Culture Crisis Conversations: Episode 18: Unpacking the Somerville Arts Risk Assessment with Metropolitan Area Planning Council & Somerville Arts Council
In this episode, #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Annis Sengupta of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) & Greg Jenkins of Somerville Arts Council about their Somerville Arts Risk Assessment work & report, how Somerville’s arts buildings are at high risk of displacement & potential tools to help prevent it.
Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville, MA.
Culture Crisis Conversations is produced in partnership with The Record Co, New Alliance Audio & New Alliance East.
Culture Crisis Conversations, a new podcast series by the #ARTSTAYSHERE Coalition, features in-person conversations with artists, musicians, creative leaders, government, developers & other stakeholders involved with the current crisis in our culture: artist displacement. We look at the problem, the impact, and potential solutions to keep creatives in our region & secure the cultural space needed for their work.