The Campaign of Ideas: Oh, The Places We'll Go...Through Collaboration!
on Thursday, 08 July 2010
In this final video in our Campaign of Ideas series, Allyson Hewitt, Director of Entrepreneurship at MaRS, takes a page from Dr. Seuss in her succinct yet playful summation of the key messages of Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City Conference.
Oh, the Places We'll Go...Through Collaboration
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"Oh, The Places We'll Go...Through Collaboration"
The 2009 Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City Conference is a component of Artscape’s Knowledge Exchange Program.
The Knowledge Exchange Program draws on Artscape’s ongoing research, ground level experience and reservoir of knowledge and resources to deliver new, actionable tools, strategies and learning opportunities to support Canadian communities and augment the international discourse on culture and creativity.
In addition to Creative Places + Spaces, the Knowledge Exchange Program offers entry level access to Artscape’s core practice via online tools and resources and speaking engagements; focused Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking workshops; and, for communities committed to building Artscape-like agencies, tailored Mentorship and Coaching. In 2011, Artscape will launch an online knowledge platform to provide tools and resources to support capacity building in Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking
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Artscape Announces Fall 2010 Dates for Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking Workshops Designed to Empower. Guaranteed to Inspire.
Artscape’s Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking Workshops bring together top practitioners for a comprehensive learning experience that demystifies the complexities of building multi-tenant creative facilities and engaging art, culture and creativity in community revitalization efforts.
Creative Spacemaking, Oshawa, November 23, 2010 Artscape’s Creative Spacemaking Workshops bring together top practitioners and highlights innovative partnerships that have successfully anchored creative communities within sustainable and affordable spaces. The workshop offers leading advice, hands-on tools and a chance to meet the experts during interactive sessions on topics such as; feasibility analysis, project planning, capital fundraising, community engagement and governance models.
Creative Placemaking, Windsor, December 1, 2010 Artscape’s Creative Placemaking Workshops investigate strategies to connect and leverage the creative and cultural resources of communities in generating quality of place and supporting local economic development. Participants learn how to nurture and sustain the conditions for culture and creativity to thrive in downtowns, cultural districts, neighbourhoods and mainstreets. Participants learn practical planning tools for undertaking creative placemaking initiatives in a range of different contexts. Topics include strategic planning, governance and cross-sector partnerships and community engagement.
Registration opens soon. To ensure that you receive regular updates and information on registration please CLICK HEREto be taken to Artscape’s subscriber form and be sure to click the Creative Placemaking and Spacemaking box on the form.
The Campaign of Ideas: Collaborative Leadership The importance of Collaborative Leadership was a recurring theme at Creative Places + Spaces. In this video,Lyn Heward, Consultant and Executive Producer, Cirque du Soleil, David A. Wolfe, Royal Bank Chair in Public and Economic Policy at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems (PROGRIS), and Tonya Surman, Founder and Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation discuss the qualities required for collaborative leadership.
The Collaborative Leadership video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Changing Course, a short film by Melissa Gomez that profiles the issues, challenges and successes of a unique community collaboration that have taken place in the city of Toronto: the Toronto Sports Leadership Program. Told through the voices of five partners in the program, the film shows how the Toronto community came together and provided an answer to 2005’s “Summer of the Gun”.
Changing Course Directed by Melissa Gomez, on location in Toronto, Ontario
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"Changing Course"
In 2005 Toronto experienced a spike in gun violence that shocked the country. To reverse this trend a group of non-profits, school boards and the municipal government stopped competing and started acting as a team. The result was the Toronto Sports Leadership Program which offers youth paths to employment, self-respect and motivation through sports. Changing Course highlights two stories, the collaboration between organizations that created the TSLP, and the co-operation among the youth engaged in it.
Upcoming Related Events in Toronto Toronto Mayoral Debate on Real Estate Issues The Urban Land Institute Toronto is hosting the highly anticipated Mayoral Debate: Real Estate Issues on Monday, June 21.The debate will be moderated by John Tory, former Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, Newstalk 1010 host and Chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance.
Panelists will identify their priorities for Toronto if elected Mayor followed by a debate specifically focused on real estate issues facing the next term of City Council. Panelists include: Rob Ford, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thompson.
