ARTSCAPE ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS FOR
NATIONAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOP!
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Top international practitioners will set the stage at Artscape?s Creative Community Building Workshop, taking place June 8 ? 9, 2006 in Toronto, and share the tools, strategies and projects that have anchored creative communities in their cities and towns. Speakers include Colin Mercer, Ilse Treurnicht, Geoff Cape, Mark Lakeman, Barbara Wheeler-Early and Cheryl Hargrove.
Registration + Hotel Booking Reminder - We're just one month away from the closing of our Registration for the Creative Community Building Workshop - visit http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/ccdp to register. A limited number of registrations are available, so take the time to register yourself or your group now (deadline: May 31, 2006)! If you want to take advantage of the reduced hotel rate at the Sheraton Hotel Toronto, you must make your reservation by May 8, 2006. See hotel details below.
The Creative Community Building Workshop curriculum is relevant to all communities from rural environments to large urban centres. This two-day study tour and workshop will welcome a national gathering of 150 participants. Experience some of Toronto?s most innovative districts and hubs first-hand including the Distillery District, Liberty Village, Queen Street West and 401 Richmond.
Speakers and topics to be featured at the Creative Community Building Workshop include:
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COLIN MERCER |
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ILSE TREURNICHT MEDICAL AND RELATED SCIENCES (MaRS) CENTRE, TORONTO, CANADA www.marsdd.com Cross-Sector Convergence + Silo Busting |
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GEOFF CAPE |
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MARK LAKEMAN
CITY REPAIR PROJECT, PORTLAND, USA
www.cityrepair.org
Place Making + The Public Realm
BARBARA WHEELER-EARLY
HOTHOUSE/FREE FORM, LONDON, UK
www.freeform.org.uk
Creativity-Based Urban Regeneration
CHERYL HARGROVE
HANDMADE IN AMERICA, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, USA
www.handmadeinamerica.org
Connectivity + Networks
REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the 2-day Creative Community Building Workshop is $250 per person. A Conference Group fee is $225/person (min. 4 people) and saves you $100 at $900/group. Deadline for registration is May 31, 2006.
To register, visit www.torontoartscape.on.ca/ccdp to download the Registration Form or contact Lori Tesolin, Clusters Program Coordinator directly at ccdp@torontoartscape.on.ca or 416-392-1038 x49.
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LOCATION The Creative Community Building Workshop will take place at the newly redeveloped and critically-acclaimed Sharpe Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), designed by famed British architect, Will Alsop. OCAD is located at 100 McCaul Street in the vibrant Queen Street West neighbourhood of Toronto. www.ocad.on.ca |
TRAVEL + ACCOMMODATIONS
If you want to take advantage of the reduced hotel rate at the Sheraton Centre Hotel Toronto, you must make your reservation by May 8, 2006. Workshop participant room rates are offered at $199/night. In order to take advantage of this rate, you must book by calling 416-947-4955 x4440 or 1-888-627-7175 or book online by visiting http://www.sheratontoronto.com/. Please identify yourself as a Creative Community Building Workshop participant and use a major credit card to guarantee your reservation. The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is less than a 5-minute walk from OCAD.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Lori Tesolin, Clusters Program Coordinator directly at ccdp@torontoartscape.on.ca or 416-392-1038 x49. The Creative Community Building Workshop is a component of the Creative Clusters Development Program. The Creative Clusters Development Program is an organizational development program led by Artscape to build the capacity of Canadian communities in developing and managing cluster projects that serve the arts and creative sector.
Artscape gratefully acknowledges the support provided by The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Trillium Foundation,
the Ontario Arts Council, TEDCO and City of Toronto Culture Division.
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