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Fostering a culture of creativity:
Vision to action in community development
Lee Ann Woolery Community Arts Specialist Mark Porth Community Arts Regional Specialist
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The Partners
• University of Missouri Extension • University of Missouri
– Justin Pounds- graduate student
• Sinquefield Foundation – Billy Lackey- Manager MNMI
• Lexington Community Arts Pilot Project – Liz Fenner, Hughston Walkinshaw
• The City of Lexington, MO – Mayor Jerry Brown
• Local & Regional Partners – Neikie Kramer – Abigail Tempel
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The Renaissance cultural movement
• Known for:
• innovation
• new techniques and
• artistic contributions
• Fostered an environment of imagination, exploration,
and acceptable risk.
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Community Arts Program (CAP)
• Innovation
• Creativity
• Collaboration
Ingredients for Success in a 21st Century Global
Economy:
Positioning the creative economy along side economic development is being recognized for its importance by researchers and economic leaders. (Rosenfeld, 2011)
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What you will learn:
Key practices
• Fostering a culture of creativity that engages imagination, innovation and arts practices for effectively involving and empowering local citizens.
• Learn how Extension in Missouri worked collaboratively with campus faculty and rural communities to build community, cultural vibrancy and innovative economic opportunity through the arts.
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Nonprofit Arts Industry in Missouri
• $1.1 billion generated in statewide economic activity
• The spending:
• $510.2 million by nonprofit organizations
• $562.5 million in event-related spending by their audiences
• Supports:
• 14,893 full-time equivalent jobs
• $742.9 million generated in household income to local residents
• $110.6 million delivered in local and state government revenue
(Americans for the Arts 2012)
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What Extension Brings
Collaboration Engagement
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Where We’ve Been
4-step platform of strategies
2013
ADVISORY COUNCIL
CRITERION
ART CAFE
FUNDS
PILOT
DIRECTOR HIRED
2010
2012
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Project Goals
• Broaden engagement of campus faculty, students and Extension.
• Work collaboratively with communities.
• Together produce a transformative impact on rural economies and community vitalization utilizing
the arts, creativity and innovation.
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Desired Outcomes
• Build strong community leaders around the arts.
• Create sustainable revenue stream.
• Rediscover community’s strength and capabilities.
• Build community capacity.
• Develop collaborative learning.
• Build viable and sustainable relationships.
• Replicate the program over time.
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How We Did It
Worked collaboratively with six rural communities hosting events and workshops engaging communities in:
• Fee-based creativity workshops led by Extension and MU art faculty.
• Communities submitted a formal Application
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How We Did It
• Community Engagement Workshops—exercises in:
o Creative Brainstorming
o Asset Mapping
o Strategic Action Planning
• Formal Proposal submitted
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The Community Arts Platform
• Imagination Development - “Brain Storming”
• Asset Mapping thru “Creative Cartography”
and Asset Inventories
• Creating Critical Mass
• the Action Plan
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Creative Brain Storming
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Creative Cartography – Asset Mapping
I am from stubborn, independent, Christian, hardworking good ole boys Fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with white gravy, apple pie a la mode, black coffee, homegrown mint and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made by the knotted hands of my grandma. I am from . . . .
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Credit: Flora and Flora, 2006. Image credit: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development-Iowa State University
Community Capitals
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Asset Inventory
• Natural • Built • Political • Financial • Cultural • Human • Social
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Agri-business
Town with Rolling hills and rivers
Orchards
Wineries
Artists
Plein Air
Paint Out
State Park
Creating Critical Mass
Cre
dit
: W
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lery
, 20
13
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Action Plan
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Where’s that?
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• Demonstrated interest on part of community:
o The community values the arts. o Strong sense of community. o Pride of place. o Evidence of community leadership. o Commitment and ability to galvanize a
community while including youth.
• Willingness to provide some funding
• Willingness to provide assistance in fundraising
• Proximity to MU campus – approx. 60-90 miles
• Evidence to become a long-term, sustainable project
Why Lexington?
