Chairman Rocco Landesman Releases the Schedule for His Visits to North Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia, May 6-9, 2012
Washington, DC -- NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Greensboro, North Carolina; Jackson and Port Gibson, Mississippi; and Macon and Atlanta, Georgia, May 6–9, 2012, as part of his Art Works tour. In each city, 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.
In Greensboro, Landesman will give remarks at the opening of the Downtown Greenway Morehead Linear Park Opening and Dedication on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. An NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative grant supported public art installations that will help transform a formerly abandoned railroad underpass into a dynamic thoroughfare, linking an economically disadvantaged neighborhood to the city center. Prior to this event, Landesman will tour Elsewhere, a living museum in downtown Greensboro.
On Monday, May 7, Chairman Landesman will visit Mississippi. He will begin the day in Jackson, where he will meet with the leaders of Mississippi Museum of Arts' Our Town project, which supports educational programming, performances, and related activities for the Art Garden. Following this meeting, Landesman will join members of the community for a panel discussion about this project and creative placemaking in Jackson. Also in Jackson, Landesman will visit the Mississippi Children's Museum.
Chairman Landesman will spend the afternoon in Port Gibson where he will meet with Mississippi Cultural Crossroads staff and supporters to learn more about their NEA-funded projects, including a quilting apprenticeship program and an oral history magazine, and to discuss the state's creative economy project and the creative placemaking work that is taking place in Port Gibson.
Chairman Landesman will travel to Macon, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 8, to present the keynote address at the Georgia Arts Network Annual Conference. He will be introduced by Dennis Scholl of the Knight Foundation. Following the address, there will be a short press availability. Landesman will also visit two Macon arts organizations: Tubman African American Museum and Macon Symphony Orchestra.
Chairman Landesman will spend his second day in Georgia in Atlanta. He will begin the day at Charles R. Drew Charter School, which recently received $1 million in Race to the Top money to create one of the state's first STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) schools. Landesman will then participate in a community conversation about the role of artists in creative placemaking, hosted by Georgia Council for the Arts and Alternate ROOTS. Following this event, Landesman will meet with the heads of Alternate ROOTS and the National Black Arts Festival. Lastly, he will tour the Woodruff Arts Center and meet with the directors of the arts organizations which make up the complex, as well as with Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal.
Please see the full schedule for more information. Public events are marked as such below.
Sunday, May 6 - Greensboro, NC |
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| 1:00–1:15 pm | Tour of Elsewhere, a living museum
Location: 606 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406 Participants: |
| 2:00–3:30 pm | Downtown Greenway Morehead Linear Park Opening and Dedication NOTE: Chairman Landesman will speak at the unveiling of "Over.Under.Pass" at 2:30 p.m. at the railroad underpass. Location: Between Lee Street and Spring Garden Street at Freeman Mill Road. * This event is free and open to the public. Click here for more information. |
Monday, May 7 - Jackson & Port Gibson, MS |
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| 9:00–9:45 am | Meeting about Mississippi Museum of Arts' Our Town project and tour of museum
Location: Mississippi Museum of Art, 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MS 39201 Participants: |
| 10:00–11:00 am | Panel discussion about Mississippi Museum of Arts' Our Townproject. Malcolm White of the Mississippi Arts Commission will provide opening remarks. Betsy Bradley of the Mississippi Museum of Arts will moderate the discussion.
Location: Mississippi Museum of Art, 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MS 39201 * This event is free and open to the public. Panelists: |
| 11:30–12:00 pm | Meeting and tour of Mississippi Children's Museum
Location: 2145 Highland Drive, Jackson, MS 39202 Participants: |
| 2:00–2:30 pm | Meeting with Mississippi Cultural Crossroads
Location: 507 Market Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150 |
| 2:30–3:30 pm | Discussion about creative placemaking in Port Gibson and Mississippi's Cultural Economy project.
Location: 507 Market Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150 Participants (TBD): |
Tuesday, May 8 - Macon, GA |
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| 12:45–1:30 pm | Keynote speech at Georgia Arts Network Conference: "How Art Works at the NEA"
Location: Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 * This event is free and open to the public. Click here for more information. Participants: |
| 1:30–1:50 pm | Press availability
Location: Grand Opera House reception room, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 |
| 2:00–2:45 pm | Meeting with Tubman African American Museum
Location: 340 Walnut Street Macon, GA 31201 Participants: |
| 2:45–3:30 pm | Meeting with Macon Symphony Orchestra
Location: 400 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 Participants: |
Wednesday, May 9 - Atlanta, GA |
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| 8:45–9:15 am | Meeting with Principal Don Doran of Charles R. Drew Charter School
Location: 301 East Lake Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30317 Participants: |
| 10:00–11:00 am | Community conversation about role of individual artists in creative placemaking.
Location: Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308 * This event is free and open to the public but RSVPs are required. Click here for more information |
| 11:00–11:15 am | Meeting with National Black Arts Festival
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| 11:15–11:30 am | Meeting with Alternate ROOTS
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| 1:45–3:00 pm | Tour of the Woodruff Arts Center
Location: Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. NE Participants: |
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