The Campaign of Ideas: Oh, The Places We'll Go...Through Collaboration!
on Thursday, 08 July 2010
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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

To find out more about Artscape’s Knowledge Exchange program CLICK HERE.

Help Artscape Continue To Deliver Tools, Expand Thinking and Inspire Action
Artscape’s Knowledge Exchange programs and activities can only be achieved with the charitable support of foundations, corporations and people like you. Please give to the Artscape Foundation to support Canadian communities large and small. Thank You! To make a donation please click on the Donate Now button below:

 

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 HERE to be taken to Artscape’s subscriber form and be sure to click the Creative Placemaking and Spacemaking box on the form.

The Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking Workshops are a component of the Artscape Knowledge Exchange Program, with funding provided by the Government of Ontario, Ontario Arts Council and TD Bank Financial Group.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 July 2010 16:15 )
 
The Campaign of Ideas – Collaborative Leadership
on Thursday, 17 June 2010
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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”.

If you haven’t already watched the first series of videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson, David Buckland, Richard Florida, Charles Landry, the Open Access Science Panel with Aled Edwards, Pekka Sinervo, Ilse Treunicht, or the Interventionist Media Panel with Katerina Cizek, Gerry Flahive and Dr. Katherine Rouleau, you can check them out on Artscape’s Youtube Channel or click directly on their names above.

Collaborative Leadership


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"Collaborative Leadership"

Video Resources:
One Drop
Cirque du Soleil  and www.twitter.com/CirqueClub 
PROGRIS
Centre for Social Innovation: and www.twitter.com/csiTO 
Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement
Demos: The Collaborative State
Book: Collaborative Leadership: How to succeed in an interconnected world 

Book: The Power of Collaborative Leadership: Lessons for the Learning Organization

Book: Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference
Madeleine Carter on Collaborative Leadership, writing for the Center for Effective Public Policy 
 

 

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. 

Video Resources:
The Toronto Sports Leadership Program  
United Way  
Toronto Catholic School Board 
Toronto Community Foundation 
YMCA       
Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation  
Life Saving Society 
Toronto District School Board (TDSB)   
Melissa Gomez, Documentary Filmmaker  

 

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. 





Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 June 2010 18:54 )
 
The Campaign of Ideas: Creative Bureaucracy
on Thursday, 27 May 2010
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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.

If you haven’t already watched the first series of videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson, David Buckland, Richard Florida, the Open Access Science Panel with Aled Edwards, Pekka Sinervo, Ilse Treunicht, or the Interventionist Media Panel with Katerina Cizek, Gerry Flahive and Dr. Katherine Rouleau, you can check them out on Artscape’s Youtube Channel or click directly on their names above.

Charles Landry: Creative Bureaucracy


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"Charles Landry: Creative Bureaucracy"

Video Resources:
Book: The Other Invisible Hand, Charles Landry 
Book: The Theory of the Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith  
The Sunship,
Freiberg Germany 
Aalto University, Helsinki 
FORM,
Perth
BM30,
Bilbao
Apps for Democracy Innovation

Forum Virium

 

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

Tickets will be available the evening of the film on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


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

To purchase tickets or for more information email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call: 416-365-0816 ext.221. Visit the Canadian Urban Institute’s website for more information on the winners of this year’s Urban Leadership Awards www.canurb.org/events


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

Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:04 )
 
The Campaign of Ideas: Interventionist Media
on Thursday, 13 May 2010
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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 Rouleau and 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).

If you haven’t already watched the first three videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson, David Buckland and the Open Access Science Panel with Aled Edwards, Pekka Sinervo, Ilse Treunicht, you can check them out on Artscape’s Youtube Channel or click directly on their names above. And stay tuned in two weeks for the next video in our series where author, urban thinker and founder of Comedia, Charles Landry talks about Creative Bureaucracy.

Interventionist Media


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"Interventionist Media"

Video Resources:
Filmmaker-in-Residence 
Dignitas International 
Challenge for Change 
Highrise Project 

 

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 

Keep Informed About Creative Places + Spaces
You can follow us on Twitter @CPandS, use “#CPandS″ in your tweets and join in the conversation on Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. The Creative Places + Spaces website will be updated often, so be sure to check back for updates or subscribe to our RSS Feed or Email Updates.

 
The Campaign of Ideas: The Great Reset
on Thursday, 29 April 2010
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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.

If you haven’t already watched the first three videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson, David Buckland and the Open Access Science Panel with Aled Edwards, Pekka Sinervo, Ilse Treunicht, you can check them out on Artscape’s Youtube Channel or click directly on their names above. And stay tuned in two weeks for the next video in our series where Katerina Cizek, Gerry Flahive and Dr. Katherine Rouleau discuss the innovative Filmmaker-in-Residence collaboration between the National Film Board and St. Michael’s Hospital.

Richard Florida: The Great Reset

 

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"Richard Florida: The Great Reset"

Video Resources:
The Creative Class Group   
The Great Reset  

Richard Florida at the Martin Prosperity Institute 
Richard Florida on Twitter

 

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"

Prince Edward County is not the quiet rural place it once was; today there are art galleries, music halls and creative professionals dotting the landscape. Thousands of pioneering individuals who migrated to the area independently, have joined together to craft a creative community with the power to transform the whole county. This video tells the story of Prince Edward County’s rural renaissance, and how it emerges from the collective desires of local creative entrepreneurs.

Video Resources:
Oeno Gallery 
Huff Estates 
Acoustic Grill 
Scout Design 
Nine Mile 
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese  
Spark Box Studios   
Reddick Studio Porcelain
Chesterfields Café Picton  
Prince Edward Country Economic Development
Crowe Video Productions  

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 visit www.barrie.ca

Keep Informed About Creative Places + Spaces
You can follow us on Twitter @CPandS, use “#CPandS″ in your tweets and join in the conversation on Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. The Creative Places + Spaces website will be updated often, so be sure to check back for updates or subscribe to our RSS Feed or Email Updates.

 

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“Culture Grows Here” Creating Sustainable Communities through Culture
on Monday, 15 March 2010
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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

If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (705) 739-4299.

 
The Campaign of Ideas: Collaboration Fuels Innovation
on Thursday, 11 February 2010
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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 Collaborative City: 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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Creative Places + Spaces: Collaboration Fuels Innovation

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

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The Campaign of Ideas: Video Knowledge Exchange
on Friday, 29 January 2010
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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

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 19:58 )
 
Call For Proposals: Collaboration Showcase Opportunities
on Friday, 01 May 2009
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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:

  1. 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.
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. 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.


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Welcome to Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City
on Wednesday, 22 April 2009
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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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