and invite YOU to TOGETHER! Building Resilient Communities Through Creative Placemaking Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:30 – 11:30 Great River Arts 122 SE 1st Street Little Falls, MN 56345 Featured Speakers: Anne Gadwa Nicodemus Sheila Smith Co-Author of Creative Placemaking 9:00 am “Creative Placemaking in Rural Communities” Executive Director, MN Citizens for the Arts 10:00am “Creative MN” You’ve heard that buzzword, “creative placemaking,” and may even have read about extraordinary collaborations between artists and community partners that are transforming small towns into thriving, more vibrant places to live and work. Here’s a chance to learn, from the nation’s foremost experts, about how to utilize the arts to build more dynamic communities in Region Five. Creative placemaking intentionally leverages the power of the arts, culture and creativity to serve a community's interest while driving a broader agenda for change, growth and transformation in a way that also builds character and quality of place. We invite you to join us for breakfast and an exchange of stimulating information and inspiring ideas, designed to transform our region and equip you with the knowledge to start creative placemaking initiatives in your own community. RSVP: Go to www.fwac.org and click on the registration link, or contact Five Wings Arts Council 877-654-2166 or email [email protected] TOGETHER! Building Resilient Communities Through Creative Placemaking Featured Speaker Bios… Anne Gadwa Nicodemus is a researcher, writer, speaker, and advocate for the intersection of arts and community development. Her influential report, Creative Placemaking co-authored in 2010 with Anne Markusen, was developed for the Mayors’ Institute of City Design and is a key resource for those seeking to leverage the arts to help shape communities. Anne galvanized the creative placemaking movement, helping mayors, governors, and grassroots organizations across the nation impact their cities and communities. Urban Planning is just one of her many talents — she previously worked as an arts administrator, dancer, and choreographer. Anne’s upcoming book,The Creative Placemakers Playbook: Towards Effective and Ethical ArtsBased Community Transformations, addresses the ethics and practical challenges of placemaking as cultural policy. http://metrisarts.com/people/ Sheila M. Smith has been Minnesota Citizens for the Art’s Executive Director since 1996. She was a leader in the 2008 “Vote Yes” campaign, passing a Minnesota state constitutional amendment to create 25 years of dedicated funding for the arts and environment. Smith has been Chair of the State Arts Action League, part of Americans for the Arts, and was recipient of the 2009 Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award, which honors an individual who has dramatically affected the political landscape through arts advocacy efforts at the state level. An Adjunct Professor for the University of Minnesota in both Minneapolis and Duluth, she teaches and lectures nationally about the arts, grassroots advocacy, and other issues. For the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, she is part of the Public Policy Cabinet and a member of the Board. Smith has a Masters in Arts Administration from St. Mary’s University and a B.A. in Shakespeare from St. Olaf College. Before joining MCA she served as staff at the Minnesota State Senate and lobbied local governments for Continental Airlines in Houston, TX. In her off hours, she is a proud member of Minnesota’s 2008 and 2009 Champion WorldQuest team, an international affairs trivia competition of the World Affairs Councils of America, and enjoys kayaking and hiking along the North Shore of Lake Superior. She received the 2009 Leadership Award from Conservation Minnesota. http://www.mncitizensforthearts.org/home/staff/
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