We are excited to announce that one of our keynote speakers at the first Building Creative Communities Conference will be Doug Borwick.
Mr. Borwick will be speaking Thursday, November 13, 2014, 8:00-9:30 AM at the Breakfast Plenary on exploring the potential of arts/community partnerships to impact economic development, education, community building, and creative placemaking; address the needed evolution in arts organizations and the perception of their value to the communities in which they work; and share suggestions to create effective community partnerships and overcome barriers to communication.
The arts and the communities in which they exist have inextricably connected mutual (and vital) interests. They represent for each other incredible potential for growth and enhanced vitality. Over the last twenty years, numerous studies addressing the role of the arts in economic development have been conducted. A more recent phenomenon has been the investments of the National Endowment for the Arts and the funding consortium ArtPlace America in what is referred to as creative placemaking.
Just one of many exciting session at the Building Creative Communities Conference!
Doug Borwick, PhD, is author of Engaging Matters, a blog for ArtsJournal and author/editor of Building Communities, Not Audiences: The Future of the Arts in the U.S. One of the country’s leading advocates for the arts and community engagement, Dr. Borwick has presented workshops throughout the United States and abroad. He has served as President of the Board of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, and Director of the Arts Management and Not-for-Profit Management Programs at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Borwick is CEO of Outfitters4, Inc., providing management services for nonprofits, and of ArtsEngaged, offering training and consultation services to artists and arts organizations seeking to more effectively engage with their communities.