GIA Reader (2000-present)

California is often characterized as a state in which the north and south differ politically and culturally, but differences between its coast and inland areas may be even more profound. The current year’s drought exacerbates the coast-versus-valleys tension as major cities vie with the state’s agricultural center for water. Intending “to start a new conversation between the two parts of California that are at best disconnected, and often at odds,” in 2010, photographer and writer Lisa Hamilton secured a grant from the Creative Work Fund to collaborate with Roots of Change.

Even folks entirely unfamiliar with the concept of creative placemaking intuitively grasp the potential for artist spaces to catalyze revitalization, and mural projects to animate vacant walls. The usual mental backdrops, however, are down-and-out urban neighborhoods.

2013, 16 pages, Media Impact Funders, Philadelphia, PA

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2013, 7 pages, Foundation Center, New York, NY

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   Key Facts on U.S. Foundations ( Kb)

2013, 49 pages, D5 Coalition, Chicago, IL

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2013, 184 pages, The Aspen Institute, Washington, DC

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Center for the Study of Art & Community
2013, 51 pages, The McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

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   What Artists Say (1.3 Mb)

2013, 111 pages, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia, PA

A national research study commissioned by CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists’ Emergency Resources), and conducted by Dreezen and Associates with grant support from the Windgate Charitable Foundation, is now available. Sustaining Careers: A National Study of the Status of U.S.

When the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) set out to produce MicroFest USA: Revitalize, Reconnect, Renew, we wanted to look at the positive impact that art and artists were having on communities around the country. Our intent was twofold: to acknowledge and advance the pioneering and current work of ensemble theaters committed to community-based practice and positive community change (placemaking), and to foster mutual learning with a wider spectrum of artists, cultural workers, and community partners also contributing to community well-being and social change (placemakers).