Intellect

Pawtucket, Rhode Island city officials are delighted that their revitalization efforts involving artists is the subject of a chapter in the Intellect book Cultural Quarters.

“Pawtucket really is something that smaller cities can look up to,” says Ann Galligan, a Providence resident and professor at Northeastern University who specializes in cultural policy, and the author of the chapter. “It's a model for the U.S. Not many small cities are going to have a Ford Motor Company or something to that extent move in.” Galligan credits the city for recognizing “the potential of artists as part of its urban renewal and workforce development strategy and not simply a component of its non-profit arts policy funding commitment.”

Click here to read the full article in the Pawtucket Times.

The second edition of Cultural Quarters, edited by Simon Roodhouse, is due out shortly.