On Culture & Wellbeing

Maker Park at SI Makerspace providing a community greenspace with art and cultural activities in a previously abandoned lot. Photo: Lisa Dahl.

“Culture is the soil in which we plant our dreams and cultivate our meaning.

Numbers alone may move businesses and markets to act, but culture is the operating system that guides a community. More than almost anything else, culture shapes our notions of wellbeing. Wellbeing includes objective health measures, like blood pressure and rates of disease. But more importantly, it also encompasses subjective measures, like feelings of hope, trust, and belonging.”

– Artplace America blog
“What Business Gets Wrong About Health”
by Theo Edmunds

Maker Park at SI Makerspace providing a community greenspace with art and cultural activities in a previously abandoned lot. Photo: Lisa Dahl.

“Culture is the soil in which we plant our dreams and cultivate our meaning.

Culturbia is made possible, in part, by a Future Culture Creative Placemaking Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Culturbia is also made possible, in part, by a DCA Art Fund Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.