Idea Lab Conversation: Andrew Salinas

Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Community with Andrew Salinas
Wednesday, February 24 at 1 PM

How can organizations and artists work together to support vibrant communities? Join Andrew Salinas, Chair of the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, a group that advises the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government on cultural affairs and aesthetic development of the built environment. Free and open to the public via Zoom.

Resources:

Athens Cultural Affairs Commission
https://www.athensculturalaffairs.org

Arts In Community Resilience Award
https://www.athensculturalaffairs.org/arts-in-community-resilience-award-recipients/

Public Art Master Plan
https://www.athensculturalaffairs.org/category/master-plan/

Idea Lab Conversation: Stephanie Raines

Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Community with Stephanie Raines
Friday, February 19 at 1 PM

How can organizations and artists work together to support vibrant communities? Join Stephanie Raines, artist advocate, independent curator, and Arts Division Administrator of the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government. Free and open to the public via Zoom.

Resources:

Cities, Museums and Soft Power
By Gail Dexter Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg

Making Your Life as an Artist
By Andrew Simonet

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Arts Programs
https://www.accgov.com/617/Arts

Alliance of Artist Communities: jobs, residencies & event info
https://artistcommunities.org/

Joan Mitchell Foundation: Legacy planning for artists
https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/professional-development

Springboard for the Arts: great downloadable resources
https://springboardforthearts.org/

AS220: practice//practice professional development for arts administrators
http://practicepractice.as220.org/

VoCA Network: Interdisciplinary programming on contemporary art
https://voca.network/

Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Food

Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Food
Wednesday, February 10 at 1 PM

How do the arts intersect with local and global issues of food production, access, and waste? Join Ideas for Creative Exploration Graduate Research Assistant Elizabeth Boyce to see examples of projects and to learn more about the UGA Foodshed initiative.

Links:

UGA Foodshed Initiative
https://sustainability.uga.edu/community-engagement/foodshed/

501 See Three’s “Pang!”
https://www.pangpodcast.com

Childsplay’s “Maddi’s Fridge”
https://www.childsplayaz.org/maddi

CENAS: The People’s Cook
https://groundworks.io/projects/4

Sweetwater Foundation
https://www.sweetwaterfoundation.com

Wormfarm Institute
https://www.wormfarminstitute.org

Reading Room: New Year Edition

“I Desegregated the University of Georgia. History Is Still in the Making.”
Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/sunday/university-of-georgia-desegregation.html

“Building Community Wealth Through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development: An Invitation to Action”
Source:
https://www.artplaceamerica.org/blog/building-community-wealth-through-arts-culture-and-equitable-development-invitation-action

“2021 Creative Capital Awards”
Source:
https://creative-capital.org/award/awardees/2021/?mc_cid=ec1f978207&mc_eid=42d820acd2

“Arts and Research Partnerships in Practice”
Source:
https://www.arts.gov/impact/research/publications/arts-and-research-partnerships-practice

Reading Room: ArtPlace America 10 Years

ArtPlace America 10 Years
ArtPlace
Source: https://www.artplaceamerica.org/library/artplace-10-years

Operating from 2010 to 2020, ArtPlace’s mission was to position arts and culture as a core sector of community planning and development and to strengthen the field of creative placemaking. ArtPlace worked to enlist artists as allies in cultivating equitable, healthy, and sustainable communities across the United States. ArtPlace worked toward this goal by supporting demonstration projects through the National Creative Placemaking Fund; organizational change through the Community Development Investments program; cross-sector research and resource strategies to embed practice across the field of community development; knowledge and network strategies within the fields of arts and culture, local government, and higher education; and storytelling and convening work.