Regeneration: Arts and culture in regeneration
Description
D'Art Report: Impact of arts and culture on regeneration
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.25, August 2006
IFACCA and Arts Research Digest
Building on an earlier review by Graeme Evans and Phyllida Shaw, 'The Contribution of Culture to Regeneration in the UK: A Review of Evidence', which focused on the UK, this international review explores the art/culture and regeneration nexus across three areas of policy interest: iconic buildings and cities of culture; cultural quarters and clusters; and cultural dynamism. It closes with some of the authors’ thoughts on key outstanding issues surrounding culture and regeneration, including the differentiation of impacts, sustainability of positive outcomes, and imperfections in measurement methods. The report served as background to debate at the third World Summit on Arts and Culture, held in NewcatleGateshead, England, in June 2006 (www.artsummit.org).
Publications
Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities Through Arts and Culture
Arts, culture, and heritage are viewed not only as amenities to improve the quality of life, but as a foundation upon which the future of these rural/small communities rests. more >
Fluid cities create
A paper from Issue 20 of the Griffith Review on what makes a city culturally dynamic? more >
Hands-on Regional Strategies for Creative Industries in Bergen, Tartu and Turku
The outcome of a project to develop creative industries strategies or action plans at the local government level in three Baltic-Nordic countries. more >
Creativity and Neighborhood Development: Strategies for Community Investment
Offers approaches and recommendations for investment in arts- and culture-related activity as a strategy for neighborhood development.more >
Culture Stories:Understanding Cultural Urban Branding
Published in the academic journal Planning Theory, this article argues for a narrative approach to the study of urban branding and planning. more >
Creative Communities Initiative
A venture that aims to enhance three USA community's overall prosperity and build upon their quality of life assets. more >
Impacts 08
The aim of Impacts 08 is to develop a research model for evaluating the multiple impacts of culture-led regeneration programmes that can be applied to events across the UK and beyond more >
The Emergence of Culture-led Regeneration: A policy concept and its discontents
An analysis of the concept of ‘culture-led regeneration’ and the national policies and policy frameworks within which the term has gainedmeaning and credibility. more >
D'Art report: Impact of arts and culture on regeneration
This international review explores the art/culture and regeneration nexus across three areas of policy interest: iconic buildings and cities of culture; cultural quarters and clusters; and cultural dynamism. more >
The Rise of the Creative Class
The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea change... more >
News
Arts Council funding helps re-image Limavady
Two exciting, colourful murals at Dun Breffni House, Romell Road, will be unveiled (January 23rd) as the Mayor of Limavady, Cllr Brenda Chivers, along with Ann Ward, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and members of the local community celebrate their Re-Imaging Project. more >
Arts Council funding helps re-generate Mosside
A range of creative, community art work and sculpture at Mosside village, Moyle was unveiled (28 November), as Peter Robinson, MLA, Roisín McDonough, Chief Executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and other funders celebrated Mosside Development Group’s Regeneration Project. more >
Arts Council assist local councils to grow creative industries
Rosemary Kelly, Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland contributed to promoting the growth of Creative Communities though the Arts, at the Forum for Local Government and the Arts (FLGA) annual conference. more >
Jumping Through Hoops. Why do we continue to lie on funding applications and evaluation reports?
An essay that asks if the enthusiastic commitment to justifying art's role in regeneration does more to perpetuate the illusions of social inclusion and community cohesion through regeneration than it does to effect real change for the communities regeneration purports to be for. more >
Arts Council of Wales launches Community Arts Regeneration and Arts Engagement Reports
The Arts Council of Wales has launched two reports commissioned to develop a greater understanding of public engagement with the arts in Wales and to explore the reasons for lower levels of participation among key social groups. more >
Cultural investment in seaside resorts
A £45 million funding boost will help culture and the arts regenerate some of England's most run-down seaside resorts. more >
Comment: The arts will not save our inner cities
Driving social outcomes through the arts is not an effective use of taxation; the Arts Council should be used to promote quality art for art's sake. more >
Regeneration arts project plans win backing of Burnham artists
Artists in Burnham-On-Sea have this week enthusiastically backed proposals for public art to be placed at the centre of the town's regeneration. more >
Ireland needs to invest in weather-independent experiences says Arts Council Chair
The Chair of the Arts Council or Ireland has called for investment in major arts and cultural renewal projects. more >
Arts and culture in regeneration
IFACCA is delighted to release its latest D'Art research report, Arts and Culture in Regeneration. The report summarises the outcome of IFACCA’s 25th D’Art question, which was a collaboration between IFACCA and Arts Research Digest to produce an international literature review on arts and culture in regeneration for the third World Summit on Arts and Culture in Newcastle, Gateshead, England, in June 2006. The D'art report includes a copy of an international literature review written by Graeme Evans and Phyllida Shaw, which was published in Arts Research Digest issue 37 and distributed at the World Summit. The review explores art, culture and regeneration across three areas of policy interest: iconic buildings and cities of culture; cultural quarters and clusters; and cultural dynamism. The report also provides a list of additional resources and comments that were provided by D’Art respondents. As always, we welcome your comments and ideas at info@ifacca.org. more >
Can culture save downtown?
It is very unusual for any urban renewal plan not to include reference to the role that arts organizations and arts buildings can potentially play in regeneration. But the discussions about arts organizations and those about arts buildings are curiously and uncomfortably divorced. more >
Events
The role of culture in local development strategies
The objective of the seminar is to explore the relation between urban development strategies and the local policies for culture. more >
Culture et stratégies de développement local
Le séminaire vise à explorer la relation existante entre les stratégies de développement urbain et les politiques locales pour la culture. more >
From Rust Belt to Artist Belt
Community development professionals working in “Rust Belt” cities will meet to discuss how we can re-position our region as an ideal environment for artists. more >
Arts, Territories and the New Cultural Economy: Culture, a key asset in urban and regional development?
This meeting sees the convergence of recent theoretical and empirical works, from diverse social science and humanities perspectives, that question the place of the arts in new forms, or strategies, of development of territories by culture. more >
Urban policies and cultural development: planning as strategy
The objective of the seminar is to explore the relation between urban strategic planning and local policies for culture. more >
Building Cultures: Can Artists Make Great Places?
Creativity, culture and change are the themes of a one-day conference on leading regeneration projects through art and creativity. more >
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