local art and artists
Famed Heidelberg Project Envisions an Odd and Exciting Rebirth
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Once laughed at, now internationally famous; the Heidelberg Project prepares for the next chapter of its improbable community-building story.
local art and artists
Santa Fe Tries—Again—to Make Affordable Housing for Artists a Reality
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In a town where creativity is in the very air that its art-loving residents and visitors breathe, why has it been so difficult to develop even one live-work space for artists?
environmental activism
Art as Activism: Vintage Postcards Transformed into Environmental Warning
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Even from a distance, it’s clear this massive landscape is deteriorating. Up close, David Opdyke’s mosaic art installation is even scarier. But can this type of intervention—art as environmental activism—make a difference?
local art and artists
Amid Crisis, Artists from San Diego and Tijuana Point to “Borderless Sky” Above
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Described as “the largest binational metropolitan region in the world,” the cities of San Diego and Tijuana are a study in contrasts. Still, 42 artists are doing their best to foster a cross-border dialogue that underscores historical injustices even as it celebrates human connections.
local art and artists
Artists Advance Civic Engagement in St. Louis
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Based on an in-depth community engagement process, the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission is shifting public funds towards projects that emphasize “the convening power of the arts.”
Arts Management - Finances
Algorithms and Art: Is San Diego Asking the Right Questions about Public Funds?
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With the city’s Commission for Arts and Culture in seeming disarray, fixing the funding formula without articulating clear goals might not be the best first step toward.
public spaces
Artists and Developers Face Showdown at Governor’s Island
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New York officials want to rezone Governors Island to increase its commercial use, but a group of artists living and working on the island are concerned they’ll be pushed off.
local art and artists
The Free Black Women’s Library: Cultural Activism in Motion
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A traveling social art project featured at the NY Art Book Fair celebrates literary works by Black female authors.
“placemaking”
WV Nonprofit Scales State’s Artisans as Economic Development Strategy
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Artists and artisans receive help from a nonprofit dedicated to building a national market for works made in West Virginia.
Nonprofit News
City Government the Latest to Embrace Artists-in-Residence
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Three Boston artists have been selected to lead six-month projects, each based in a different city department, and each with both art-making and problem-solving goals.