Our Creative Transformations report tells neighborhood stories, identifies key learnings, and provides recommendations to support arts, culture and public housing communities.
Read More
To explore the role of arts and culture in transforming public housing communities, NOCD-NY convened a diverse range of residents, resident advocates, tenant leaders, artists, cultural institutions, community organizations, elected officials and staff, city agencies, and funders for a roundtable in July 2015. The roundtable grew into a Creative Transformation: Arts, Culture and Public Housing Communities report. Stay tuned for an updated version in 2019.
Read More
On September 12, 2013, NOCD-NY organized an exchange with arts and culture practitioners and leading researchers. The conversation lives on through this Valuing the Intersection Between Arts, Culture and Community: An Exchange of Research and Practice report.
Read More
NOCD-NY's Innovative Cultural Uses of Urban Space report series shares stories about the process of transforming vacant lots and underused public spaces into vibrant cultural sites, revealing a reservoir of local know-how and creative approaches.
Read More