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 am Place: The Toronto Board of Trade, First Canadian Place, 4th Floor, Toronto Cost: $45 ULI members, $30 public (members/non-members), $70 non-members, $30 Young Leaders (ULI members under 35), $20 students/non-members
To register or for more information visit www.toronto.uli.org or call 1-800-321-5011.
Government is perhaps the single most important actor in community development and author, urban thinker, founder of Comedia, Charles Landry,believes that if we can make government more creative and more collaborative, we make our communities better. This week’s Campaign of Ideas video highlights Charles’ keynote presentation at Creative Places + Spaces where he underlines how innovating bureaucracy is the challenge for everyone to turn their cities into great places.
Charles Landry’s video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Nerd Jam, a short film by Moira Simpson demonstrating how Design Nerds, a Vancouver-based group of designers, architects, planners, engineers and artists are creating pedal-powered contraptions to be deployed on Vancouver’s disused railway lines through interdisciplinary collaboration and open-source resourcefulness.
Nerd Jam Directed by Moira Simpson, on location in Vancouver, British Columbia
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"Nerd Jam"
The Vancouver Design Nerds do their most interesting work, after work. An interdisciplinary group of designer, architects, planners and engineers, collaborate in their spare time to explore sustainability through art and city engagement. The ‘nerds’ use open source ideas and a collective rather than hierarchical structure to realize their shared ideas. The Vancouver Design Nerds story demonstrates that inspiration, creativity and collaboration are the essential ingredients to innovation and art. Video Resources: Vancouver Design Nerds Society Eat ART Actions: What You Can Do With the City Moira Simpson
Upcoming Related Events in Toronto Join CP+S Keynote Speaker David Buckland at the Cape Farewell Film Screening: "Burning Ice" Cape Farewell and Cactus Three Film (producer consultants of “The Cove”) are delighted to announce the Canadian premiere of a new feature film, Burning Ice. The film documents the journey of a group of artists (including Canadian artists Feist and Martha Wainwright) on a Cape Farewell expedition to the high Arctic to experience, first hand, the tipping points of climate change. Toronto Mayor David Miller will introduce the film.
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Time: 7pm Place: The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles, Toronto Cost: $10 Adult, $8 Seniors and under 18 years
Canadian Urban Institute’s 2010 Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Artscape’s very own President & CEO Tim Jones will receive this year’s Global City Award! This will be an exciting evening celebrating the accomplishments of this year's national award recipients, and a great opportunity to meet people who are changing their communities.
We often think of leadership in a singular, individual sense. But the theme that emerged among this year's group of Urban Leadership Award winners was one of collective leadership, and of its ability and power through partnerships and collaboration to not only dream of more innovative goals, but to reach for and achieve them.
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010 Time: 5:15 – 6:20 pm reception, 6:30 – 8:30 award ceremony Place: Liberty Grand (Exhibition Place), Toronto Cost: $99 members, $125 non-members
Toronto Mayoral Debate on Real Estate Issues The Urban Land Institute Toronto is hosting the highly anticipated Mayoral Debate: Real Estate Issues on Monday, June 21.The debate will be moderated by John Tory, former Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, Newstalk 1010 host and Chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance.
Panelists will identify their priorities for Toronto if elected Mayor followed by a debate specifically focused on real estate issues facing the next term of City Council. Panelists include: Rob Ford, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thompson.
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010 Time: 7:30 – 9:30 am Place: The Toronto Board of Trade, First Canadian Place, 4th Floor, Toronto Cost: $45 ULI members, $30 public (members/non-members), $70 non-members, $30 Young Leaders (ULI members under 35), $20 students/non-members
To register or for more information visit www.toronto.uli.org or call 1-800-321-5011
What happens when a hospital and a filmmaker collaborate with homeless youth, medical staff, police officers and cyclists? In this pilot project, Katerina Cizek, is Filmmaker-in-Residence at St.
