Chairman Rocco Landesman Releases the Schedule for His Visits to Arkansas and Kansas, March 12-15, 2012
Washington, DC -- NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Bentonville, Fayetteville, and Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas, March 12–15, 2012, as part of his Art Works tour. In each city, Chairman Landesman will meet with arts organizations and arts and civic leaders to learn about their efforts to use the arts to create vibrant, livable communities.
On March 12, Landesman will begin his visit to Arkansas by visiting the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. He will then travel to Fayetteville to visit three arts organizations -- TheatreSquared, the Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center, and the Walton Arts Center. On the morning of March 13, Landesman will visit the Argenta Arts District in Little Rock, meeting with the Argenta Arts Foundation, Argenta Community Theatre, and Thea Foundation. He will then join Mayor Mark Stodola in a tour of downtown Little Rock to learn more about the city’s efforts to create a cultural corridor on Main Street. The design phase for this project is supported by an NEA Our Town grant. At 4:00 p.m., Landesman will take part in a public panel discussion on creative placemaking in Arkansas at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Arkansas’s First Lady, Ginger Beebe, will provide opening remarks at this panel.
On March 14, Landesman will visit Topeka, Kansas, to learn more about the development of the North Topeka (NOTO) Arts District. He will begin by touring the district and then meet with key stakeholders in the project. Landesman will then take part in a public panel discussion about the NOTO project and the benefits of creative placemaking in Kansas. On March 15, Landesman will visit Lawrence, Kansas. After meeting with the Lawrence Arts Center and the Percolator, Landesman will visit the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas to participate in a panel discussion on creative placemaking.
Please see the full schedule below for more information on all of these events.
Monday, March 12: Bentonville & Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| 10:00 am- 12:00 pm |
Tour of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Participants: Location: 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712 |
| 2:15-2:45 pm | Meeting with TheatreSquared
Participants: Location: 505 W. Spring Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
| 2:45-3:15 pm | Meeting with Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center
Participants: Location: 505 W. Spring Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
| 3:15-3:45 pm | Meeting with Walton Arts Center
Participants: Location: 495 West Dickson Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
Tuesday, March 13: Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| 9:00-9:30 am | Meeting with Argenta arts leaders and North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays
Location: Argenta Community Theatre, 405 Main Street, N Little Rock, AR 72114 |
| 9:30–10:00 am | Meeting with Argenta Arts Foundation
Participants: Location: Argenta Community Theatre, 405 Main Street, N Little Rock, AR 72114 |
| 10:00–10:30 am | Tour of Argenta Community Theatre
Participants: Location: Argenta Community Theatre, 405 Main Street, N Little Rock, AR 72114 |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Meeting with Thea Foundation
Participants: Location: 401 Main Street, Suite 100, North Little Rock, AR 72114 |
| 11:30-1:00 pm | Meeting with City of Little Rock about Our Town project
Participants: Location: 523 Louisiana St # 305 Little Rock, AR 72201 |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Panel discussion about creative placemaking in Arkansas, moderated by Joy Pennington, Arkansas Arts Council, with opening remarks by Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe * This event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Location: Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main Street, Little Rock, AR 72201 |
Wednesday, March 14 |
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| 2:30-3:00 pm | Tour of North Topeka Arts District
Participants: Location: North Topeka Community Arts Center, 922 North Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66608 |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | Meeting with key stakeholders in North Topeka Arts District
Participants: Location: Serendipity, 820 N Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66608 |
| 4:30-6:00 pm | Panel discussion about creative placemaking in Topeka, moderated by John Hunter, North Topeka Arts District * This event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Location: Serendipity, 820 N Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66608 |
Thursday, March 15 |
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| 9:15-10:00 am | Meeting with the Lawrence Arts Center
Participants: Location: 940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, KS 66044 |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Meeting with the Percolator
Participants: Location: Ninth and New Hampshire Lawrence, KS 66044 |
| 11:30-1:00 pm | Panel discussion about creative placemaking, moderated by Saralyn Reece Hardy, director, Spencer Museum of Art * This event is free and open to the public. Location: Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi Street, Lawrence, KS 66045 |
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