Spanning Sectors
Supporting cross-sector collaborations to promote creative problem solving and expand arts participation.
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When the arts are integrated in other sectors - be that business, government, the sciences, health care, or nonprofits - it fosters creative problem-solving, broadens arts participation, and promotes a virtuous cycle of further investment into the arts. “Creative placemaking” integrates arts and creativity into community planning and development to strengthen the social, physical, and economic fabrics of communities.
Explore more grants from the Spanning Sectors strategy.
An Artist Walks into a Planning Agency
Blog Post
Reflections from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's first Artist-in-Residence at the conclusion of her 18-month residency.
When Artists Are at the Intersection of Planning and Community
Blog Post
How a group of artists infused creativity, imagination, artistry and fun into a citywide planning process.
Meet the Creatives Behind Boston Creates
Blog Post
A conversation between the Barr Foundation’s San San Wong and Katarzyna Balug, co-founder of Department of Play, about the role of artists in Boston’s cultural planning.
A Neuroscientist Walks into a Museum…
Blog PostHow brain science is helping the Peabody Essex Museum transform its visitor experience.
Arts, Culture and Transportation: A Creative Placemaking Field Scan
Blog Post
New analysis bolsters the case for collaboration between arts and transportation to generate innovative solutions to pressing mobility challenges.