Texas Creative Placemaking Initiative

TXCPI is a network working to build, foster, and support equitable and vibrant arts-based community development practices in Texas.

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Come and celebrate the rich indigenous history of Central Texas. It’s an opportunity to learn about the 10,000 year old history of the area and to bring healing throughIndigenous perspectives and understandings.

[Texas Creative Placemaking Initiative @_txcpi]

All are welcome to the upcoming Honoring Aptzāi Pil’ Symposium! The event will happen Friday, July 21st from 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM at the Austin Community College - San Gabriel campus.

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This is a free event but it is encouraged to register. Go to https://t.co/C3mGUmBUZj to register. *An ID is required to enter the ACC campus.

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Renee Piechocki converses with Molly Rice and Hoka Skenandore about their experiences cultivating relationships with community to advance justice through planning and development.

[Texas Creative Placemaking Initiative @_txcpi]

The National Endowment for the Arts (@NEAarts) and the LISC (@lisc_hq) invite you to join them for a free webinar to discuss the value of artists in the creative placemaking process nationwide.

This event is open to the public. Register today: https://t.co/8EucJLGSAL

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Want to learn more about the intersection of the arts and digital equity? The articles linked in our bio are a great place to start.

[Texas Creative Placemaking Initiative @_txcpi]

TXCPI partner @txforthearts is asking folks to speak up about federal funding decisions through the Digital Opportunity Surveys to understand digital opportunity barriers faced by Texas households. #DigitalEquity

Take the survey here: https://t.co/BNyhV9nPgM

[Housing and Community Development Network of NJ @HCDNNJ]

The deadline for the @urbaninstitute's Grounding Values survey has been extended to Friday, November 4!

Hear Luis Rodriguez, ED of Santee-Lynches Affordable Housing and CDC in South Carolina, discuss the importance of this survey to organizations in the field. @NACEDAtweets

[National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: NASAA @NASAA_Arts]

Have you registered for the Leveraging Partnerships in the Arts to Strengthen Public Health webinar? Learn about how to build partnerships to implement arts and health programming. Join us on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 3:00 pm Eastern . Register here: https://t.co/21qdMxrBTM

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TXCPI got a shout out today in by Grantmakers in the Arts. We're bringing arts-based community development into it's next phase of development with the place-based, advocacy-focused, community building work that we do together.

[GrantmakersInTheArts @GIArts]

**GIA READER**

This week we highlight Finding a Common Cause by The Rev. Dr. Lynn Osgood (Civic Arts) who discusses the Creative Grantmaking Research Tool.

Read the full piece here: https://t.co/OSaXlnJC27

#GIArts #CivicArts #GIAReader #CreativeGrantmaking #FindingaCommonCause

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Join us on Wed 8/7 at 4:15 PM CST for our monthly Practitioners Gathering.

We'll talk with Marci Dallas on the topic of The Arts and Community Data, and explore the impacts art festivals can have on a city, its residents, and its visitors

Register: https://t.co/ropgInfzqF

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Understanding the impact that arts festivals have on cities, residents, and visitors is an ongoing challenge. We'll talk with Marci Dallas about research happening in the City of Edinburgh and how we can apply insights to our work here in Texas. Register: https://t.co/ropgInxaid

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Join our TXCPI August Practitioner Gathering with Dr. Lynn Osgood for a conversation about different ways to integrate evaluation into creative placemaking/placekeeping projects and talk about the important outcomes you see happening. https://t.co/7j9aCke0fx

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Cultural Policy Action Lab Learning Series
Wednesday, July 6th 1pm CT
Session 3: Infrastructure, Placemaking & Placekeeping

Public infrastructure can support creative activation and can be central to authentic belonging in place.
https://t.co/11alXewjJq

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NEA Our Town grants for Creative Placemaking projects work as partnerships between artists, arts organizations and culture bearers and their municipalities. Houston is actively seeking partnership proposals for the next round of grants. https://t.co/o4MuRBLaa4

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Deadline for the National Endowment for the Arts' Our Town creative placemaking grant program is August 4. With project-based funding, the grants supports activities that integrate arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities. https://t.co/mrchk6g30J

[National Low Income Housing Coalition @NLIHC]

Feature Your Artwork in NLIHC’s Upcoming Issue of Tenant Talk!
Send submissions to: https://t.co/rkgXth3AaC https://t.co/kAI3QAbU5P

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Join us tomorrow at 4:15pm CST for a conversation on creative placemaking / placekeeping in Garland, Texas with Scott Bollinger! Register for our June Gathering here: https://t.co/M8u9R3bJaJ

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Local government placemakers / placekeepers: this one is for you! Scott Bollinger from
@garlandtxgov
will join next week's Practitioner Gathering to speak on how the city has used creative strategies in neighborhood development work. Register here: https://t.co/Y7TYApJNGV

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Training opportunity for artists who want to get more involved in working with local agencies and non-profits on community-based projects.

[Springboard for the Arts @SpringboardArts]

Artists interested in community-centered work, join us for our next Art-Train training this Tuesday, May 10! Tuesday's free training is open to artists of all mediums and geographies. Supported by the @MellonFdn and @kresgefdn. Learn more and sign up https://t.co/U9lba73qtk