Metris provides planning, research, and evaluation services to reveal arts impacts and help communities equitably improve cultural vitality.
Easton, PA
Joined January 2010
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Highlights from Montgomery County Cultural Plan Youth Town Hall by @filmswithafocus. @metrisarts is so happy to be partnering with @creativemoco on this plan! youtube.com/watch?v=Q0g-WbNC… #CreateToBelong
And thank you Councilmember @NataliFGonzalez for your indispensable partnership on the Youth Town Hall.
Please join Anne Gadwa Nicodemus at Lehigh Valley Arts + Culture 2025. You can catch her session on cultural planning. lvaca.org/lvac-2025/
So cool to see arts and urban planning in action this week (and in my own backyard)! Thank you to theater artists Mark-N-Sparks and @TstoneTheatre for producing Most Beautiful Lehigh Valley...Mabe "future forum on housing" with a host of cross-sector partners.
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📢💫 New Resource Alert! 🎨🩺
Imagine prescriptions for more than just medicine – think museum visits and dance classes! Introducing "Arts on Prescription," a groundbreaking field guide brought to you by @goldenthis, @masscultural, and @UFCAM.
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The National Endowment for the Arts (@NEAarts) and the LISC (@lisc_hq) invite you to join them for a free webinar to discuss the value of artists in the creative placemaking process nationwide.
This event is open to the public. Register today: bit.ly/3CYHDEL
Have a project idea that integrates arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities? @NEAarts' Our Town Grants are now open. Webinar 6/15 and 1st application deadline 8/3.
arts.gov/grants/our-town/pro…
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64 projects, 41 U.S. cities, and 22 European cities later, our #AsphaltArt Initiative is expanding!
Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. can now apply for a grant to revitalize public spaces and engage their communities through art. Learn more: asphaltart.bloomberg.org/
@metrisarts' spring updates highlight Philly's Heat Response project in honor of #eathday2023. We documented this partnership btwn @tpl_org & @evemosher with support from @PewCenterArts. mailchi.mp/b2c04408c8f9/spri…
Honored to have @MetrisArts' WE-Making work profiled in a new e-book: Resilience Matters: Collective Action for Healthier Communities. A FREE compilation e-book of articles, op-eds, and more from @IP_URP in 2022. View & download: lnkd.in/g5ca439h
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"Take Time, Build Trust": advice from the Level Up! card deck @metrisarts & @mgamar developed for @muralarts. From our #WEMaking work we know "change moves at the speed of trust" & trust is at the core of social cohesion. #muralarts lnkd.in/d2u7CqR lnkd.in/djhdHkA
Excellent coverage of the #ChicagoMonuments Project report by @TheArtNewspaper theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/…
@metrisarts is so honored to have helped Chicago lean in to address the hard truths of its racial history. The #ChicagoMonuments project report findings reflect the public's desire for new monuments that equitably acknowledge Chicago's shared history. #ChicagoMonuments
Bravo @ChicagoDCASE, @chicagosmayor, @ChicagoParks, @ChiPubSchools and thx to collaborators: @SFHConsulting, @tannerwoodford, @DesignMuseumChi, @mikedecrosta15, @EmilyHabeck
On an extremely hot & sunny day, @tpl_org #HeatResponsePHL artist José Ortiz-Pagán hosted a block party to reveal his latest project, “La Sombrilla” — a shared, green, self-sustaining shade structure inspired by community input. Watch & hear how it came to be! @PewCenterArts
So exciting to see how @tpl_org #HeatResponsePHL artists Linda & Keir of Amber Art & Design used input & inspiration from community members to create the bilingual "Seedlings" coloring book. @PewCenterArts
Thx @ErikaFunke1 & @WVIATVFM for spotlighting WE-Making: How Arts & Culture Unite People to Work Towards Community Well-Being. wvia.org/tv/keystone-edition…
TV segment now available at WVIA website: wvia.org/tv/keystone-edition…