Day 1: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
Pre-Summit Session
Placemaking at LCC: Where Students & the Community Want to Be
Not as familiar with creative placemaking? Need a solid base of understanding before we dive into the deep stuff? If you are registered for the Creative Placemaking Summit on September 26, we have limited seats available for you at this pre-summit session. See more information and sign up!
Day 2: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019
Arrival & Welcome
8:00 a.m.
Registration Open, Breakfast, Networking, Entertainment and Welcoming Remarks
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Summit MusicBotala
A Creative Placemaking Summit would not be as creative with out amazing artists like Botala, a solo project by drummer /percussionist Greg Vadnais. It blends the sounds of traditional Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music with house and Afro Beat, including live percussion and live looping with a variety of world instruments.
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Placemaking Personalities
9:30 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 keeping forward momentum.
9:30 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 keeping forward momentum.
Joan Vorderbruggen • Hennepin Theatre Trust // Minneapolis, MN
5 to 10 on Hennepin: A Case Study in Participatory Program Design • Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is a place of unusual diversity in an increasingly segregated city. It is home to more than ten cultural organizations including Hennepin Theatre Trust, the owner of three historic stages that draw more than 600,000 people annually. The area also serves 1,200 adults, youth and families on any given night with emergency housing programs, making it the densest shelter-seeking community in the five state region. 5 to 10 on Hennepin is the Trust’s award-winning event series created with and for youth and adults experiencing homelessness. Learn how 5 to 10’s inclusive design approach has effectively engaged the community by deepening and expanding relationships to become part of a comprehensive public safety plan both downtown and nationally.
Nadia Malik • Mural Arts Philadelphia // Philadelphia, PA
Promoting Healthy Communities with the Porch Light Program • Mural Arts Philadelphia leader Nadia Malik will present on using participatory public art to advance individual and community health outcomes. She will offer insight into building cross-sector partnerships, collaborating with community leaders and creating accessible spaces for creative expression. The Porch Light program began as a partnership between Mural Arts and the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services. A longitudinal study led by Yale University School of Medicine produced evidence of myriad impacts, including increased collective efficacy, improved feelings of safety and decreased stigma against people struggling with behavioral health challenges.
Dr. Tamara Butler • Michigan State University's Womxn of Color Initiative // East Lansing, MI
Roots, Routes and Ruptures: Mapping Towards One Another • What do roots, routes and ruptures reveal about our connections to land? How might we use stories to understand our connections to one another? In this session, participants will be invited to think through their own understandings of land, nature and community. Dr. Butler will share what artists, her local community, her students and women from her South Carolina community have taught her about placemaking.
5 to 10 on Hennepin: A Case Study in Participatory Program Design • Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is a place of unusual diversity in an increasingly segregated city. It is home to more than ten cultural organizations including Hennepin Theatre Trust, the owner of three historic stages that draw more than 600,000 people annually. The area also serves 1,200 adults, youth and families on any given night with emergency housing programs, making it the densest shelter-seeking community in the five state region. 5 to 10 on Hennepin is the Trust’s award-winning event series created with and for youth and adults experiencing homelessness. Learn how 5 to 10’s inclusive design approach has effectively engaged the community by deepening and expanding relationships to become part of a comprehensive public safety plan both downtown and nationally.
Nadia Malik • Mural Arts Philadelphia // Philadelphia, PA
Promoting Healthy Communities with the Porch Light Program • Mural Arts Philadelphia leader Nadia Malik will present on using participatory public art to advance individual and community health outcomes. She will offer insight into building cross-sector partnerships, collaborating with community leaders and creating accessible spaces for creative expression. The Porch Light program began as a partnership between Mural Arts and the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services. A longitudinal study led by Yale University School of Medicine produced evidence of myriad impacts, including increased collective efficacy, improved feelings of safety and decreased stigma against people struggling with behavioral health challenges.
