Arrival & Welcome
8:00 a.m.
Registration Open, Breakfast, Networking, Entertainment and Welcoming Remarks
Keynote Speaker
9:25 a.m.
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Chris Fair
President, Resonance Consultancy // New York City, NY Quality of place is increasingly determining where talent, tourists and companies go. But what factors are most influential in shaping our perception of cities as places to visit, live and do business? In this presentation, Resonance Consultancy President and America’s Best Cities author Chris Fair will explain why the relative vibrancy of a city is key to its future prosperity and share Resonance Consultancy's research on how Lansing compares to other cities in the region. |
Placemaking Personalities
10:45 a.m.
These talks will be delivered in a quick and engaging format by some of the most inspired thinkers on the placemaking scene. Listen closely as national and local experts regale us with placemaking stories and share their tips, trials and revealing moments in finding community identity.
10:45 a.m.
These talks will be delivered in a quick and engaging format by some of the most inspired thinkers on the placemaking scene. Listen closely as national and local experts regale us with placemaking stories and share their tips, trials and revealing moments in finding community identity.
Marty Pottenger • Theatre Artist, Playwright and Social Practitioner // Art at Work // Portland, ME
Putting Art to Work • What if we already have an effective, affordable, enjoyable way to engage residents, address inequities and increase resiliency in our communities? For the last 25 years, Art At Work has been putting creativity to work addressing tough neighborhood, union and municipal challenges. Over 20 arts-based projects—poetry, photography, storytelling, drumming, performance—were designed to tackle racism within the Public Works department; police officers’ historic low morale; community outrage after a fatal police shooting, and neighborhood associations that didn’t reflect their residents’ racial, age or class diversity. It’s time for creativity to be in everyone’s tool bag.
Andrew Sandstedt • Metal Sculptor // Lansing, MI
The Butterfly Effect • “It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.” - Chaos Theory
Community, creativity, and a little chaos have the ability to make and sustain a culture. More than 10 years ago, the simple phrase “I have an idea” led to a small event called Scrapfest. Over the last decade, Scrapfest has led the way showcasing artists who accept the challenge of creating within confines. The art landscape of Lansing is changing, thanks in part to this event. Hear the exciting story of how this year’s Scrapfest winning sculpture is creating a sense of place here in Lansing.
Ozay Moore • Emcee, Producer, Educator and Executive Director // All of the Above Hip-Hop Academy // Lansing, MI
K[NO]W PRESSURE: The Transformative Power of Hip Hop • This talk will speak to humanity's resilience—how Hip Hop Culture has created spaces where participation forges diamonds out of life's pressures. We will look at Hip Hop as an “Identity” and why it translates globally into a platform where both individuals and communities are strengthened. Ozay will share how he's navigated the complexities of identity in his own life, as well as how All of the Above Hip Hop Academy is connecting, mentoring and providing resources to Lansing youth through creative placemaking.
Putting Art to Work • What if we already have an effective, affordable, enjoyable way to engage residents, address inequities and increase resiliency in our communities? For the last 25 years, Art At Work has been putting creativity to work addressing tough neighborhood, union and municipal challenges. Over 20 arts-based projects—poetry, photography, storytelling, drumming, performance—were designed to tackle racism within the Public Works department; police officers’ historic low morale; community outrage after a fatal police shooting, and neighborhood associations that didn’t reflect their residents’ racial, age or class diversity. It’s time for creativity to be in everyone’s tool bag.
Andrew Sandstedt • Metal Sculptor // Lansing, MI
The Butterfly Effect • “It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.” - Chaos Theory
Community, creativity, and a little chaos have the ability to make and sustain a culture. More than 10 years ago, the simple phrase “I have an idea” led to a small event called Scrapfest. Over the last decade, Scrapfest has led the way showcasing artists who accept the challenge of creating within confines. The art landscape of Lansing is changing, thanks in part to this event. Hear the exciting story of how this year’s Scrapfest winning sculpture is creating a sense of place here in Lansing.
