Culture

Culture Count is a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts that expands the breadth of information about the programmatic and financial impacts of New England's cultural sector.  This information in vital to cultural organizational administrators, policy makers, and the general public.  It makes possible an unprecedented level of analysis and helps highlight the importance of cultural assets to the regional economy.  One of Culture Count’s most innovative components is its Impact Calculator, an interactive cultural economic impact analysis tool that demonstrates the economic impa

Fort Point was once the hub of Boston's shipping sector, but like many of America's port districts, it was laid idle in recent decades.  Today, however, the tide is turning.  The Fort Point Arts Community has transformed the district  through pioneering work, building partnerships between landlords and artists.  Now fused with the vitality of a thriving open arts scene, The Fort Point Arts Community demonstrates how grassroots organizing around the arts can transform a neighborhood from the bottom up.  Events coordinated by the Fort Point Arts Community now draw thousands of visitors each y

Adopted by the United Nations in 2005, the UNESCO World Heritage Cities Program is the first UN initiative specifically established for the conservation of urban heritage site, including, not just buildings, statues, and parks, but entire landscapes.  It takes a major step forward in recognizing "historic urban landscape" and "inherited townscape" as valuable assets, and provides resources, guidelines, and conference opportunities for city planners to encourage development without compromising historic character and identity.