ArtPlace

Current Events March 26, 2015

President’s report March 2015

In this week's blog, President Diane Kaplan summarizes recent activities and news from the Board, staff, grantees and partners.

News November 26, 2013

Foundation announces $9.7 million in awards, projects

For Immediate Release
Contact: Cassandra Stalzer, 907-334-0520

Anchorage –  Rasmuson Foundation’s board of directors met last week and made $9.7 million in awards to support nonprofit activities and continue Foundation initiatives aimed at strengthening the nonprofit sector and Alaska communities. The projects receiving funding were (organized by region):

Anchorage
Affinityfilms, Inc.,

News June 12, 2012

Four AK arts groups win national “creative placemaking” grants

For Immediate Release
Contact: Tim Halbur, ArtPlace, 415-948-1398

Chicago, IL – A sweeping initiative to promote Native Arts and connect artists with venues for showcasing and selling their art work will soon launch in Anchorage, thanks to a significant grant from ArtPlace announced today.

Current Events April 4, 2012

Creative placemaking – where arts and economy mix

In January, ArtPlace announced that seven Alaska organizations were among the finalists for $15 million in creative placemaking grants. Recently, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman addressed a group of foundations about how the idea of creative placemaking evolved into ArtPlace, a new, national initiative to revitalize communities through the arts. We share Landesman's remarks in today's post.

Initiative News October 10, 2011

The arts as economic driver

Artists and the arts can be – and in many places, already are – central to economic development. That’s the fundamental concept behind ArtPlace, a nationwide initiative to revitalize communities through a new investment model. Read more in this week's post.