Posts by Karen Ristuben

Erin Long via Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

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Karen Ristuben is Essex County Community Foundation’s program director for the Creative County Initiative. In this role, Karen helps to build countywide support for arts and culture through an ECCF initiative – supported by the Barr Foundation – designed to increase the vibrancy of our region by investing in the transformative power of arts and culture.

Arts Engage People in Bettering the Places They Love

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Beth Francis

Guest Author · President and CEO, Essex County Community Foundation

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Emily Bronson

Guest Author · Senior Community Engagement Officer, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

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Karen Ristuben

Guest Author · Program Director, Creative County Initiative , Essex County Community Foundation

Leaders from two Massachusetts community foundations on how arts and creativity enrich civic life.

May 02, 2023 | Category: Arts & Creativity

A Renaissance for Creativity in Essex County

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Beth Francis

Guest Author · President and CEO, Essex County Community Foundation

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Karen Ristuben

Guest Author · Program Director, Creative County Initiative , Essex County Community Foundation

Progress, projects, and early lessons from Essex County Community Foundation, two years in to its Creative County Initiative.

June 05, 2019 | Category: Arts & Creativity