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Natural Capital
• Missouri River
• Farmland
• Scenic
• Agri-tourism, wineries, orchards
• Parks and recreation
Cultural Capital
• Celebrations, festivals
• Heritage recognition
• History, re-enactments
• Tradition
• Legacy
• Values
• Pride
Existing Lexington Community Capitals
Marilynn J. King July 14, 2014
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Human Capital
• Creativity
• Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Skills
• Youth
• Health
Social Capital
• Group membership and leadership, volunteerism
• Common vision and goals
• Trust and norms of reciprocity
• Networks
• Depersonalization of politics
Existing Lexington Community Capitals
Marilynn J. King July 14, 2014
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Political Capital
• Civic engagement with city
• Community organization and use of government
• Ability of government to obtain resources
• Agenda setting and prioritizing
• Resource distribution
Financial Capital
• Grants
• State and Federal Monies
• Philanthropic donations
• Investments and loans
Existing Lexington Community Capitals
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Built Capital
• Historic buildings and homes
• National Historic Districts
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Infrastructure
Community Strengths
Bonding and bridging
• Civic leadership and volunteerism
• Experience, skills, shared vision
• Financial and resource capacity
• Networks and connections
• Creativity and commitment
• Media/WEB Presence
Existing Lexington Community Capitals
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Community Arts Pilot Project
The Community Arts Pilot Project (CAPP) is a three-way collaboration between the Lexington community, University of Missouri Extension and the University of Missouri to promote community and economic development through the arts.
The goals are to: • Inspire and promote area artists • Empower and educate youth through the arts • Showcase Lexington’s arts, architecture, wineries and agri-tourism • Create a culturally vibrant community • Create a not-for-profit arts council to sustain the project
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Lexington CAPP Pilot Project
• Create a Regional Arts
Destination
• Attract Art-Businesses
• Generate Jobs and Revenue
• Expand Tourism and Provide
Cultural Experiences
• Diversify Economic Base
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Pilot Project
Lexington, MO
Audio—Walking, and Driving Architectural and History Tour
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Audio Portion of Tour
New Music Residency
Partnership between the University of Missouri School of Music, Mizzou New Music Initiative, MU Extension and the Lexington community consisting of:
• 4 Mini Residencies and 1 Extended Residency
• Providing Original Music and Audio Production
for Lexington’s MU Extension CAPP—
The Architectural/History Audio Tour
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Billy Lackey, professor
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Liz Fenner- CAPP president
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What is a community?
Focused on groups of people and their interactions • Place – a location where people interact • Social system – organization or set of organizations where people get
their needs meet • Shared sense of identity Locality - place where people interact Interactions shape structures and organizations of locality Structures and organizations shape activities of people who interact Creates a cycle or system
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Hughston Walkinshaw- community
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What is a sustainable community?
• Sustainable communities are those with economic security for all, a healthy ecosystem, and social inclusion for all.
Flora & Flora, 2008
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Jerry Brown- Mayor
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Working to establish a regional arts council
• What is an arts-centered organization?
• What could an arts centered organization do?
• What could be some potential goals?
• What could be the scope of the organization?
Developing an Arts Council
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Developing an Art Center Gallery, Workshop Space and Art Studios The Art Center will be a place where artists and residents throughout the region can create, display, sell, and teach their craft.
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Historic Preservation & Restoration
• Establish a vocational-technical
training curriculum centered on
historic preservation and
restoration skills, crafts and artistry.
– The goal is educate local youth with skills, making them employable and knowledgeable on restoring historical structures.
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Audio Walking & Driving Tour
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Mark Porth, CA regional specialist
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Desired Outcomes
• Build strong community leaders around the arts.
• Create sustainable revenue stream.
• Rediscover community’s strength and capabilities-create cultural vibrancy.
• Build community capacity.
• Develop collaborative learning.
• Build viable and sustainable relationships.
• Replicate the program over time.
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What We’ve Learned
• Co-equals with campus faculty and communities important from beginning.
• Linkages important to create sustainable funding stream.
• Develop and pursue sources of funding with the community.
• Work collaboratively with Extension regional specialists.
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Ingredients for Success
• Provide expertise and support. • Focus on innovation and creativity as vehicles for
economic and community development opportunities.
• Strategize and leverage the community’s assets. • Create collaborative learning opportunities. • Broaden scholarship opportunities.
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Model for Replication
• Build community capacity, viable & sustainable relationships.
• Utilize asset-based community development processes.
• Create a quality of place that is essential to the attraction and retention of human capital.
• Build regional collaboration. • Community Arts bring new value, vibrancy and
investment to community.
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Our Next Steps
• Providing expertise and support to promote and foster art-based community and economic development through educational trainings, workshops and consulting for communities and individual artists across state:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Art-based Community Engagement
• What Works - for the Artist Entrepreneur
• What Works - for the Arts Community that Supports
the Artist
• Cultural Heritage Tourism & the Arts
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Your Next Step
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