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Creative Placemaking

Mapping the Future: A New Public Art Plan for Raleigh
16 Oct 2022

Mapping the Future: A New Public Art Plan for Raleigh

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, News, Plans | 0

Raleigh’s public art program was created more than a decade ago, with a traditional percent for art model. Since then, the program has received consistent and clear support, and key city plans have recommended that the program position itself to … Continued

Arts and Culture, Planning, Raleigh
Common Waters
8 May 2022

Common Waters

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, News, Projects, Trails | 0

Lady Bird Lake is often referred to as the heart of the City of Austin, Texas, providing thousands of residents and tourists alike with a variety of opportunities to get involved with activities on the lake and with the surrounding … Continued

Arts and Culture
River in the City: Our Town Grant in Cuyahoga Falls
15 May 2021

River in the City: Our Town Grant in Cuyahoga Falls

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, News, Projects | 0

Congratulations to the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, recipient of an Our Town grant this year from the National Endowment for the Arts. As public art consultant to the city, I worked with city staff and ArtsNow, a local arts and culture … Continued

Arts and Culture Element: Hollister General Plan
19 Jun 2020

Arts and Culture Element: Hollister General Plan

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, News, Plans | 0

Hollister, Calif., a small city inland from Monterey Bay, is best-known to the world as the inspiration for a surfer-themed brand of clothing and accessories.   In actuality, Hollister is a crossroads of California – an hour from Silicon Valley and … Continued

Troy Summer Square: Community Conversations about Art and Place
10 Jun 2017

Troy Summer Square: Community Conversations about Art and Place

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, News, Projects | 0

This summer the Arts Center of the Capital Region and the City of Troy will together present “Troy Summer Square” at Troy’s Monument Square. “Summer Square” will be a key public engagement component for the Troy Master Plan for Public … Continued

Troy
Pearls!
14 Sep 2013

Pearls!

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, Projects | 0

Artist Ben Volta is in the final stages of preparations for a PEARLS, an early action project for the Pearl Street creative placemaking initiative in the Callowhill neighborhood just north of Center City Philadelphia. Pearl Street dates from Philadelphia’s earliest … Continued

Ben Volta, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia
Joyful Noise
16 Jun 2010

Joyful Noise

by tbressi@verizon.net | posted in: Creative Placemaking, Projects | 0

The first thing you notice is the hands. Fingers and hands of all sizes. Gingerly painting a wooden pole. Stirring a brush in water. Carefully dropping beads in a bottle. Shaking a spray can and decorating a bucket in paint. … Continued

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