ArtPlace America | National Creative Placemaking Fund: Informational Session

Generously co-hosted by The Akron Art Museum, Akron BMe Community, The International Institute of Akron, and The Knight Foundation, ArtPlace has been invited to Akron to share details about their National Creative Placemaking Fund to encourage applications in 2017. Please join us for a short presentation and lively discussion. Breakfast will be provided.

Topics Include:
• What is creative placemaking?
• An overview of the open call application process.
• What makes a strong application?
• A discussion of how the arts have been used to address relevant and challenging community issues.

Who should attend?
Anyone and everyone interested in learning about how you can be supported to creatively make change in your community! Artists, arts organizations, designers, community developers, planners, city and town administrators, community residents, business owners, faith and religious groups, philanthropists, and more are invited to learn more about arts-based strategies to community development. The National Creative Placemaking Fund will fund anyone regardless of tax-exempt status.