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October 2008
Quick Facts:
Cultural Districts Conference
October 30, 2008 at Arts Place
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cost: $45, including lunch
Signing of legislation for the Cultural Districts
Bill, sponsored by Representative Eric Koch, took
place at the Statehouse on April 22, 2008.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Michael Rushton, Director of the Arts
Administration Program, Indiana University
Topics:
Indiana’s Cultural District Legislation
Development of Indiana’s Cultural District Program
CVB Partnerships in Arts Development
Developing Artist Communities in Rural Areas
Walk on the Creative Side—How Three Unique Cities
Built Successful Cultural Districts
What are Cultural Districts For?
The Necessity of the Arts in an Economic Development
Vision
For more information:
Jessica Heitkamp, Conference Coordinator
419-852-2346
jheitkamp@artsland.org
www.artsland.org |
Cultural
Districts Conference at Arts Place October 30
Arts Place will hold
its fall conference on October 30, 2008 from 9:00
a.m.-4:30 p.m. The conference is titled
Building Creative Communities: The Role of Cultural
Districts in Reinvigorating Cities. The
conference will be held at Arts Place’s Portland
Center, located at 131 East Walnut Street in
Portland, Indiana. Cost for the day is $45
including lunch. For a full schedule of the day’s
events or to register
click here or contact Arts Place at (260)
726-4809.
The conference is designed to inform arts providers,
community leaders and government officials in the
region and throughout the state about the benefits
and challenges of cultural districts. This topic
comes in light of recent legislation passed by the
State of Indiana enabling the Indiana Arts
Commission to establish a cultural districts
program.
The Keynote Speaker will be
Dr. Michael Rushton, Director of the Arts
Administration Program at Indiana University. He
will stress the importance of developing a cultural
district that fits with a community’s long term
vision for its future in his speech, What are
cultural districts for?. The sponsor of
Indiana’s cultural district legislation,
Representative Eric Koch, will discuss rationale for
the legislation.
Walk on the Creative Side—How Three Unique Cities
Built Successful Cultural Districts will be
presented by a panel of speakers representing
cultural districts in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
Additional speakers from both large and small
communities in Indiana will include economic
development officials, arts organization directors
and Convention and Visitor Bureau Directors.
For more information contact
Jessica Heitkamp, Conference Coordinator, at
419-852-2346, phone Arts Place at 260-726-4809, or
visit
www.artsland.org. |
