Arts + Place

 

creative placemaking: the intentional integration of arts, culture, and community-engaged design strategies into the process of equitable community planning and development. -ArtPlace America

 

Our practice of creative placemaking is rooted in our time spent learning from some of the most innovative thinkers in this field of work. Through a collaboration with ArtPlace America, we came to know this practice through this specific definition:

  • Define the geography

  • Identify and define the challenge

  • Allow artists and creatives to collaborate and engage in order address the challenge

  • Measure outcomes

For those looking for a plain list of public event highlights and projects at The Nave, we have an Index.

Artist in Residence RJ Fontaine - McHendry Artist in Residence RJ Fontaine - McHendry

A System of Strings

A System of Strings is a contemporary circus show created and performed by multidisciplinary American circus artists Ariel Schmidtke and Esther de Monteflores. A System of Strings fuses shadow puppetry and physical theater with traditional circus arts including trapeze, wire walking, and acrobatics.

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