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Forecast fosters dynamic, inclusive and resilient communities through public art, community-engaged design and transformative placemaking. We improve our collective life through a unique combination of responsive consulting services, support for public artists, and abundant resources on current issues and trends. Forecast is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT FORECAST
We are pleased to release a toolkit with strategies for adapting in-person arts-based activities during the pandemic. We are launching the first iteration now, and will develop it based on your input. On May 6 Forecast consultants will present case studies.
On Thursday, May 21, multidisciplinary visual artist Moira Villiard will dive into her experience as a Forecast 2019 Early-Career Project Grantee. The focuses of her current artistic practice include exploring the overlap of Indigenous concepts and history with contemporary narratives in public art and finding ways to answer the question of “What’s missing?” through creative placemaking. Please Register to receive webinar access info.
Join Forecast consultants and guests every Saturday evening through May 30 at 8:00 pm CDT, for a series of Zoom meet-ups for Black, Indigenous & POC artists and organizers working in community and in public space. Hosted by Forecast consultants Candida Gonzalez and Tricia Heuring, with special guest co-hosts Felicia Perry and Sarah White.
Because we received hundreds of incredible applications for our first round of 20 Mini-Grants, we raised funds to support additional artists. We are thrilled to be able to fund 10 more projects now.
We are offering pro bono consultations to any public artist or public art administrator based in the U.S. or the Native nations that share the same geography from now until May 31, 2020, as a response to the mounting effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Forecast asked artists how we can best help them and their communities NOW. In response, we reallocated $10,000 of our own resources to quickly provide mini-grants to 20 public artists to safely create and share messages of hope within their communities.
COVID-19 RESOURCES
Forecast is highly attuned to the economic impact of this pandemic on artists. We’ve made Public Art Review free, and are compiling and providing other artist resources, including lists of emergency relief and opportunities, a new toolkit of creative alternatives to in-person arts-based activities to keep people working and events moving forward, and pro bono consulting for public artists and public art administrators.
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ISSUES THAT MATTER
Insight | The CLTV, a Memphis arts organization, is planning housing that will generate revenue.
Explore More | After disasters, artists are ready to play an official role in relief and recovery.
In a divided time, it’s clear we’re better together.
Editor’s and Publisher’s Note, from the 59th issue of Public Art Review.
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