TOP NEWS The National Endowment for the Arts has spearheaded the formation of a new coalition of private funders to support its creative placemaking agenda. Called ArtPlace, the collaboration features Carol Coletta as its fearless leader, and has the backing of such significant national funders as the Ford, Knight, Kresge, Rockefeller, and Mellon Foundations. GrantsRead More
Around the horn: [in the general vicinity of] Ground Zero Mosque edition
I will be attending and blogging the NEA’s “Creative Placemaking” panel discussion this Tuesday from 3-4:15pm Eastern time. The panel features Richard Florida, Tim Jones, Rick Lowe, and Ann Markusen, and will be moderated by CEOs for Cities’s Carol Coletta. There will also be a webcast. I’m looking forward to finally meeting Florida and ColettaRead More
Around the horn: 2009 edition
The Route 1 journey has been completed, and I’m now on my way back up after a celebratory couple of days in Key West (where I wrote part of this post). Strangely, it seems that goings-on in the world have not halted in my absence, so here’s a round-up of what’s been popping up inRead More