Blog Jan 26, 2023 A Conversation with Trinity Simons Wagner on the Mayors’ Institute on City Design Here's a look at the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a partnership initiative between the Arts Endowment and the U. S. Conference of Mayors that educates mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities.
Blog Jul 28, 2022 Water Watch: A Conversation with Environmental Artist Stacy Levy Environmental artist Stacy Levy talks to us about her artist origin story, how she creates the public installations she's known for, and what success looks like for a project.
Blog Jul 27, 2022 ARP Grant Spotlight: Smart Growth America (Washington, DC) Here's how Smart Growth America used ARP funding from the Arts Endowment to raise awareness of the issues affecting public transportation users experiencing homelessness.
Blog May 14, 2021 NEA Our Town and the Practice of Creative Placemaking NEA Director of Design and Creative Placemaking looks at what the latest round of NEA Our Town grants reveals about the evolution of the field and practice of creative placing.
Blog Jul 16, 2020 After Devastating Wildfires, the Arts Help Tennessee Move Forward With support from a recently awarded Our Town grant, the oral history collection on the wildfires that tore through Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the surrounding region in late 2016 will be complemented by the arts, giving the public a diff...
Blog Jul 08, 2020 From the Archives: A Look at the International Sonoran Desert Alliance and Creative Placemaking