Blog Sep 27, 2024 ArtsHERE Grant Spotlight: The Welman Project (Fort Worth, Texas) We spoke with Taylor Willis, executive director of the Welman Project, about the design goals for the Fred Rouse Center and the importance of this project in transforming the space from a former site of hate to one of healing and inclusivity.
Blog Sep 12, 2024 American Artscape Notable Quotable: Chantelle Rytter, Atlanta Beltline Artist in this excerpt from the new issue of American Artscape, Atlanta-based parade artist Chantelle Rytter reflects on how the arts can connect us to a place.
Blog Sep 04, 2024 American Artscape Notable Quotable: Chair Maria Rosario Jackson In this notable quotable from the most recent issue of American Artscape, NEA Chair Jackson discusses how the arts and physical infrastructure intersect to create inclusive and vibrant spaces.
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