Zócalo Public SquareStruggling Cities Can Find a Voice Through Art – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Struggling Cities Can Find a Voice Through Art https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/16/struggling-cities-can-find-a-voice-through-art/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/16/struggling-cities-can-find-a-voice-through-art/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:01:37 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=66937 In 2012, San Bernardino, California, filed for bankruptcy with more than $1 billion in debt. The city, about 60 miles east of L.A., is still climbing out from the devastation of the Great Recession. At 20 percent, San Bernardino County’s poverty rate is among the highest in the state. Yet the arts scene is flourishing. A poet and photographer recently joined forces for a public art project to explore residents’ experiences of their city. A new cultural center has asked students to submit art on what they love about San Bernardino. What difference, if any, do these sorts of community arts-based efforts play in helping to revitalize a city? Do the arts actually attract people and investment? In advance of the Zócalo/James Irvine Foundation event in San Bernardino, “Can the Arts Help Revive Our City?”, we asked experts from across the U.S.: How can the arts help an economically distressed city to recover?

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]]> In 2012, San Bernardino, California, filed for bankruptcy with more than $1 billion in debt. The city, about 60 miles east of L.A., is still climbing out from the devastation of the Great Recession. At 20 percent, San Bernardino County’s poverty rate is among the highest in the state. Yet the arts scene is flourishing. A poet and photographer recently joined forces for a public art project to explore residents’ experiences of their city. A new cultural center has asked students to submit art on what they love about San Bernardino. What difference, if any, do these sorts of community arts-based efforts play in helping to revitalize a city? Do the arts actually attract people and investment? In advance of the Zócalo/James Irvine Foundation event in San Bernardino, “Can the Arts Help Revive Our City?”, we asked experts from across the U.S.: How can the arts help an economically distressed city to recover?

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