How the Chicago Monuments Project is reimagining public memory through equity and art
PROJECT: Commissioning new inclusive and diverse public monuments to support civic healing
The Other Washingtons public art project by Amanda Williams in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood; October 2025.
The Chicago Monuments.
Healing Arts Chicago: Embedding creativity in community health
Through cross-sector partnership between city culture, health and labour departments, Healing Arts Chicago has trained local artists as certified Community Health Workers through training at City Colleges of Chicago.
Cultural Villages: Preserving Betawi heritage while improving community welfare
Launched in 2022, Jakarta’s cultural village initiative supports five Betawi communities- Petukangan, Rawa Belong, Marunda, Condet, and Tanah Abang - to preserve heritage and improve welfare. Through community empowerment,.
Infrastructure
The Beijing Opera. Image © Canva.
Beijing seeks to become a “Capital of Performing Arts” by developing new cultural infrastructure such as performing arts clusters in areas such as Wangfujing,.
How Can Cities Scale Up Creative Approaches to Health?
The benefits of culture to our health are well-known. Whether through performing arts for dementia patients in Edinburgh, museum prescriptions for mental health in Montreal, or art therapy for.
A Collective Reflection: Cultural Leadership Through Crisis
20 Oct 2020
A panel of Mayors from cities across the WCCF network came together to reflect on learnings from their responses to the pandemic, and make the case for culture in.
CREATIVE RECOVERY? LOSS AND HOPE FOR GLOBAL CITIES
5 Jul 2023
Three years since the pandemic began, its effect on culture continues to unfold. Some have referred to culture and the creative industries as suffering from ‘long Covid’.
Art avenues to a more equitable Chicago: ‘We Will Chicago’ unveiled
A ten year framework to enhance citywide equity and resiliency, the "We Will Chicago" plan includes approximately 40 goals and 150 objectives to improve Chicagoans' lives, especially individuals impacted.
How Montréal’s department of culture tackled pandemic isolation
Montréal's Department of Culture wanted to find a safe and creative way to bring citizens together and create spaces for collaboration and resource exchange between local government, artists and.
How Milan’s ‘Accessible Present’ event is driving a movement for diversity in the performing arts
Presenti Accessibili | Accessible Present took place from 27-29 April 2022 in Milan, offering workshops, meetings, and performances to raise awareness of accessibility in the performing arts for people.