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Chairman Rocco Landesman Releases the Schedule for His Visit to Fresno, Merced, and Modesto, California for May 24-25, 2011
May 20, 2011
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Contacts:
ACTA, Amy Kitchener
akitch@actaonline.org
559-237-9813
Victoria Hutter (NEA)
hutterv@arts.gov
202-682-5692
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Washington, D.C. — NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Fresno, Merced, and Modesto, California, on Tuesday May 24 and Wednesday May 25, 2011 for two days of site visits and public conversations. Chairman Landesman is coming to California at the invitation of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. The Merced Arts Council and Modesto’s Stanislaus Arts Council and the Gallo Center for the Arts are co-hosting the public conversations in their respective cities.
The chairman is traveling to these cities to learn how the arts work in California and contribute to the quality of life in communities. The public discussions will focus on creative placemaking, economic development and community revitalization strategies that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform sites into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core. Chairman Landesman will share his experiences and the NEA’s work in creative placemaking and recent research that supports these practices.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
Fresno |
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8:00–8:25 am |
Meet and Greet with cultural leaders (Open to press and invitees only)
Location: Iron Bird Café, 1915 Fulton St.
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8:30–9:20 am |
Tour of downtown cultural assets and revitalization sites. Includes brief tour of Arte Americas. (Open to press and invitees only) |
9:30–11:00 am |
Conversation: Chairman Landesman leads dialogue on creative placemaking (Open to the public.)
NEA National Heritage Fellow Carmencristina Moreno will open with a musical performance.
Location: Arte Americas, 1630 Van Ness Avenue
Participants include:
Dr. Jackie Ryle, president, Cultural Arts Rotary Club
Suzanne Bertz-Rosa, co-founder of Creative Fresno
Mas Masumoto, writer
Samuel Orozco, Radio Bilingue
Craig Scharton, director, Downtown and Community Revitalization
Department, City of Fresno
Additional event partners include:
Cultural Arts District
Cultural Arts Rotary Club
Creative Fresno
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno Coalition for Arts, Sciences, and History |
11:30 am-
12:00 pm |
Site visit: Pop Laval Gallery
Location: 9447 N. Fort Washington Road #109 |
12:30–2:30 pm |
Luncheon and Conversation: Topic is how practices of local cultural traditions, heritage, and literary voices contribute to Fresno’s unique sense of place and regional identity. These expressions are central to NEA’s national initiative to stimulate creative placemaking. (Open to the press and invitees only.) Mono basketweaving demonstration provided by Julie Tex and members of her family. Performance by NEA National Heritage Fellow Richard Hagopian and his grandson Andrew Hagopian. Event is co-hosted by the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust.
Location: San Joaquin River Center, 11605 Old Friant Road
Participants include:
Coke Hallowell, arts patron and founder, San Joaquin
River Parkway and Conservation Trust.
Patricia Wells Solorzano, Chicano musician/playwright
Kevin Hall, traditional Irish dancer/instructor |
3:00–3:30 pm |
Site Visit: Forestiere Underground Gardens
(Open to the press and invitees only.)
Location: 5021 West Shaw Avenue |
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
Merced |
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8:30–10:00 am |
Conversation: Art Works roundtable hosted by the Merced County Arts Council (Open to the public)
Location: Merced Multicultural Art Center, 645 West Main Street
Joining the conversation will be Karen Lohrmann and her graduate students from UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. Ms. Lohrman is coordinating Culture Now: The Contemporary American Condition, a project led by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects and a UCLA Distinguished Professor. |
Modesto |
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11:30 am–
1:00 pm |
Conversation: Art Works roundtable co-hosted by the Gallo Center for the Arts and the Stanislaus Arts Council (Open to the public)
Location: Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 I Street
Please RSVP to Mallory Hawkins at 209-338-5012 by 5:00 pm on May 24.
Lunch will be provided for $7.
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