New Book and December 6 National Convening Explore Creative Placemaking
From the National Endowment for the Arts:
How to Do Creative Placemaking
Event Will be Livestreamed. Follow conversations at #creativeplace
Link to the full press release: https://www.arts.gov/news/2016/how-do-creative-placemaking
Washington, DC—In its ongoing commitment to producing resources for community engagement with the arts, the National Endowment for the Arts has published How to Do Creative Placemaking: An Action-Oriented Guide to Arts in Community Development. The book features 28 essays from thought leaders active in arts-based community development as well as 13 case studies of projects funded through the NEA’s creative placemaking program, Our Town.
Concurrent with the publication of How to Do Creative Placemaking, the NEA, Kresge Foundation,ArtPlace America, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Partners for Livable Communities, are presenting Creative Placemaking: The Role of Arts in Community Development, a convening hosted by the Wilson Center on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 from 1:00 – 6:00 PM ET.
Registration is free and accessed through the Wilson Center. Key sessions will be livestreamed also at the Wilson Center website. You can follow the conversation on Twitter at #creativeplace.