This report examines the financial support and attendant supporting factors needed by artists to succeed. The report explores six identified themes seen as important in fostering artists and, by extension, investing in creativity.

This resource explores some of the ways that artists can be embedded within local government structures and processes through case studies of municipal artists.

This highly approachable article from Shelterforce tackles the misconception of the artist as an individualist by sharing stories of community-engaged artists.

Irrigate is a practical guide for how to create community-driven development, specifically with community artists. It outlines the steps and tools necessary, and also why community-driven processes are meaningful.

This online resource is a great guide to the “nuts and bolts” of creating and sustaining partnerships between artists and local government.

This toolkit is a practical guide for non-profits, businesses, or municipalities to create formal partnerships with artists. Springboard for the Arts recognizes the importance of cross-sector collaborations and reciprocal relationships with artists in this guide.

This guide provides strategies for partnerships between artists and business districts to address a wide variety of goals. It outlines the typical steps in creative placemaking project planning and implementation but geared specifically to potential ROIs for business districts.