16th June. Arts of Place - Robert Powell
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Wednesday 16th June 2010
Helping People Make Better Places
Beam is…an arts, architecture and learning
organisation for the Yorkshire region,
dedicated to the imaginative
understanding and improvement of the
public realm.
People make places…
beam combines creativity & practicality to help people make better places, through -
• Learning & education• The promotion of good design• The arts in the public realm
Arts of Place: City Park, Bradford
Overall Aim• The overall aim of Arts of Place: City Park, Bradford is to facilitate Bradford Council’s cultural
aspirations for City Park by linking with Bradford City of Film and by embedding the arts, learning and stakeholder engagement.
The Arts of Place • An innovative multi-disciplinary approach to place-making that combines the arts, learning and
public engagement, and places the arts and artists at the centre of regeneration.
Objectives • Embedding Artists & the Arts• Broadening the Impact• Strategic Links• Local Partnerships & Capacity• Strategic Investment
Deliverables
Artists
3 Artist Commissions to deliver 3 Temporary Artworks
Skills
2 Local / Regional artists’ Professional Mentoring opportunities
Partnership & Collaboration
3 awareness raising and best practice learning events
(Launch / ‘Arts’ / ‘Place’)
Research & Learning
National Symposium: Artists in Place Making (working title)
Marketing & Dissemination
http://www.artsofplace.org.uk/bradford
Publication
Film/ DVD
Events Programme
• EVENT 1 – ‘LAUNCH’ – 19th March• EVENT 2 - ‘ARTS’ – 16th June• EVENT 3 – ‘PLACE’ – 15th July• EVENT 4 – ‘NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM’ – 7TH October
Event 2 – ‘ARTS’Aim
To explore how regeneration and arts professionals can work successfully together
Objectives
Raise awareness about the City Park development
Provide an opportunity to learn from the Arts of Place approach
Share local, regional, national and international examples of good practice
Raise awareness about different approaches to commissioning public art
Explore the value of public art commission programmes - social, economic, environmental and cultural
Helping People Make Better Places