Funding for arts projects

[Nancy Fastenau]

This might be something the GGG could use for the park - when we get it.

 3)  Kresge Foundation Adopts 'Creative Placemaking' Approach

        (5/25/12)



 The Kresge Foundation ( http://www.kresge.org/ ) has announced a

 new strategy for its arts and culture program that unifies the

 elements of the three-part framework which has guided its arts 

 and culture grantmaking since 2010.



 Under the new strategy, Kresge will focus on the integration of

 arts and culture into comprehensive community revitalization

 efforts, an approach sometimes called "creative placemaking."

 According to the foundation, creative placemaking embodies the

 belief that the arts can enliven and rejuvenate public and pri-

 vate spaces, improve the climate for local businesses, bring

 people together, and contribute to making neighborhoods and

 communities more desirable places to live. The foundation will

 continue to be interested in the principles of art and community

 building and artist live/work spaces -- areas funded under its

 current grantmaking strategy -- as means to achieve those ends.



 To be rolled out later this year, the new grantmaking strategy,

 like other Kresge programs, will seek to create opportunities

 that improve the lives of low-income and disadvantaged people

 nationwide. "Projects designed to revitalize neighborhoods or

 improve the conditions of low-income people work best when arts

 and cultural activities are fully integrated and a part of a

 comprehensive community strategy," said Alice Carle, director 

 of the arts and culture program at Kresge. "Through a collective

 approach, we will invest and share in our local partners' aspira-

 tions for resilient, thriving, and equitable places."

 

 "Kresge's Arts and Culture Team Will Integrate Its Grantmaking

 Framework Under the Concept of 'Creative Placemaking'." Kresge

 Foundation Press Release 5/22/12. http://bit.ly/JfB1xV

 

 http://pndapps.fdncenter.org/link/20001348/story

Nancy Fastenau
Fastenau & Associates
www.fastenauandassociates.net

[Hollynn D'Lil]

Thanks, Nancy.  This is a good tip!

HolLynn