Project Backboard
Renovate basketball courts and install art in public parks in order to create fun and inviting places for basketball and other activity that inspires creative, inter-generational play, increases park usage and strengthens communities.
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PLAY ·2025 Grants ChallengeRenovate LA Public Park Basketball Courts with Large Scale Works of Art
Project Backboard seeks to renovate and resurface two LA public park basketball courts with large scale works of art. Based on our experience adding large works of site specific art is a low cost investment into increasing and diversifying the demographics of park users, while enhancing the functionality of the space. As we like to say, if you renovate a basketball court and it looks like it did before it will be a better place to play but will serve the same users, our work encourages new users to visit park spaces and helps build community.
- PLAY ·2015 Grants Challenge
Basketball Courts and Public Art: Inspiring Inter-generational Play in Public Parks
Public park basketball courts are the “heart-beat” of many communities. Leveraging the energy and creativity created by outdoor basketball, Project Backboard will coordinate with local and national partners to renovate 15 basketball courts in LA, commission and install public art, made by community members and working artists, around each court, host free all-ages basketball tournaments, cleaning up graffiti and install outdoor fitness equipment where appropriate.