Learn how to build arts-friendly communities through Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program and Arts Build Communities.
Arts-friendly places like Santa Fe, Asheville, or Sarasota don't just happen. They are developed and sustained by committed leaders and artists. If you want to make your community more supportive of the arts, consider taking courses in cultural planning and development from Rutgers University’s Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program.
BOCEP Deep Learning courses can teach you skills and help you think more critically about what might work -- or won't -- in your community. These classes are designed to be affordable to busy people. Every course is entirely online. There are no scheduled meetings, but you can share ideas with professionals from around the country and the world.
Courses in cultural planning and development run from September to June. The first in the series -- Cultural Economic Development Studio -- starts September 22 and runs until October 30. Learners will work with the arts and business communities in Somerville, NJ to explore what it will take to make the small central New Jersey town an arts destination. Learners will work together in exploring the secrets of successful arts destinations, conduct a competitive analysis and prepare strategies for Somerville.
Participants in this and other BOCEP Deep Learning courses can learn from and share ideas with cultural and public affairs professionals. Courses are open to everyone.
Other upcoming courses in this track include:
Each course costs $295. Sscholarships of up to $50 are available to everyone who gets this announcement. (To get the scholarship, please use promotion code: BGBBS) You can also earn a Bloustein Professional Certificate in Cultural Planning and Development. (It is the only certificate of its kind offered by a school of planning and public policy.) More classes are being developed for 2011.
The Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program and Arts Build Communities work to build leadership for public affairs and urban planning in the 21st century. BOCEP offers high quality continuing education courses in cultural planning, community and economic development, land use law, leadership and professional practice, and urban design. Arts Build Communities conducts practical research and offers technical assistance to communities in New Jersey. ABC works to help cultural and civic leaders make better choices in connecting the arts and community and economic development. Both initiatives are produced by the Professional Development Institute of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
For more on our courses or programs, please visit http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/pdi or contact Programs Manager Swena Gulati at 732-932-3822, x636 or swena@rutgers.edu
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