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What Can We Do…Now? Cultural Asset Mapping in Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission was recently awarded a grant through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town initiative to produce a cultural asset map in the unincorporated community of...
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Putting the Arts into Planning
Tom Borrup (center) and friends While the mystery of how emotions are evoked or how synaptic connections get sparked may never be fully understood, we know artistic practices have capacities to do...
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Rethinking Strategies
Felix Padron San Antonio is at a crossroads. It is a city whose traditional identity has been shaped by generations of families rooted in the region and immigrants from Mexico. This identity has deep...
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Greater Lansing’s Art in the Sky
Leslie Donaldson Driving around Greater Lansing, MI, commuters may be surprised to discover 672-square-foot works of art on area billboards that normally carry advertising. These artful billboards can...
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Planning That Gets You New Partners (from The pARTnership Movement)
Robb Hankins Most community leaders don’t think about the arts much and most don’t really believe there is a link between arts and economic development. I try to change that by hosting my own arts and...
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Kansas City: Laying the Groundwork for Regional Cultural Planning with Hard Data
Paul Tyler This summer has brought the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City an unusual opportunity. With the timing of the results from two major research projects, the Arts & Economic...
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Birmingham: Changing Hats from Arts Administrator to Economic Developer
Buddy Palmer I’m a fortunate community arts executive. I direct an organization, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham, which supports a vibrant ecosystem in the largest city, and cultural...
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From the Big Lick to Big Ideas: Capitalizing on Culture in Roanoke
Kate Preston Keeney Like many of my high school classmates, I never had plans to stay in my hometown of Roanoke, located in southwestern Virginia. Among other reasons, it seemed to lack that something...
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8 Tips to Survive a Cultural Planning Process
Sarah Lawson You’ve probably never visited an art gallery or a classical music concert in Charlottesville, VA. Though the area is known for its views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, historical landmarks,...
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