Funded by the Kresge Foundation and published by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), the report highlights four “notable examples of large arts and culture organizations” that have adopted these anchor-based approaches, including 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网.

 “We chose to profile 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 because its deep understanding of the anchor framework and its nearly two-decade long anchor engagement stood out among the arts and culture organizations we reviewed. The prominence of 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 in anchor collaboratives is also notable because arts and culture organizations, even art colleges, typically do not lead such collaborations.”

Key elements of the ICIC’s Strategic Anchor Framework include:

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Noting that 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 pairs action around all seven anchor strategies with a socially engaged curriculum, the report cited numerous examples:

•  Core Product or Service Provider: 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网’s partnership with the Baltimore Design School and launch of the Art and Design College Accelerator Program (ADCAP) to provide Baltimore students from diverse backgrounds and who face financial challenges with a pathway to an art and design college education.:
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• Cluster Anchor: 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网’s support of local entrepreneurs through the Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (BCAN), which includes an incubator residency for creative enterprises in Baltimore.