Creative placemaking is a new and fast-growing set of
strategies to improve communities through arts and culture. The National Consortium for Creative
Placemaking, which has partnered with Ohio State University’s City and Regional
Planning section to develop the Certification in Creative Placemaking, have created a webinar series to explore key
issues in creative placemaking.
The webinars will run monthly from February to July
2014. Each is 60 to 90 minutes, free,
and is entirely online. All webinars
will be submitted for AICP Certification Maintenance credits. All times eastern
Everyone who registers for a webinar will receive a link to
the webinar and a reminder at least a day before the session.
Please also join us for information sessions about the 2014
Certification in Creative Placemaking program. (see below for more information)
The lead presenter for all sessions will be Leonardo
Vazquez, AICP/PP. Vazquez is a national
award-winning urban planner and a leader in the field of creative
placemaking. He founded and directs The
National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, and designed and directs the Certification
in Creative Placemaking program. He is
also a Visiting Instructor at The Ohio State University, where he teaches
courses in arts and entertainment planning, planning ethics and local economic
development. He is the author of Leading from the Middle: Strategic Thinking
for Urban Planning and Community Development Professionals, the co-editor
of Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino
Communties, and the creator of The
Placemaker’s Advisor blog. He is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and in 2012 was awarded
the American Planning Association’s National Planning Leadership Award for
Advancing Diversity and Social Justice in Honor of Paul Davidoff.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2 to 3:30 pm
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Creative placemaking:
integrating community, cultural and economic development
What makes creative placemaking a new way to make communities better
through arts and culture? How can
creative placemaking promote social equity, sustainability, and
prosperity? Learn about a model
developed by The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking that integrates
community, cultural and economic development in ways that are sustainable and
asset-based. Also learn how our model
fits in with the guidelines of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional
Conduct.
This webinar to be submitted for 1.5 AICP CM ethics credits.
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2 to 3 pm
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Creative placemaking and human
needs placemaking
The arts aren’t a diversion or a luxury. They are important for the well-being of
individuals and communities. Many
people already know about the power of the arts to enhance economic
development. This webinar will discuss how the arts can help people develop
and keep intellectual skills, build social connections, and more. We will explore how creative placemaking
can support the elements of human needs placemaking.
CM credits to be requested: 1
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2 to 3 pm
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History of creative
placemaking in the United States
The term ‘creative placemaking’ was coined only three years ago, but
it has been happening in various forms in the US since at least the late 19th
century. This webinar will explore the
earliest work in creative placemaking in America. Participants will learn about the
pioneering work of Charles Mulford Robinson, Edgar Lee Hewett and others, and
discover how placemaking through arts and culture has evolved over more than
a century.
CM credits to be requested: 1
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2 to 3 pm
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Cultural districts and
cultural institutions: suns or black holes?
One of the first things that many people think about in creative
placemaking is creating a cultural district or building a large cultural
institution. While districts and
institutions can become catalysts for community-wide creativity and
revitalization, they can also absorb a lot of time, energy and resources that
could be used effectively elsewhere in the community. Learn how creative placemaking can make it
more likely that districts and institutions have a broader impact on their
communities.
CM credits to be requested: 1
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2 to 3 pm
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Community coaching: a new way
to speak truth to power
Community coaching helps stakeholders build sustainable plans – and
the shared leadership to implement them.
This model helps build relationships between planner and client that
makes it possible to address the big, difficult issues that keep a community
from moving forward. It is a different
approach to current models of planning practice, and it may challenge you to
think about how you work with communities.
CM credits to be requested: 1
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2 to 3 pm
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How creative placemaking can help
build more resilient communities
With the damage caused from hurricanes, tornadoes and floods around
the United States, more communities are looking to be more ‘resilient.’ Resiliency is not just about creative
physical improvements to withstand storms; it is also connects to a
community’s ability to revitalize quickly after disaster. Arts and culture can play a big role in
helping communities recover. We will
explore examples from Louisiana, New Jersey and Missouri, and discuss how to
connect creative placemaking with resiliency in community dialogues.
CM credits to be requested: 1
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Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing to
receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Information sessions
for Certification in Creative Placemaking
Information session will introduce participants to the
Certification program, as students and faculty in the program. Participants will have time to ask
questions. All sessions will be led by
the program’s designer and director, Leonardo Vazquez. Information sessions are one hour, online,
and free. Unfortunately, there will be no CM credits given for the information
sessions.
Note: By registering for this webinar, you are also agreeing
to receive emails from The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. All future updates about this session,
including the link and login information, will be sent by email from NCCP.
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Session date and time
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Thursday, February 20, 6 to 7 pm
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Wednesday, March 18, 6 to 7 pm
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Tuesday, April 1, 6 to 7 pm
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Thursday, May 1, 12 to 1 pm
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Wednesday, June 4, 12 to 1 pm
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Tuesday, July 1, 12 to 1 pm
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Wednesday, August 6, 6 to 7 pm
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