Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy seasonal food directly from local farms. In recent years, the art community has borrowed from this agricultural concept to... Read More >>
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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.
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Peterborough, NH
Project Dates: August 2011 to present
Tags: Event, Marketing, Workforce Development
Posted Date: January 8, 2013
Woonsocket, RI
Project Dates: On going since 2011
Tags: Workforce Development
Posted Date: January 8, 2013
Many deindustrialized New England mill towns have long histories of segregation along cultural, racial and economic lines. Historical narratives are constructed of the stories of immigrant groups coming to work in the mills and... Read More >>
Hartford, CT
Project Dates: 8/2012 to 12/31/2012
Tags: Civic Engagement, Design, Event
Posted Date: January 9, 2013
In 2012 Real Art Ways, in conjunction with the Wadsworth Atheneum and the City of Hartford, with support from the Ct. Commission on the Arts, commissioned and produced artist Adam Niklewicz's Charter Oak, a water-activated, large scale... Read More >>
Johnson, VT
Project Dates: 1984-present
Tags: Civic Engagement, Real Estate, Workforce
Posted Date: January 9, 2013
The Vermont Studio Center founded in 1984 has revitalized an old mill town in northern Vermont. The Center has renovated over twenty-five buildings for studios, housing, galleries, lecture hall and dinning facilities for the creation... Read More >>
North Adams, MA
Project Dates: June 2011-Present
Tags: Business Planning, Civic Engagement, Design, Marketing, Real Estate
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
PRESS strives to engage visitors, artists and students with hands-on, real-world printmaking projects. PRESS is a community resource and gallery, and a lab for learning and discovery for professional, artists, students and visitors.
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Salem, MA
Project Dates: September 2011 - May 2012
Tags: Civic Engagement, Design, Leadership
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
In 2011, a collaborative partnership was forged between the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem, and the North Shore Community Development Coalition (NSCDC). These community leaders joined forces to... Read More >>
Portland, ME
Project Dates: March 2008 -Now
Tags: Leadership
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
Art All Around is an international design competition developed to build Maine's reputation for creativity and innovation. From March -June 2008 more than 1 million people visited the Art All Around competition rules to compete for 5... Read More >>
Providence, RI
Project Dates: 2006 - current
Tags: Leadership, Real Estate
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
AS220 has defied the odds in the non-profit world by expanding impact through creating values-driven policies, programming and space. The main elements of our approach to growth are:
1/ Values-based development focusing on Access... Read More >>
Portland, ME
Project Dates: 2006 - present
Tags: Civic Engagement, Design, Event, Leadership, Marketing, Research
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
To establish a permanently marked walking trail throughout Portland that helps tell the story of the Underground Railroad, abolitionist movement and the historical, cultural and social life of the African American community.
Read More >> Beverly, MA
Project Dates: June 2012-ongoing
Tags: Business Planning, Civic Engagement, Design, Event, Leadership, Networking, Workforce Development
Posted Date: January 10, 2013
Montserrat College of Art is taking a multi-pronged approach to increase awareness of the Creative Economy in the region, and to partner with and bring resources from other organizations to increase opportunities for those working in... Read More >>
