Identifying and mapping creative assets

The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking

To know where you can go with creative placemaking, it is important to know what you have. In this workshop, participants will learn various ways to identify and map creative organizations and individuals, as well as spaces that would be well suited for creative activities.  Participants will learn to use various tools and techniques to cost effectively get this information.  Participants will also practice crowdmapping. By the end of the session, they will develop a strategy to conduct creative asset inventories in their communities.
Participants will also learn:
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To identify and use various free databases and sources of information for their inventories
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How to crowdsource information about creative assets
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How to crowdmap spaces for artistic and cultural activities
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Models for sharing useful information with key audiences
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Note: This workshop involves traveling outside.  Please wear comfortable shoes and outdoor clothes.
The workshop will be rescheduled if it is raining.  
The fee includes a light breakfast and lunch.
This workshop is produced in partnership with <A HREF="http://www.artpridenj.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Art Pride New Jersey" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArtPride New Jersey</A> and <A HREF="http://www.plansmartnj.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="PlanSmart New Jersey" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PlanSmart NJ</A>.  It is made possible with generous support from the <A HREF="http://www.grdodge.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation</A> and the <A HREF="http://nj.gov/state/njsca/index.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="New Jersey State Council on the Arts" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Jersey State Council on the Arts</A>.  Discounts of 25% for this workshop are available for:
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Members of ArtPride New Jersey, PlanSmart NJ or The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking
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Grantees of the Dodge Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts 
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About the instructor:  Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP is a national award-winning planner who is a leader in two emerging fields in urban planning: creative placemaking and culturally competent placemaking. He has two decades of experience in community development, community engagement, small group facilitation, local economic development, leadership development and strategic communications. He has worked with a wide variety of communities in New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, New York and Pennsylvania. With a strong focus on implementation and sustainability, he specializes in building leadership teams to oversee plans and raising funds to support planning and implementation efforts. In addition to his affiliation with the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, Leonardo Vazquez is a Senior Associate at the Nishuane Group He is the author of Leading from the Middle: Strategic Thinking for Urban Planning and Community Development Professionals and co-editor of Dialogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities. He has written for several professional and general interest publications, including Planetizen, Planning, Progressive Planning and The Star-Ledger. He is the recipient of the 2012 American Planning Association National Leadership Award for Advancing Diversity and Social Justice in Honor of Paul Davidoff. It is the highest award given in the urban planning field on issues of social equity. He received a B.S. from Northwestern University and a M.P.A. and M.P., both from the University of Southern California.

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