Louisiana: Music-Infused Creative Placemaking Pilot
The Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA) has a new creative placemaking pilot using music to enhance the vibrancy of its cultural districts and influence the “meaning” of place. Sound Places—a partnership between LDOA, Chamber Music America and Project for Public Spaces and funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant—is supporting residencies of […]
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi: Gulf States Presenters Network
The Gulf States Presenters Network (GSPN) is a collaborative effort of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the Mississippi Arts Commission to cultivate performance opportunities—and the creative economy—for presenting artists and arts organizations. The three state arts agencies each offer grants to presenters in their own state […]
Louisiana: Creative Communities Initiative
This summer, the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development (OCD), the parent agency of the Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA), is building the capacity of Louisiana community leaders to undertake place-based cultural, community and economic development projects. Through OCD’s Creative Communities Initiative, leaders from 10 communities are working with coaches trained by The National Consortium […]
Louisiana: Arts in Education Surveys
The results of three arts education surveys are available on the Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA) Web site. The Louisiana Arts in Education surveys, commissioned by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and conducted by KID smART, a nonprofit arts education organization based in New Orleans, resulted in three separate reports: Public […]
Louisiana: New Populations Project
The New Populations Project, an initiative of the Folklife Program of the Louisiana Division of the Arts, reaches out to the state’s immigrant and refugee communities. The goal of the initiative is to address underserved sectors within the cultural economy and provide an opportunity to engage these communities in the identification and documentation of traditional […]