Ozay Moore • Emcee, Producer, Educator and Executive Director // All of the Above Hip-Hop Academy // Lansing, MI
K[NO]W PRESSURE: The Transformative Power of Hip Hop • This talk will speak to humanity's resilience—how Hip Hop Culture has created spaces where participation forges diamonds out of life's pressures. We will look at Hip Hop as an “Identity” and why it translates globally into a platform where both individuals and communities are strengthened. Ozay will share how he's navigated the complexities of identity in his own life, as well as how All of the Above Hip Hop Academy is connecting, mentoring and providing resources to Lansing youth through creative placemaking.
Creative Community Engagement Panel
11:30 a.m.
Statistics show that gathering input from the public is vital to the success of creative placemaking projects. But why? Listen as community engagement experts discuss successful and creative methods for collecting data and how its use is imperative to the placemaking process.
Facilitator:
Andi Crawford • Director of the Department of Neighborhoods & Citizen Engagement // City of Lansing // Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kate Snyder • Owner & Principal Strategist // Piper & Gold Public Relations // Lansing, MI
Brent Forsberg • President // T.A. Forsberg // Lansing, MI
Mary Thiefels, TreeTown Murals // Ann Arbor, MI
Facilitator:
Andi Crawford • Director of the Department of Neighborhoods & Citizen Engagement // City of Lansing // Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kate Snyder • Owner & Principal Strategist // Piper & Gold Public Relations // Lansing, MI
Brent Forsberg • President // T.A. Forsberg // Lansing, MI
Mary Thiefels, TreeTown Murals // Ann Arbor, MI
Lunch Break
12:15 p.m.
Meeting in the Middle: Communication, Compromise, Persistence and Understanding
1:15 p.m.
Integrating creative thinking and the arts into a city’s practices and policies is critical to creative economical growth. However, it is easier said than done. Artists are typically bottom-up thinkers, and municipal leaders are top down, which can lead to creating walls rather than building projects. This panel will explore ways to finding middle ground--a place where public art, public spaces and creative placemaking projects can be brought forth and flourish through open communication, creating a receptive space on both sides for listening, expressing and truly hearing alternative views.
Facilitator:
Josh Holliday • Tri-County Development & Placemaking Manager // Lansing Economic Area Partnership // Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kimberly Rodriguez • Director // Step in Time Dance Studio // Nashville, MI
Kirk Rea • Co-Executive Director // City Repair // Portland, OR
Thomas J. Fehrenbach • Community & Economic Development Administrator // City of East Lansing // East Lansing, MI
Marty Pottenger • Theatre Artist, Playwright and Social Practitioner // Art at Work // Portland, ME
Facilitator:
Josh Holliday • Tri-County Development & Placemaking Manager // Lansing Economic Area Partnership // Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kimberly Rodriguez • Director // Step in Time Dance Studio // Nashville, MI
Kirk Rea • Co-Executive Director // City Repair // Portland, OR
Thomas J. Fehrenbach • Community & Economic Development Administrator // City of East Lansing // East Lansing, MI
Marty Pottenger • Theatre Artist, Playwright and Social Practitioner // Art at Work // Portland, ME
Presentation of the Greater Lansing Cultural Economic Development Plan
2:00 p.m.
Martin Cohen • Partner // The Cultural Planning Group // Pittsburg, PA
We are so excited to unveil The Cultural Economic Development Plan for the Greater Lansing Region. Based on hundreds of interviews and group discussions with our region’s arts and culture sector, this plan has been in development for months. In this visual presentation, Martin will walk us through the process and share findings and strategy for creating Greater Lansing Region's 5-year plan. He will then introduce Debbie Mikula to tell us what the next steps are to implement the plan.
Martin Cohen • Partner // The Cultural Planning Group // Pittsburg, PA
We are so excited to unveil The Cultural Economic Development Plan for the Greater Lansing Region. Based on hundreds of interviews and group discussions with our region’s arts and culture sector, this plan has been in development for months. In this visual presentation, Martin will walk us through the process and share findings and strategy for creating Greater Lansing Region's 5-year plan. He will then introduce Debbie Mikula to tell us what the next steps are to implement the plan.
