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Annual creative placemaking summit to go virtual in '21
- SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: Friday, January 15, 2021, 5 p.m. ET
- EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET
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The Allendale Rural Arts Team, led by Maven Lottie Lewis, celebrated its Hometown Heroes June 19 with recognition of front line workers in the face of COVID 19; and the unveiling of a community mural by Hampton County artist Sophie Docalavich. Photo credit: Xavier Blake.[/caption]
The Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit is an annual gathering of arts workers, community leaders, and other stakeholders exploring how the arts can make Southern communities more inclusive, connected, and resilient.
Co-presented by
South Arts, a key partner of the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC), and the
National Consortium for Creative Placemaking (NCCP), the
Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit: South is an annual gathering that explores how arts and cultural programming can be forces for connection and community resilience throughout the southeastern United States.
In the image above, Lottie Lewis and her team show creative placemaking in action as part of the
Art of Community: Rural SC initiative of the SCAC.
Next year's conference will be all-virtual from
Feb. 23-24, with outstanding content and some great digital features for networking, breakout sessions and workshops on the following topics:
- Access and support for rural and under-resourced communities
- Addressing systemic and personal racism
- Equitable procurement practices for artists and arts organizations
- Funding and financial sustainability of creative placemaking initiatives
- Helping communities recover economically
- Improving mental or physical health in communities
- Surfacing and empowering creativity in communities
- Supporting artists and other creative professionals
- And more
More about the 2021 event:
As our communities become more diverse, they may also become more divided. Creative placemaking provides ways to build bridges across these differences in hopes of more inclusive, connected, and resilient places. Join us as we explore how arts and cultural programming can bring people closer together.
Learn more about it all right here.
Get early-bird pricing of $150/person until Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Afterward, the price goes to $200/person.
Limited scholarships available
South Arts is once again offering
scholarships which will cover the full cost of registration, and we encourage teams of two or more creative placemakers from each community.
Find out about scholarships and apply for them here. The deadline to apply for scholarships is 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
If you have attended this conference before, you know how valuable and inspiring it can be.
Strengthening Southern communities with the arts
Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit coming to S.C.
As our communities become more diverse, they may also become more divided.
Creative placemaking provides ways to build bridges across these differences in hopes of more inclusive, connected, and resilient places.
Join
South Arts, the
National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, and
ArtPlace America in Columbia April 16-18, 2019 to
explore how arts and cultural programming can bring people closer together!
How can creative placemaking foster public-private partnerships that magnify positive impact in communities? Among the variety of types of partnerships, we would be particularly interested in examples of public/private partnerships that include visionary involvement by mayors or city leadership. This theme encompasses case studies from the region and practical skills that can be applied to build productive alliances.
Scholarships are available
Application deadline: Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019
South Arts is o
ffering a limited number of scholarships up to $500.00 to organizations within the Southern region to offset registration fees and travel/lodging costs associated with conference attendance. South Arts encourages organizations to send teams of two or more to the conference, including representatives of arts/culture organizations and others (city government, Main Street, community development agencies, higher education, etc.) who may be likely partners in creative placemaking efforts. Awards are limited to one scholarship per organization. Preference will be given to attendees from small and rural communities.
Note: Population of 50,000 or below is one standard definition of rural. For this program, South Arts will use this as a guidepost only; applicants may describe why their community should be considered small or rural.
South Carolinians can apply for these scholarships
directly through South Arts.
