve Mosher’s HighWaterLine, Miami. The following blog is a two-part series that explores how the arts and culture are contributing to the organization’s larger vision. In this first blog we hear from Radhika Fox, CEO and Katy Lackey, Senior Program Manager at the US Water Alliance about...

Rewind: Incorporating the Arts in Local Government Processes

Posted on April 23, 2020

This webinar aired on April 22, 2020. Artists and local government leaders can work together to bring innovative and creative capacities to achieve civic goals, improve the workings of government, and benefit community residents. But how can these same arts-based skills and strategies help city staff deal with times of crisis? Nicole Crutchfield, Director of...

Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America

Posted on April 20, 2020

This local government advisory brief was created by a team at University of Florida, Center for Arts in Medicine. We are sharing as part of our Creative Community series, which is a partnership with ArtPlace America and CivicArts to write, explore, share, and learn about creative placemaking and how we use arts and culture to shape our communities! COVID-19 Arts Local...

Rewind: Art-Based Strategies & COVID-19

Posted on April 6, 2020

This webinar occurred on April 1, 2020. Learn how partnerships with local/regional artists can improve public health messaging, while also supporting coping and connection. In this session we learned from Dr. Tasha Golden, artist and public health researcher, how arts strategies can contribute to social connection (“Distance not Isolation”), help build ritual or structure into...

The Fargo Project

Posted on March 12, 2020

This post is brought to you by Nicole Crutchfield as part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here - tell your story so we can learn from you! Planning and design have...

Watch: Creative Placemaking 101 With Forklift Danceworks

Posted on March 5, 2020

On February 26, 2020, ELGL learned from Krissie Marty, Forklift Danceworks artistic co-director, and Lynn Osgood with CivicArts for a “creative placemaking 101” session. Watch the video below to learn more about what creative placemaking is, different ways artists work with city staff, and the ways you can incorporate arts and culture into all aspects of...

Costumes, Communication, & Creative Placemaking

Posted on March 5, 2020

This post is brought to you by Mike Skibbe as part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here - tell your story so we can learn from you! "When the energy of...

Finding Pflugerville’s Big Blue Bear

Posted on March 2, 2020

This post is brought to you by Sereniah Breland as part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here - tell your story so we can learn from you! Creating a space that...

Public Art: It Belongs Everywhere!

Posted on February 20, 2020

Photo by Jun Akiyama: dirtland with Simone Key, Crissy Nelson, Peg Posnick, Toby Hankin This post is brought to you by Ali Rhodes as part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here...

Introducing: Creative Community Partners Civic Arts & ArtPlace America!

Posted on February 13, 2020

Photo by Jonice Moore | Forklift Danceworks, Nadamos Dove Springs (2018) This post is brought to you by Lyz Crane (ArtPlace America) and Lynn Osgood (Civic Arts) as part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with...

Creative Counties Placemaking Challenge

Posted on February 11, 2020

This post is shared from our friends at the National Association of Counties (NACo): Overview As public funding becomes increasingly strained, counties must search for and employ new strategies to improve their communities and make healthier, more equitable places for residents to live, work and play. The Creative Counties Placemaking Challenge invites counties with populations of...

“If These Streets Could Talk” Follow-Up Discussion

Posted on February 3, 2020

Kevin Teater penned the first ELGL blog in the new "Creative Community" series we're sharing to promote arts and culture in local government. His original post was titled "If These Streets Could Talk." Read the post here. In response to his post, an interesting discussion emerged in the ELGL Facebook Group and we're sharing that...

If These Streets Could Talk…

Posted on January 30, 2020

What I’m Listening to – The chipper voice of the MAX light rail What I’m Reading – The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs What I’m Watching – University of North Carolina basketball What I’m Doing – Enjoying a quiet Saturday This post is part of ELGL's "Creative Community" learning series...

Announcing: ELGL’s Creative Community!

Posted on January 23, 2020

ELGL is proud to announce a new content and learning partnership on creative placemaking! ELGL will work with ArtPlace America and Civic Arts to share content, learning opportunities, and resources about how to use art and culture to build and grow strong communities. ELGL is calling this effort Creative Community because this is a project that welcomes everyone to...

For more on Creative Placemaking, visit the Creative Community homepage.