Did you know that healthcare innovation in Louisville is, in part, connected to the National Endowment for the Arts? Read here to find out how and Take 2 minutes now to contact your members of Congress and join the #SaveTheNEA campaign.
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The Creative Innovation Zone, a partnership between YouthBuild Louisville and IDEAS xLab originally funded by ArtPlace America, together with The Special Project, announced today that it received $45,000 planning grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. The grant provides funding and other support for a health impact assessment process to develop a "Cultural Blueprint for Health" -- an evidence-based action plan for integrating artist innovation into community health in order to address disparities in health outcomes with the goal of increasing family and social support and community safety.
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Louisville is a generous and compassionate city. And, for this, we are all thankful. As we move into 2016, IDEAS xLab would like to challenge Louisville to consider a shift in our thinking. It is time for us to move from "generosity" to "justice".
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Members of Americans for the Arts, the leading organization for advancing the arts and arts education in America, have elected Theo Edmonds as a member of their advisory council for the Private Sector.
Read MoreWorking to create a curriculum that would lead to the expansion of YouthBuild Louisville's current vocational education offerings in Smoketown to include culinary training and an additional 15+ apprenticeships per year for low income young people.
Read MoreLOUISVILLE IS A PLACE WHERE ARTISTS ARE BEGINNING TO TOUCH EVERYTHING... from genomics research to motorbike mechanics. And, then, there is also Kentucky's current national spotlight as an emerging battleground in the new civil rights movement. IDEAS xLab's artists are there too.
Read MoreIDEAS xLab believes in holistically expanding America's current artist education model to be reflective of the needs of the 99%. Tech tools that support radical collaboration among artists are cheap and readily available. Why aren't we making more and better use of them?
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