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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Lebanon, NH
Project Dates: 2008
Tags: Business Planning, Civic Engagement, Design, Marketing, Networking
Posted Date: April 23, 2013

In 2008, AVA Gallery and Art Center offered a printmaking class titled, Linocut and A Public Art Project, which partnered our nonprofit art center with three regional grocery stores - each of which donated 100 unbranded, brown grocery... Read More >>

Portland, ME
Project Dates: January 2012-
Tags: Civic Engagement, Event, Leadership
Posted Date: April 12, 2013

The Art Department was started in January 2012 in an effort to bring together local outsider artists with developmental disabilities, in a shared space to promote their work, share their stories and their vision. The intention was to... Read More >>