Michael’s hospital, working with partners on the frontline: doctors, nurses, researchers and patients. From local projects at the Inner City Health Unit, to global ones, FIR partners media with medicine in innovative ways. Katerina sits down with National Film Board Senior Producer, Gerry Flahive and St. Michael’s Hospital Assistant Professor Dr. Katherine Rouleauand discusses the global innovations that emerged out of this collaborative effort to reach out to communities and put media in the hands of citizens – the agents of true social change.
TheInterventionist Mediavideo is paired with CP+S On Location video Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City, a short film by Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design at George Brown College that demonstrates how the design community brought the world design headquarters to Montreal, and how the urban design and development community revitalized Montreal through creating the international & multimedia district (Quartier Spectacle).
Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design at George Brown College on location in Montreal, Quebec
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"Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City"
Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City tells the story of how that city became a world headquarter of design because of a shared vision. Montreal’s design community was able to mobilize public, private and arts bodies to support its bid to house a group of world renowned design organizations. The result of this collaboration is the ‘quartier international,’ a building that acts as a hub for digital media and design in the city. Designing and building the quartier international, and getting diverse interests to support it, is a testament to the power of collective efforts toward a common goal. Video Resources: Quartier internationale SAT ICSID IFI ICOGRADA
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On the heels of this week’s publication of best selling author Richard Florida’s latest book, The Great Reset, we present video highlights from Richard’s keynote presentation at Creative Places + Spaces. The Professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management discusses the collaborative city in relation to the global shifts in our work, our values and our communities that are shaping the economies of the 21st century.
Richard Florida’s video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Transformation of Place: Rural Renaissance in Prince Edward County, a short film by Trevor Crowe investigating the emerging creative rural economy in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Having grown up in ‘The County’ farming, Trevor, like many others, left, seeking education and a career away from his declining hometown. Upon returning, what he finds is an economic rural renaissance, started by artists, small-scale entrepreneurs, and even some locals too.
Transformation of Place: Rural Renaissance in Prince Edward County Directed by Trevor Crowe, Crowe Productions, on location in Prince Edward County, Ontario
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"Transformation of Place: Rural Renaissance in Prince Edward County"
Upcoming Conference: "Culture Grows Here" Creating Sustainable Communities Through Culture Artscape is pleased to share the following conference opportunity on behalf of the City of Barrie. Mark your calendars for May 5 – 6, 2010 in Barrie, Ontario and plan to join other cultural managers, planners, developers, business people and arts professionals alike at what promises to be an informative two day event!
Culture Grows Here will feature the following speakers:
Eddie Friel, Architect of the cultural transformation of Glasgow, Scotland Lawrence Mawhinney, Mayor of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Janis Barlow of Janis Barlow and Associates Jeremy Freiburger, Creative Director of the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts Kelly Hill, Hill Strategies Research
Tours of innovative adaptive re-use of space: The Gibson Centre for Community Arts and Culture – A Factory Turned Fabulous
The MacLaren Art Centre, a Carnegie Library now Gallery
A one man play on a bus, “Tales of An Urban Indian” by Talk is Free Theatre.
To learn more about this two day conference, please visitwww.barrie.ca
“Culture Grows Here” Creating Sustainable Communities through Culture
on Monday, 15 March 2010
Artscape is pleased to post the following conference opportunity on behalf of the City of Barrie.
Conference: May 5 -6, 2010
Barrie, Ontario
Mark your calendars for May and plan to join other cultural managers, planners, developers, business people and arts professionals alike at what promises to be an informative two day event! Register early (by March 20) for a chance to win a free conference.
This conference came about when a small group of municipal cultural managers decided to bring together those invested in the arts and highlight some of the amazing cultural activities of the near north. The title “Culture Grows Here” came from discussions around cultivating culture in our own communities and creating opportunities with available resources.
Conference Highlights will be:
Amazing Speakers:
Eddie Friel, Architect of the cultural transformation of Glasgow, Scotland
Lawrence Mawhinney, Mayor of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Janis Barlow of Janis Barlow and Associates
Jeremy Freiburger, Creative Director of the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts
Kelly Hill, Hill Strategies Research
Tours of innovative adaptive re-use of space:
The Gibson Centre for Community Arts and Culture – A Factory Turned Fabulous!
