Most communities agree that public art adds value to a community, but how do you encourage the arts to really flourish in a community? Steps need to be taken to legitimize the art and a plan needs to be put in place for how you’d like your community to engage in their public spaces. Harriman lays the ground work for finding and growing an arts community while Salem, MA and Cambridge, MA share how their communities are fostering the arts in different ways.
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• Integrating art into community planning
• Salem’s approach to incorporating the arts
• Cambridge’s approach to incorporating the arts
• Panel discussion
• What should you do on Monday?
• Q&A
8. Community Building
• Expanding cultural life
• Building arts districts
• Integrating artists in planning
Integrating Art into Community Planning
Planning Perspectives
Placemaking
• Creating identity
• Crossing boundaries
• Engaging people
16. Community Building
• Expanding cultural life
• Building artist districts
• Integrating artists in planning
Integrating Art into Community Planning
Planning Perspectives
Placemaking
• Creating identity
• Crossing boundaries
• Engaging people
Multi-disciplinary thinking
Interdepartmental actions
18. Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Artboxes, budget $3600/year
Artist, Emily Larsen
Artist, Sheila Billings
Artist, Ken Mitchell
19. Salem’s Connected World/Public Art Project 2015, budget $4,000
Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Artist, Liz LaManche
20. Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Tradewinds/Public Art Project 2016, budget $7,000
Design Team: Landscape architects and artists, Jonathan A. Scelsa, and Jennifer
Birkeland of op.AL, Hiroshi Jacobs of HiJAC, and artist Stephanie Imbeau and
landscape designer Emily Silber.
21. Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
“Move With Me” – Community Art Project for the Salem Arts Festival
23. Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Artists: Miguel Cruz, Keshia De Leon, Jill Feron, Scott Froeschl, Jack Gallo, Yuri Hayano, Emily Larsen, Mike
Lash, Jessica Mitchell, Craig Nelson, Julia Roth
24. StormDrain Mural Art in Collaboration with Salem Sound Coastwatch
Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Artist, Alyssa Irizarry Artist, Cathleen Steward
25. What Matters Most? in Collaboration with Salem State College
Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Student designers and fabricators, Yiming Sun, Kaitlin Martin,
Erin Shalvey, Peter Pizzi, Jessica Ferrairo, Liza Provencher and
Richard Saraf.
26. Painted Crosswalks, budget $6,000
Grant Funded
Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Artist, Ruben Uberia
27. Crosswalk on Upper Washington Street, budget $0
donated time and materials
Salem’s Approach to Incorporating the Arts
Team: City Councilors – Heather Famico, David Eppley, Josh
Turiel, Beth Gerard, Public Art Planner, Deborah Greel