Community Supported Art (CSArt) uses the model of Community Supported Agriculture to link producers -- in this case, artists who develop a limited edition of an original work of art -- to consumers.
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Community Initiatives
Exemplary creative placemaking initiatives posted by oranizations that leverage local creative assets and cross-sector partnerships for community revitalization and growth.
Share your creative placemaking initiative on NEFA's website and join us at the 2013 Creative Communities Exchange.
Cambridge and Somerville, MA
Project Dates: September and October, 2013
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Business Planning, Event, Workforce
Posted Date: January 7, 2013
Multiple Cities, MA
Project Dates: Summer 2012
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Business Planning, Leadership, Marketing, Networking, Policy, Workforce Development
Posted Date: December 19, 2012
CreativeNEXT listening tour, an event series which engaged the creative industries of Massachusetts throughout the summer of 2012. The purpose of these roundtable events was to evaluate the needs and opportunities that exist within the... Read More >>
Providence, RI
Project Dates: May - December 2012
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Civic Engagement, Policy
Posted Date: December 11, 2012
Cultural Planning for Urban Transit Corridors is a case study of the Providence Transportation Corridors to Livable Communities initiative, an innovative partnership between municipal and state arts, planning and economic development,... Read More >>
Lewiston/Auburn, ME
Project Dates: Ongoing
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Civic Engagement, Leadership, Policy
Posted Date: April 22, 2013
Personal reflections/experiences of how arts leaders, artists and ground level advocates deal with the shifting political scenarios in their communities and foster positive relationships and change.
First hand examples and... Read More >>
Dover, NH
Project Dates: 2008 - present
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Civic Engagement, Leadership, Policy, Real Estate
Posted Date: March 24, 2013
CMNH moved to Dover from Portsmouth 5 years ago. The move was, in some ways, a happy accident - CMNH had been searching for space to expand in Portsmouth for a decade. Location after location was evaluated and plans drawn up but... Read More >>
Lowell, MA
Project Dates: Year round
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Civic Engagement, Leadership
Posted Date: April 17, 2013
The Lowell Youth Council is a coalition which works to promote peace by reducing violence in the community. The Council believes that there is a power in youth voices, and enables young people to raise theirs. The membership is open to... Read More >>
Statewide, NH
Project Dates: 2012
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Networking, Technology
Posted Date: January 1, 2013
In 2012, the NH Creative Communities Network, a statewide, cross-sector consortium, developed a Creative Economy Toolkit, an extensive gathering of resources to help community arts organizers, local and regional planners, business... Read More >>
Towns (2-5), CT
Project Dates: 3rd or 4th weekend in June
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Event, Marketing, Networking, Workforce
Posted Date: January 9, 2013
The Open Your Eyes Studio Tour, now in its 4th year, evolved from various efforts to engage the general public in discovering and exploring the cultural assets that, in a rural area, are quite spread out. This annual event features the... Read More >>
City of Pawtucket, RI
Project Dates: January 4, 1999 to the present
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Policy, Real Estate
Posted Date: March 23, 2013
In 2013, the City of Pawtucket’s Arts and Entertainment District continues to attract artists into its mills to live and operate studios. Pawtucket has slowly emerged as newest regional artist Mecca. Fourteen years ago, city officials... Read More >>
Boston, MA
Project Dates: Fall 2012-Winter 2013
Tags: 2013 CCX presenter, Civic Engagement, Event, Leadership
Posted Date: April 16, 2013
As a member of Upham’s Corner ArtPlace, DS4SI engages artists, residents and merchants in imagining new possibilities for the Upham’s Corner neighborhood of Dorchester. We work with local artists to create pop-up exhibits that bring... Read More >>
