2018 Oklahoma Arts Conference
Panchromatic: Spectrum of Possibilities
Jun-Li Wang
Jun-Li Wang is the Artist Community Organizer at Springboard for the Arts in Minnesota, where she directs the Community Development Program. In this role, Wang seeks to empower artists, build reciprocal relationships between communities and artists, and train artists to address community challenges and opportunities. In addition to having extensive experience in asset-based community development, neighborhood leadership, and workshop curriculum design and implementation, Wang created and led Irrigate, a nationally-recognized creative placemaking program designed to train and support local artists to address community challenges. In 2014, Wang launched Board Repair, a network dedicated to increasing participation of people of color on boards in the Twin Cities area. In 2016, she received two Knight Foundation grants for Saint Paul Hello, an initiative to more quickly welcome and include newcomers to Minnesota. Wang has served on the Saint Paul Panning Commission, the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Advisory Committee, and the board of Urban Boatbuilders, a metro nonprofit serving at-risk youth.
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| Creative Placemaking: Mobilizing Local Artists to Enrich Your Business District |
Date: Thursday – October, 25 2018 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Room: University of Oklahoma Community Design Center |
From rural main streets to urban cultural districts, local artists can enrich and expand an authentic identity and brand of a “place” while helping to engage customers and members of the community. Local artists can bring new energy around challenges such as vacant storefronts and changing demographics, plus they can create projects that attract people. In this session, you will learn how to structure and launch an artist-driven creative placemaking project modeled after the Irrigate initiative, a nationally recognized program in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The session will introduce you to a foundational activity, highlight case studies from business districts, touch on finding artists, and explore budgeting and funding options. For advance reading, download a free guide at springboardexchange.org/guide-for-business-districts.
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| How Artist-Led Creative Placemaking Can Enhance Your Impact |
Date: Thursday – October, 25 2018 Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Room: University of Oklahoma Community Design Center |
What can creative placemaking do for your work? In this session, we will discuss how to tap into the creativity of local artists as an effective strategy for enhancing sense of place, building community, connecting across sectors, and grappling with community challenges. We will share examples of rural and urban projects that have created positive impacts in community identity, social capital, and community and economic vitality. We will also highlight the Irrigate initiative—a nationally recognized project that leveraged the creative skills of residents in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to mitigate disruptions caused by the development of a light rail transit line. Finally, we will examine best practices and share a scalable approach to catalyzing this work in your communities (available in two toolkits geared towards community organizations and business districts.)
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