Dr. Tamara Butler • Michigan State University's Womxn of Color Initiative // East Lansing, MI
Roots, Routes and Ruptures: Mapping Towards One Another • What do roots, routes and ruptures reveal about our connections to land? How might we use stories to understand our connections to one another? In this session, participants will be invited to think through their own understandings of land, nature and community. Dr. Butler will share what artists, her local community, her students and women from her South Carolina community have taught her about placemaking.
Break
Morning Keynote Speaker
10:45 a.m.
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Jun Li-Wang
Springboard for the Arts // St.Paul, MN CREATIVE PEOPLE POWER: A Natural Resource for Building Community Vitality Community change requires the creativity to imagine what could be and the ability to turn ideas into reality. Art and culture have a unique capacity to bridge differences, build social connections and imagine new futures. To generate creative people power in our communities, we need to ensure that our local policies and practices support people’s creativity, sense of agency, and basic well-being and we need to build strong relationships and networks across different parts of the community. Jun-Li Wang will share stories and tools from the work of Springboard for the Arts to illustrate the potential of a creative people power approach to arts and culture. An economic and community development agency run by and for artists, Springboard provides programs that help artists make a living and a life, and programs that help communities connect to the creative power of artists. Springboard is a nationally recognized leader on artist-led community development, creative placemaking and creative cross-sector collaboration. Springboard’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Guardian and directly impacts over 25,000 artists each year in their home state of Minnesota. Through national tools and training Springboard’s programs have been replicated in over 80 communities across the U.S. and internationally. |
Exercise: “Rekindling Your Dormant Creativity” with Karl Gude
We’re all born with a brain that is hardwired to generate creative ideas but, as we grow up, this superpower ability plunges drastically. By the time we’re young adults many of us have become crippled thinkers and ineffective problem solvers. In this mind-opening talk, Karl Gude will explain why this happens and how you can begin to rekindle your dormant creativity. He will end with an empowering guided meditation that will help you jumpstart the process.
Lunch Break
12:15 p.m.
Summit DanceLorenzo Lopez
Lorenzo Lopez is a Lansing native with more than 20-years’ experience performing Hispanic dance forms, including Flamenco, Cumbia Merengue, Mexican Folkloric dance and more. He directed several companies in Michigan and studied at Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Mexico City, Lansing Community College and Michigan State University.
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Panel: The Role of Creative Placemaking in Talent Attraction & Retention
1:15 p.m.
Arts, culture and creative placemaking play a major role in not only drawing new talent into a region, they also are key in keeping talent that already exists! Join local talent attraction and retention specialist Chris Sell as he speaks with statewide placemaking experts on how talent and place factor into creating vibrant, successful communities.
Facilitator:
Chris Sell • Founder & Executive Director // Lansing 5:01 and Michigan State University // East Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kris Mathis // Grand Rapids Creative Chambers Initiative
Marc Pasco // Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Jennifer Kitson Jelenek // Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership
Cathleen Edgerly // Downtown Lansing, Inc.
Facilitator:
Chris Sell • Founder & Executive Director // Lansing 5:01 and Michigan State University // East Lansing, MI
Panelists:
Kris Mathis // Grand Rapids Creative Chambers Initiative
Marc Pasco // Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Jennifer Kitson Jelenek // Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership
Cathleen Edgerly // Downtown Lansing, Inc.
Afternoon Keynote Speaker
2:15 p.m.
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Tru Pettigrew
Tru Access // Cary, NC The Art of Inclusion The Art of Inclusion is an engaging and interactive discussion that guides attendees on a journey of exploration, entertainment, education and empowerment on how diversity and inclusion are both linked yet still very distinct. This session will help the audience understand what diversity is, why it's such a gift and the importance of going beyond diversity to experience true inclusion. Through story-telling, engaging dialogue and interactive participation, attendees will learn how to leverage the gift of diversity that is available to us all, by employing The Art of Inclusion. And when properly applied, this allows you to convert communities, schools, workplaces and places of worship into beautiful mosaics of purpose-driven citizens empowered by empathy and understanding. |
Closing
3:15 p.m.
Meghan Martin • Interim Executive Director // Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Reception4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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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