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.
- Email Karen Ristuben
- Karen Ristuben’s Bio
Arts Engage People in Bettering the Places They Love
Leaders from two Massachusetts community foundations on how arts and creativity enrich civic life.
A Renaissance for Creativity in Essex County
Progress, projects, and early lessons from Essex County Community Foundation, two years in to its Creative County Initiative.