Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships
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Public Art and the City Symposium: April13, 2012
Public Art and the City 2012 is the second of a continuing dialogue that seeks to engage the region's artists, students, curators, administrators, and other professionals in thinking about and discussing public art in theory and praxis.
The conference is extended this year to an evening of portfolio reviews and presentations by young scholars, in addition to a full day of presentations and opportunities to define, challenge, and conceive of public art as well as closely examine case studies and best practices.
The Symposium’s Keynote Presentation will be delivered on Friday afternoon by Renee Piechocki, Director of the Office of Public Art, Pittsburgh, PA. Piechocki’s lecture and discussion will look at frameworks for successful public art programs in the US, paying particular attention to community involvement, models of communication, and educational programming.
A full schedule and registration information: Public Art and the City 2012
About the Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships
The Center for Arts and Culture Partnership Initiative is a master plan whose mission collaboratively enhances learning and research opportunities for UofL faculty, staff and students through programmatic initiatives that facilitates access to the university’s intellectual capital through programs, shared endeavors and resources of its arts, cultural and historical partners for the enhancement of these partnership institutions, the University community and our greater metropolitan community. The Center is a manifestation of the University’s metropolitan mission to foster engagement in the diverse cultural communities in a multidimensional, collaborative, mutually, beneficial partnerships facilitates access and collaboration of their intellectual capital in order to create more richly varied educational experiences that enhance educational and cultural competencies for participation in a democratic society and lifelong learning.
The Center serves the entire University, while this initiative is located in the College of Arts and Sciences, programmatic initiatives range from workshops for arts and cultural partners, an annual symposium on aspects on the history of Louisville, research projects engagements with that reflect the customs, oral histories, emigrational traditions of the diverse cultures and ethnic populations in our metropolitan communities, conferences, art and cultural exhibitions, oral histories and other partnership activities.
UofL has a dedication to its role and a citizen to improve all aspects in the lives of Kentuckiana’a citizens and the University community.