The MacLaren Art Centre, a Carnegie Library now Gallery!
A one man play on a bus, “Tales of An Urban Indian” by Talk is Free Theatre.
To learn more about this two day conference, please visit www.barrie.ca
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The Campaign of Ideas: Collaboration Fuels Innovation
on Thursday, 11 February 2010
The second video in The Campaign of Ideas: Video Knowledge Exchange series is entitled Collaboration Fuels Innovation. The video reflects on the key messages from the Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City conference and is coupled with Storyboard Ink’s visual storytelling. Stay tuned in two weeks' time for the next video in The Campaign of Ideas series — The CollaborativeCity: What Did We Learn?
Respond to Our Current Poll: Tell us what you think is the most practical and relevant conference learning on the theme of Collaboration Fuels Innovation. The poll is located on the lower right-hand side of the page.
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About Storyboard Ink's Graphic Recording at Creative Places + Spaces 1 man, 1 tablet computer, 2.5 days, and 1 objective, to graphically record 17 presentations in order to produce collaborative videos summarizing specific elements of the Creative Places + Spaces 2009 conference.
For two and a half days Storyboard Ink’s Bill McIntosh captured information that allowed him to create simple, yet, powerful animations that were then pieced together by his partner to create a series of episodic features in collaboration with Artscape.
The art of graphic recording combines both listening and drawing skills; however, the CP+S conference presented a different challenge as he was now required to do a lot more listening given the variety of rich content being discussed.
As he sat at the back of the room, sketch software open, stylus in hand, he spent 85% of his time with his eyes on the audience while listening to each presentation, honing in on particular reactions that show the importance of what was being said. A nod in agreement, laughter, or disapproving head shake, all are indicators of the emotional connection between the individual and the words being expressed. These reactions and the words being heard by all of us within the room are what inspired him to draw the images that are now enjoyed by those responsible for the creation of Creative Places + Spaces and those that attended in person or via live, online streaming.
Storyboard Ink specializes in visual storytelling. From cave paintings, stone tablets, the printing press, comic books and photography, people have become increasingly sophisticated in their forms of visual communication; yet, nothing is more effective than simple, powerful images and words. www.storyboardink.com
In October 2009 delegates from across Canada and beyond joined Artscape in Toronto for our third Creative Places + Spaces Conference The Collaborative City. In a packed two-day program inspirational keynote speakers and ground breaking projects made the case for the power of collaboration to solve complex multi dimensional challenges and to fuel innovation.
Over the next 5 months The Campaign of Ideas will bring you a regular diet of conference highlights focusing on the major themes of the conference and some of the tools for collaboration that were presented. Click on the image above to watch Creative Places + Spaces: Why Collaborate?
To kick off The Campaign of Ideas, Artscape commissioned Storyboard Ink to develop a three episode film which reflects on the overarching conference themes and the lessons learned at the conference. The first episode is released today, entitled Why Collaborate? and featuring graphic recordings and short video clips from Sir Ken Robinson,Richard Florida, David Buckland, Tim Jones and Simon Brault. Stay tuned for future episodes to be released on a semi-monthly basis.
About Storyboard Ink's Graphic Recording at Creative Places + Spaces 1 man, 1 tablet computer, 2.5 days, and 1 objective, to graphically record 17 presentations in order to produce collaborative videos summarizing specific elements of the Creative Places + Spaces 2009 conference.
For two and a half days Storyboard Ink’s Bill McIntosh captured information that allowed him to create simple, yet, powerful animations that were then pieced together by his partner to create a series of episodic features in collaboration with Artscape.
The art of graphic recording combines both listening and drawing skills; however, the CP+S conference presented a different challenge as he was now required to do a lot more listening given the variety of rich content being discussed.
As he sat at the back of the room, sketch software open, stylus in hand, he spent 85% of his time with his eyes on the audience while listening to each presentation, honing in on particular reactions that show the importance of what was being said. A nod in agreement, laughter, or disapproving head shake, all are indicators of the emotional connection between the individual and the words being expressed. These reactions and the words being heard by all of us within the room are what inspired him to draw the images that are now enjoyed by those responsible for the creation of Creative Places + Spaces and those that attended in person or via live, online streaming.
