[Createquity Reruns] Federal arts funding: a trace ingredient in the sausage factory of government spending

(Following a brief hiatus, our summer rerun programming returns this week with an homage to that wonkiest of topics – tax policy! In this post from June 2011, Createquity Fellow Aaron Andersen breaks down how the arts fit into the federal budget and puts them in context with tax breaks offered to other specialRead More

We’re Fixing Up the Place

Now that you’ve all helped us reach our Indiegogo campaign goal (thanks again!), it’s time to start putting that money to good work. We just returned from our staff retreat (more updates coming soon for those on the “Early Warning” list), and now we’re beginning the search for someone to help us redesign createquity.com. It’sRead More

Thank you!

All I can say is WOW. In the last 40+ hours of our campaign, more than $4,000 came in from 33 donors to put us over the top and then some. In the end, we blew past our goal, raising $11,430 (counting an employer match that was not included in the Indiegogo totals). Thank youRead More

Last Chance to Take Createquity to the Next Level!

Createquity readers, tomorrow is the final day in our Indiegogo funding campaign. Thanks to your generous contributions, as of this writing we have raised $7,385 from 93 funders toward our $10,000 goal. It’s been truly humbling to witness the number of people who care enough about high-quality information and analysis in the arts to contribute.Read More

[Createquity Reruns] On Stories vs. Data

(Createquity’s summer rerun programming continues this week with a focus on arts research! Over the next few months, we’re reaching into the archives to pull out some of the best articles and most underrated gems we’ve published since 2007. This post was originally written by me for the Fractured Atlas blog in March 2011, andRead More

[Createquity Reruns] Our View of Creative Placemaking, Two Years In

The NEA opens up about its process for defining and evaluating creative placemaking projects and initiatives, positing that almost any successful creative placemaking project would make a difference to its community in at least one of four ways: strengthening the infrastructure that supports artists and arts organizations; increasing community attachment; improving quality of life; and/or driving local economies.

Diane Ragsdale’s Wonderful Words and Nina Simon’s Participatory Museum

We’re feeling the love from two new arts luminaries today: Diane Ragsdale, provocateur and fellow blogger at Jumper, and Nina Simon, Executive Director at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, have thrown their support behind our Indiegogo campaign. Diane offers some inspiring words of support in the video below, and Nina has givenRead More

[Createquity Reruns] Fuzzy Concepts, Proxy Data: Why Indicators Won’t Track Creative Placemaking Success

(Creative Placemaking Week at Createquity continues with a look back at Ann Markusen’s massive essay raising pointed questions about the research approach adopted by the National Endowment for the Arts and ArtPlace to understand creative placemaking back in 2012. As professor and director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the University ofRead More

[Createquity Reruns] Thoughts on “Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy”: Lessons from my Summer Internship

(Over the next few months, we’re reaching into the archives to pull out some of the best articles and most underrated gems we’ve published since 2007. This week, we’re wrapping up the “Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy” series, which was my first extended think piece for Createquity back in 2007-08. Following my broadsides from the peanutRead More

[Createquity Reruns] Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy: Part VI – The Philanthropist as Speculator, Not Gatekeeper

(Over the next few months, we’re reaching into the archives to pull out some of the best articles and most underrated gems we’ve published since 2007. This week, we’re continuing the “Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy” series, which was my first extended think piece for Createquity back in 2007-08. For the sixth and final post inRead More