Table Talks - Networking Break
2:45 p.m.
Head to the River Street Pub to stretch your legs and your minds at this networking break. Cozy up to a table and enjoy a quick chat with our keynote speaker, panelists, local experts and placemaking personalities. Each table will have a designated theme for attendees to choose from, providing opportunities to ask questions on a variety of placemaking topics.
Placemaking Personalities
3:45 p.m.
These talks will be delivered in a quick and engaging format by some of the most inspired thinkers on the placemaking scene. Listen closely as national and local experts regale us with placemaking stories and share their tips, trials and revealing moments in finding community identity.
3:45 p.m.
These talks will be delivered in a quick and engaging format by some of the most inspired thinkers on the placemaking scene. Listen closely as national and local experts regale us with placemaking stories and share their tips, trials and revealing moments in finding community identity.
Kimberly Rodriguez • Director // Step In Time // Nashville, MI
Restoring the Historical Sandyland Park • At a weekly breakfast meeting of the Nashville Route 66 Business District in Nashville, Mich. an idea was born—to hold a concert in the field that was once the parking lot of the community’s historical Sandyland Park. That small idea led to the park’s complete restoration. In its prime, Chubby Checker, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn and many more music legends graced the stage of this venue that is now in its third successful season since its restoration. Kimberly will share Sandyland’s story and the District’s hope to bring back the town’s once-held title as “Nashville of the North.”
Kirk Rea • Co-Executive Director // City Repair // Portland, OR
Storytelling through Consensus-Based Design • Placemaking in the commons have various levels of how deep public participation is engaged. In Portland, OR, non-profit the City Repair Project have worked over 20 years with over 700 projects focusing on consensus-based designs for diverse communities that install street paintings, permaculture landscapes, earthen buildings and other community-oriented buildings. This presentation will explore examples of highly-engaged community participation creating public art that have transformed Portland laws and perceptions.
Josh Budiongan • Designer, Project Manager // Detroit Collaborative Design Center // Detroit, MI
Currency Exchange • Culture and place play significant roles in the power of community formed around shared needs and passions. A corner in southwest Detroit helps to explore one way that Community Cultural Development, through creative process, allows us to meet community-identified needs with the assets we share between us and acts as and intentional shift in priority from profit to people.
Restoring the Historical Sandyland Park • At a weekly breakfast meeting of the Nashville Route 66 Business District in Nashville, Mich. an idea was born—to hold a concert in the field that was once the parking lot of the community’s historical Sandyland Park. That small idea led to the park’s complete restoration. In its prime, Chubby Checker, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn and many more music legends graced the stage of this venue that is now in its third successful season since its restoration. Kimberly will share Sandyland’s story and the District’s hope to bring back the town’s once-held title as “Nashville of the North.”
Kirk Rea • Co-Executive Director // City Repair // Portland, OR
Storytelling through Consensus-Based Design • Placemaking in the commons have various levels of how deep public participation is engaged. In Portland, OR, non-profit the City Repair Project have worked over 20 years with over 700 projects focusing on consensus-based designs for diverse communities that install street paintings, permaculture landscapes, earthen buildings and other community-oriented buildings. This presentation will explore examples of highly-engaged community participation creating public art that have transformed Portland laws and perceptions.
Josh Budiongan • Designer, Project Manager // Detroit Collaborative Design Center // Detroit, MI
Currency Exchange • Culture and place play significant roles in the power of community formed around shared needs and passions. A corner in southwest Detroit helps to explore one way that Community Cultural Development, through creative process, allows us to meet community-identified needs with the assets we share between us and acts as and intentional shift in priority from profit to people.
Closing
4:30 p.m.
Debbie Mikula • Executive Director // Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Reception
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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After the Creative Placemaking Summit, Summit attendees are invited to join us for a closing reception at MP Social inside Market Place Apartments.
Take this great opportunity to connect further with Lansing Placemakers from near and far! |
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