Nonprofit Aims To Generate Economic Development By Fostering Artistic Communities

By Taylor Bennett

Published February 24, 2020 at 12:00 AM EST

Polina Osherov, executive director of PATTERN

Indianapolis nonprofit PATTERN fosters artistic communities to generate economic development. Projects include a magazine, a variety of events and artist meet-ups.

WFYI’s Taylor Bennett interviewed Co-founder and Executive Director Polina Osherov about how PATTERN works to support artists and how it has evolved in the last 10 years.

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