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  • How Curators Are Taking Over Vacant Spaces and Changing Cities

    March 01, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    All around the world there is a trend for pop-ups to take over empty spaces and give the spaces meaning for a short period of time. For instance, in a time when capitalism dominates society, the Museum of Capitalism filled an Oakland warehouse for two months to spark conversation on the topic. These pop-ups act as an educational resource, a creative asset to neighborhoods, and a more accessible way for artists to engage with social issues and a large audience.

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  • Working with Dark Light: Puerto Rican artists are healing the spirits that Hurricane Maria broke

    February 28, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Puerto Rico, San Juan

    In the wake of Hurricane Maria, artists are putting on performances of all kinds in traditional and non-traditional spaces. These performances provide entertainment; express pain, loss, and anger; satirize and critique government inaction; and instill pride and hope.

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  • 'The magic of cinema': the club supporting older people with HIV

    February 21, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, London

    While treatment has stabilized the physical health of people living with HIV/AIDS, their diagnosis can be isolating and—for people over 50–the death of friends during the 80s and 90s may lead to increased social isolation. To provide a social activity among a group of peers, the Silver Surfers Club was founded in London offering screenings of classic films for people with HIV diagnoses.

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  • High Museum leads way in diversifying museum audience

    February 08, 2018 |

    Atlanta Journal-Constitution |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta’s High Museum has taken a multi-faceted approach to diversifying the demographics of museum visitors as well as museum staff. These include internal and external focus groups, curatorial fellowships, a simple price structure, and inclusion and diversity advisement.

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  • A Brighter Future for Run-Down Basketball Courts

    February 07, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Dozens of basketball courts around the United States have received a beautiful and functional make-over. Project Backboard cleans, fixes, and beautifies outdoor basketball courts, effectively revitalizing the social practices of sport. The nonprofit hires local artists to work with communities, and those communities need to approve the artists’ designs before they are painted. Foundations have invested in this initiative, with its value being a key component to urban renewal.

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  • Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a time

    February 07, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Guatemala, Santa Catarina Palopó

    In Guatemala, women are challenging traditional gender norms by playing a growing leadership role in their communities. Specifically, they are leading an initiative to paint local homes with patterns from indigenous weaving traditions. Not only are they making the towns more beautiful, but they are also demonstrating to young girls that women can do the same jobs that men can do.

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  • How to Fight Gentrification With a Comic Book

    February 06, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    The diverse Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota is filled with immigrants from all over the world. However, warning signs of gentrification are hinting at rising home prices that threaten the affordability of the area for its long-time residents. To ensure the neighborhood’s vision for the future is clear and accessible, local artists transformed the small area plan into a graphic novel that is helping residents have a voice in their community’s future.

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  • A new lick of paint can be all it takes to make cities safer for pedestrians

    January 30, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Redesigning streets to be more pedestrian-friendly can have big impacts on traffic safety and local business. A fast, easy and cheap way to weigh the pros and cons of such changes is to simply redraw street lines using paint or chalk, then measure public response. After a day-long pilot in Sao Paulo, 97 percent of locals supported making the proposed changes permanent.

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  • Thousands of poor young people are using Minecraft to redesign their cities

    January 29, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Too often, poor community members are not included in public discourse over how public spaces should look-- rather, the urban planning is more top-down. To change that, the UN’s Block by Block project is using the computer game Minecraft to include locals in shaping the physical spaces in their own communities by teaching them digital design skills. The UN program has engaged over 17,000 people, and 20 crowdsourced designs have already been built in cities around the world.

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  • Musicians Add 'Counterterrorism Briefing' to Pre-Grammy Schedule

    January 26, 2018 |

    Rolling Stone |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    For the first time, high-profile Grammy attendees this year received an all-day security briefing on how to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks. In light of recent mass shootings and bombs at concerts in Manchester, Las Vegas, and Paris, the musicians met directly with U.S. State Department and European Union officials to learn best practices to help protect themselves, their crews, and their fans.

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