Storyboard Ink specializes in visual storytelling. From cave paintings, stone tablets, the printing press, comic books and photography, people have become increasingly sophisticated in their forms of visual communication; yet, nothing is more effective than simple, powerful images and words. www.storyboardink.com
Call For Proposals: Collaboration Showcase Opportunities
on Friday, 01 May 2009
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2009
Creative Places + Spaces partners are interested in showcasing the best examples of cross-sector collaboration from across Canada. We know that there are ground breaking projects happening in communities large and small, rural and urban in all parts of the country. We are interested in shining a spotlight during the conference on initiatives that are catalysts for community transformation, problem-solving, or idea generation. In addition to projects featured during plenary and breakout sessions, Creative Places + Spaces will provide the following three showcase opportunities for collaborative initiatives:
The Creative Places + Spaces Spotlight Series will showcase 8 stand-out examples of cross-sector collaboration in communities of all sizes across Canada. Spotlights will be presented in person or via video throughout the conference and will range from 5 – 15 minutes in length. Videos may also be broadcast electronically at a later date.The video series will be promoted as ‘Creative Places + Spaces On-Location’. Videos will be independently produced by a local filmmaker on a budget of $4,000 provided by Artscape. Videographers will be given a collaborative project to focus on and some parameters for the project. Creative content will rest with the filmmaker. The videos will explore the art and science of collaboration told through the voice of collaborators. We are not looking to create promotional videos for the projects in question. They are intended to unpack the issues, challenges and successes involved in cross-sector collaboration.
The Collaboration Marketplace will be set up in the MaRS lobby during on October 30 (day two). The Marketplace will feature 25 or more projects with a focus on cross-sector collaboration. The marketplace will also feature funding agencies that support collaborative initiatives and firms that offer collaborative tools or services. It will provide selected projects, agencies, and service providers an opportunity to engage directly with delegates.
On October 28, the Creative Places + Spaces Conference program will begin with a series of 3 – 5 Study Tours that feature ground-breaking collaborations in Toronto. Study tours will give delegates an opportunity to see and hear first hand about how Toronto’s change-makers are re-thinking and re-inventing the way projects are designed and delivered. Delegates will pre-register for study tours and pay a small fee to defray organizational and transportation expenses.
How to submit your ideas, projects, initiatives and services for consideration
Applicants are invited to submit a 2 page outline of the project, initiative or service they are involved in that includes the following information:
Name and brief description of the project
Contact information
What is the population of the community your project is happening in?
Who are the project collaborators?
How does the project address community transformation, problem-solving, or idea generation
What makes the project unique or ground-breaking?
Please note whether proponents are interested in presenting in-person, via video spotlight, participating in the Collaboration Marketplace or in a Study Tour.
The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2009. Submissions will be assessed by the Creative Places + Spaces Programming Advisory Committee. All applicants will be notified by July 31, 2009.
Welcome to Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City
on Wednesday, 22 April 2009
The 2009 conference was the latest milestone in the Creative Places and Spaces conference series, exploring the relationship between people, place and creativity. Between Sunday October 25th and Friday October 30th,Creative Places and Spaces featured 7 keynotes, 26 speakers, 11 Emcees + Moderators, 8 ‘On Location’ Videos, 6 Study Tours, 4 Panel Discussions, 4 Breakout Sessions and upwards of 300 artists in 5 venues across the city of Toronto. In addition to the two day conference, we featured a Collaboration Workhsop, The Collaborative Dinner and 7 study tours throught the city. More than 550 delegates were able to participate in this experience and both they, and we, will continue the conversations and test-drive key learnings of the conference long after the dust has settled on last year’s event.
Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City gave individuals and organizations from distinct and diverse sectors the opportunity to engage in a dialogue that helps advance our cities and countries to new levels of collaboration, creativity and innovation. With this in mind, we want to keep the conversation and collaboration at the forefront of our work. Stay tuned as we roll out a series conference knowledge videos over the next few months. It is our hope that they will assist individuals and organizations alike in continuing to Think. Create. Collaborate.
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