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RESIDENCIES IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

Artist Communities Alliance

Resource Overview

The several case studies in this toolkit explore the increasing number of artist residency programs run by or run in partnership with city governments. Artist residency programs introduce an artist to a level of city government or specific department and ask them to use their creative problem solving skills to address civic processes and challenges.

Art Place 2020 Summit Videos

In October 2020, Artplace America hosted a summit to showcase the decade of work that artists, community developers, government officials, and many more have contributed to the ArtPlace America mission. Within five different hour-long videos, key parts of the summit, including plenaries and workshops, are now viewable on Artplace America’s Youtube channel.

A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF ARTPLACE’S CROSS-SECTOR RESEARCH

Culminating from six years of research, Arts Place America developed this infographic in order to discuss how the arts and culture sector can support equitable community development in 13 key ways across 10 distinct sectors. Through collaborative and comprehensive research methods, this interactive infographic delves into each topic; ultimately highlighting how creative placemaking is an interdisciplinary field requiring big-picture thinking.

Exploring Our Town

Creative placemaking projects strategically link communities and local governments with artists, designers, and arts organizations to improve quality of life, create a sense of place, and revitalize local economies. This online resource from the NEA of over seventy case studies gives examples from across the nation on how different communities are harnessing the capacity of arts- and culture-based strategies.

Creative Exchange

A collection of creative placemaking toolkits and case studies to learn from others on the ground. Some toolkits focus on specific creative placemaking toolkits, while others are more general. This is great resource for seeing the wide variety of ways to document projects and learn from each other.

Inside Artist Municipal Partnerships Blog Salon

This online resource contains blog posts written by both artists and local government workers who have been involved in municipal artist in residence programs across the US. It contains lessons learned directly from the people involved in the programs.

Artists Working In and Within Municipal Governments

This resource explores some of the ways that artists can be embedded within local government structures and processes through case studies of municipal artists.

Municipal-Artist Partnerships

This online resource is a great guide to the “nuts and bolts” of creating and sustaining partnerships between artists and local government.

Creative Placemaking: Knowledgebase Collection

This Knowledge Center portal from the American Planning Association allows you to search for resources that provide background and policy guidance on creative placemaking. You can also filter search results by various graphic and demographic characteristics.