Category: Arts & Creativity

Investing in Arts Organizations as Leaders

Jim Canales

Jim Canales

President & Trustee

In partnership with 15 Massachusetts arts organizations, Barr launches a $30 million, six-year effort to amplify their leadership in changing communities.

May 01, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

En Nuestro Barrio—Where the Young People Lead the Way

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Brenda Rodriguez-Andujar

Guest Author · Director of Arts and Education, Hyde Square Task Force

Second in a new video series featuring stories from Greater Boston arts organizations that received special funding to pursue an artistic risk.

April 17, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Fellowship Opportunity for New England’s Creative Changemakers

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Sunny Widmann

Guest Author · Director, National Arts Strategies

National Arts Strategies seeks applications through April 22nd from creative leaders driving positive change in their communities.

April 11, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Uncharted Territory: Where an Arts Organization Dares to Go (But Dollars Can be Difficult to Find)

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Evelyn Francis

Guest Author · Acting Artistic Director, The Theater Offensive

First in a new series featuring stories from Greater Boston arts organizations that received special funding to pursue an artistic risk.

April 03, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

The Arts Mean Business in Massachusetts

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E. San San Wong

Director of Arts & Creativity

Celebrating new research demonstrating the impact of the creative economy.

March 23, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

10 Foundation Presidents Urge Preservation of Vital Federal Investments in Communities

Jim Canales

Jim Canales

President & Trustee

ArtPlace America and its foundation partners respond to the President’s 2019 Federal Budget Request that proposes cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, among other federal agencies.

February 27, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Barr Foundation Announces Creative Commonwealth Initiative

Jim Canales

Jim Canales

President & Trustee

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E. San San Wong

Director of Arts & Creativity

In partnership with five community foundations, Barr launches new $3 million initiative to strengthen arts and creativity across Massachusetts.

January 30, 2018 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Arts, Culture and Transportation: A Creative Placemaking Field Scan

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Jamie Hand

Guest Author · Director of Research Strategies, ArtPlace America

New analysis bolsters the case for collaboration between arts and transportation to generate innovative solutions to pressing mobility challenges.

November 08, 2017 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Our Creative Sector is Big, Booming, and at Risk

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E. San San Wong

Director of Arts & Creativity

This article was originally published in the Viewpoint section of the Boston Business Journal on September 27, 2017.

October 17, 2017 | Category: Arts & Creativity

The Power and Potential of our Creative Economy

Jim Canales

Jim Canales

President & Trustee

Business, government, and cultural leaders champion findings of new reports detailing how much “Arts Means Business” in New England.

September 27, 2017 | Category: Arts & Creativity