Arts & Culture

Cultural assets feed a commercial corridor: Joseph Horiye, Jun 18, 2012; In San Diego, the City Heights community is using its diversity to create an international destination point on El Cajon Boulevard.
A portrait of the artist as a young real estate developer: Gordon Walek, Jun 4, 2012; On Chicago’s South Side, Theaster Gates—an artist with a background in urban planning—is building a community.
In Richmond, beautification means business: Adrienne Bowers and Bonnie Newman Davis, May 14, 2012; New spring energy is pouring into the Greater Fulton community in Richmond, Virginia, where careful planning is leading to beautification of the commercial corridor and beyond.
Getting the most from sports, arts and culture: Eileen Figel, Apr 30, 2012; Ten tips to engage residents, reclaim community space and develop leadership.
Inspiring street art and community roots: Carl Vogel, Mar 5, 2012; A series of short videos shows the visual impact of street art on a community in Miami.
Arts energize communities: By Beth Ann Hendrickson, Jan 9, 2012; Greater Kansas City LISC believes in a multidimensional approach to creating sustainable communities. One way it does this is by investing in projects that revitalize neighborhoods through the arts.
Art. Changes. Everything.: By Erik Takeshita, Nov 7, 2011; Community development has focused on building housing, creating jobs and revitalizing commercial districts. The arts are another way to build healthy, sustainable and vibrant communities.
Helping kids find their voices -- and their futures -- through the arts: By Steve Curtis, Jun 20, 2011; Involving our youth in the arts is a great way for our youth to interact with their communities — and weave themselves into the fabric of their neighborhoods.
Using the arts to strengthen neighborhoods: By Jackie Samuel, Apr 25, 2011; What if cultural considerations were as much a part of local and regional planning as economic concerns? Could you imagine what South Chicago, let alone the City of Chicago, would be like?
Building community through art: A report from LISC/Chicago, prepared in 2009, Apr 18, 2011; LISC/Chicago's two-year Building Community for the Arts program was focused on how the arts tie into the larger sphere of comprehensive community development.
Murals: Making a statement, building community: By Patrick T. Reardon, Apr 4, 2011; The community-based outdoor mural movement, now international in scope, began more than four decades ago when African-American artists created"The Wall of Respect " on the side of a two-story tavern…
Other "Wall of Respect" photos: Apr 4, 2011; Additional photos of the 1967 mural "Wall of Respect" which launched the international community-based outdoor mural movement.
Turning foreclosed homes into works of art: By Patrick T. Reardon, Apr 4, 2011; Here's a novel way of dealing with the foreclosure epidemic: Turn the empty houses into art works.