Magnetizing Neighborhoods Through Amateur Arts Performance
Artists, Arts organizations, Higher Education, For Community Planning and Development, For Higher Education, Higher Ed, Community Development, Cross-Sector Collaboration
There is a significant correlation between the amount of amateur, informal arts activity in neighborhoods and neighborhood stability and/or improvement. This correlation is evidence of magnetization - an increase in the desirability, commitment, social integration, and quality of life in a community area. Arts create shared experience, they encourage intergenerational activity and make public spaces enjoyable, among other effects. For those reasons, components of comprehensive community development should include space for amateur and semi-professional activity.
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