September 9, 2011, Friday - Creative Placemaking: Challenges and Opportunities in 2011 at Central Library

Time: 1:30 - 3 PM

Location:  Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Creative Placemaking: Challenges and Opportunities in 2011
   
Come to a panel discussion on "creative place making in the current environment" with Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.   
 
The prestigious panel will also include Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak; Sarah Harris, Chief Operating Officer of the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District; and Tom Borrup, Principal of Creative Community Builders.The discussion will be moderated by Tom Fisher, Professor of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

The NEA recently awarded 51 "Our Town" grants nationwide which focus on "Creative Placemaking," a process and initiative that encourages partners from both the public and private sectors to come together to strategically shape the social, physical and economic character of a neighborhood, town, city or region around arts and cultural activities. Hennepin Theatre Trust received an "Our Town" grant to lead the planning process to re-invent Hennepin Avenue. Partners including the Walker Art Center, Artspace and the City of Minneapolis will collaboratively develop an arts-inspired cultural corridor stretching from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to the historic State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres and the Mississippi Riverfront.