Artscape Lessons from 28 years of Creative Placemaking Creative Placemaking in Canada Creative City Summit 2014 Love Your City: Transforming Communities Through Culture Pru Robey Director, Creative Placemaking Lab Artscape
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Artscape Lessons from 28 years of Creative
Placemaking Creative Placemaking in Canada
Creative City Summit 2014 Love Your City: Transforming Communities Through Culture
Pru Robey
Director, Creative Placemaking Lab Artscape
Artscape makes space for creativity and transforms
communities
at the heart of Toronto’s most creative
neighbourhoods
Artscape Wychwood Barns
Artscape Wychwood Barns
Artscape Distillery Studios
Artscape Distillery Studios
Daniels Spectrum
Daniels Spectrum
1995 1998 2010 2013
catalyzing and anchoring creative neighbourhoods
Artscape Triangle Lofts
Artscape Triangle Lofts
Artscape Triangle Lofts
Artscape Youngplace
from Creative Spacemaking…
to Creative Placemaking…
• a diverse, dynamic cultural environment
• a stronger local economy
• a richer social fabric
• a cleaner greener environment
from the ground up
Projects about people
from the ground up
From the ground up
win, win, win partnerships
vision driven development doesn’t stop when
operations start
community stewardship
the artist and the changing city
Lessons: creating the conditions for artists to
thrive
Lessons: clustering
Lessons: collaboration
Lessons: leadership
conditions for success: expertise Lessons: expertise
Lessons: openness and creativity
Lessons: a strong shared vision
Artscape’s Creative Placemaking Lab Research & Development | Mentorship & Coaching | Workshops & Webinars | Publications & Resources For more information, contact: Barb Besner, Program Manager, Creative Placemaking Lab [email protected]
Creative Placemaking in your community
Visit www.artscapeDIY.org for free tools, resources, case studies, and much more
Visit UBC’s Centre for Cultural Planning and Development for information about Artscape’s online course in creative Placemaking