Metropolitics

“We Are the Scene”: Alternative Art Economies in Bushwick

Mary Kosut — 2016-09-13T05:00:00Z

Artists and art communities are essential to the cultural life of cities. In New York City, artists have created networks of artist-run galleries in unlikely spaces that are outside the corporate gallery system. Sociologist Mary Kosut explores how artists generate alternative urban art economies within the contemporary New York art world.
Art scenes are integral to urban cultural centers—Berlin, Paris, London, and New York are defined by vibrant artist communities. As an art capital, New York

- From the Field / gentrification, culture, New York, art, culture-based economy, artist, arts, Brooklyn, art worlds, galleries, art economies, Bushwick

Arts Districts Without Artists

Meghan Ashlin Rich — 2015-03-23T05:55:00Z

Numerous studies have examined gentrification's harmful effects for low-income residents, but few examine the consequences for its “pioneers,” the artists who jump-start the process. Focusing on a Baltimore neighborhood turned “Arts & Entertainment District,” sociologist Meghan Ashlin Rich shows what happens when artists' work intertwines with the city's agenda for revitalization.
A “naturally occurring” Arts & Entertainment District is born in Baltimore
Baltimore's Station North

- From the Field / gentrification, culture, United States, Baltimore, culture-based economy, artist, arts, Arts & Entertainment District, cultural district, arts district, arts-centered development

Nantes' urban project: putting the Bilbao model to the test

Amélie Nicolas & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-11-13T05:50:00Z

The experiences of Bilbao and its urban transformations have been shared and integrated into the urban-planning cultures of numerous European cities. In Nantes, the success of Bilbao initially inspired much of the strategic thinking and planning for the Île de Nantes project, until criticisms of the “Bilbao model” began to come to the fore, ultimately leading to the development of a “Nantes-style urban planning” that takes account of the city's specificities – and which could even be considered

- From the Field / urban planning, urban renewal, urban regeneration, heritage, Nantes, Bilbao, urban project, dissemination of urban references, flagship facility, culture-based economy, tourism, museum