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Alternative Models For Funding and Supporting Cultural Spaces and Workers
August 28, 2025 · 30 min
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Three leaders explain how cities can actually keep cultural spaces and artists financially alive.
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In this episode
- Why funding art means funding the people who make it
- What alternative sustainability models look like in practice
- How communities can protect cultural spaces from disappearing
- Real approaches leaders are using right now to make it work
About this episode
Communities need spaces for art; you can't support art without supporting artists. We're talking with three leaders working on alternative models for sustainability.
About Next City
Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked.
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