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History Of Artists Within Government

1. Much of the historical research on artists-in-residence in U.S. government somes from LA County’s Creative Strategist Program Evaluation (Dec 2021), researched and written by Robin Garcia and the LA County Dept. Arts & Culture team. More details: https:// lacountyarts.org/creative-strategistprogram-evaluation

2. “USA Work Program WPA,” by an unknown artist, 1936, Photolithograph, National Archives, Publications of the U.S. Government (Y3w 892 8w89.)

3. CETA demonstration against program cuts, Manhattan (1978) . (Source: Blaise Tobia via Hyperallergic.)

4. One of former Bogotá Mayor Antanas Mockus’ many inspired strategies for changing the mindset – and, eventually, the behavior – of the city’s inhabitants was the installation of traffic mimes on street corners. (Source: El Tiempo via Harvard Gazette.)

5. Sidewalk Poetry is a work that allows St Paul residents to claim the sidewalks as their book pages. 1,200+ poems have been stamped from a collection including 73 pieces by residents. (Source: Public Art St Paul.)

6. A man sits and waits for his barber as part of the “Haircuts for Change” Creative CityMaking project, which focuses on healing and beauty practices in the South Minneapolis Black community in pop up locations along Lake St. and Chicago Ave. (Source: Pierre Ware via The Kresge Foundation.)

7. Karen Young was an AIR from 2018-2019 and created “Older and Bolder” with elders at the BCYF Grove Hall Senior Center in Dorchester, MA and the Age-Strong Commission. It used Japanese taiko drumming, to build civic agency and bring awareness to a dangerous crosswalk.

8 Years Of Air Program Design

1. Shaw-Pong Liu was an AIR from 2014-2015 and worked with the Boston Police Dept and the community-based organizations Teen Empowerment and the Urbano Project on “Time to Listen.” They explored collaborative music-