More speakers announced for ABC Cultural Planning Leadership Program

A number of people involved in creative placemaking in New Jersey will be speaking and facilitating sessions at the upcoming Arts Build Communities Cultural Planning Leadership conference, February 11 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

Here are the scheduled speakers and facilitators:

• Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer and Director, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia
• Joseph Barris, Supervising Planner, Monmouth County Planning Board
• Morris Bellamy, Former Manager, Arts and Culture and Former Manager, Community Development, City of Melbourne, Australia
• Mary Eileen Fouratt, Executive Director, Monmouth County Arts Council
• Tom Gilmour, Director of Commerce, Asbury Park
• Ben Goldman, Executive Director, City Without Walls, Newark
• Pat Hutchinson, Chair, Belmar Arts Council, Belmar
• James Kennedy, Executive Director, Rahway Arts District and former Mayor, Rahway
• Stuart Koperweis, President, Making Public-Private Partnerships Simple! and former President, Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, Jersey City
• Taneshia Nash Laird, Executive Director, Trenton Downtown Association
• Gail Levinson, Chair, Valley Arts, Orange
• Marianne Lods, Executive Director, Glasstown Arts District and Millville Redevelopment Corporation
• Leonardo Vazquez, Director, Arts Build Communities, Rutgers University

For more information, or to register for the conference, please visit: http://policy.rutgers.edu/PDI/abc/2011_ABC_Leadership_Program_Flyer[1].pdf

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Cultural planning and development courses can help you be more influential in your community

Do you want the arts to be more supported in your community?  You have to do more than show pretty pictures and say the arts are special.  You have to show how the arts can improve quality of life and build more prosperous communities.  A Bloustein Professional Certificate in Cultural Planning and Development can help.

Part of the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program (BOCEP), and in connection with Arts Build Communities,  our Deep Learning courses in cultural planning and development can give you the knowledge and tools to help make the arts a bigger part of your community's future.

BOCEP is offering at least four courses in arts-based economic and community development between September 2010 and July 2011.  All Deep Learning courses are online and instructor-led:

• Cultural Economic Development Studio, September 15 to October 23, 2010 
• Site Planning Analysis, November 3 to December 18, 2010, 
• Leadership for Cultural Planning, January 5 to February 12, 2011 
• Cultural Heritage Tourism Planning, February 23 to April 2, 2011

At least two more courses are in development for Spring and Summer 2011.

These courses are practical, interactive and convenient.  They are designed to help you choose better strategies for connecting the arts with community and economic development.  The courses are for busy people who don't have the time or resources to commit to many meetings, but want a lot more than they get in conferences or one-day workshops.   There are no required meetings, but you get the time and opportunity to share ideas with professionals and other smart people from around the United States.  The courses are open to anyone who has an interest in cultural planning, community planning, or economic development.

In a Deep Learning course, you learn in several ways -- engaging in online discussions with other smart professionals; getting guidance from the instructor, a seasoned professional who also leads the conversations among classmates; taking quizzes to test your learning; or in some classes, working on real projects for real clients.  In previous urban design studio courses, learners have created a form-based code for a commercial corridor in Virginia and a transit-oriented design plan for Perth Amboy, NJ.

Learners who pass at least three courses can earn a Bloustein Professional Certificate of Completion, and earn hours toward a Master Practitioner or Expert Practitioner Professional Certificate.

Every urban design course is also eligible for 14 American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance credits.

BOCEP is produced by the Professional Development Institute of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.  Bloustein is one of the top schools and leading centers of planning knowledge in the United States.

For more information on urban design or any other Deep Learning courses, please visit the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program or contact Program Manager Swena Gulati by email or at 732-932-3822, x636.

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ABC to offer cultural planning leadership program in Fall 2010

Through an innovative new Arts Build Communities program, civic and cultural leaders around the United States can work together to develop the creative economy in their communities.

The program, tentatively titled Leadership for Sustainable Cultural Planning, is scheduled to run from September 2010 through February 2011. 

Here's how the program will work: Participants, who will be teams of civic and cultural leaders, will come to Rutgers University in September to learn from experts about policies and regulations that have worked to support cultural development.  Participants will spend the next few months determining what would work best in their communities.  They will be mentored by experts in cultural planning, community development and economic development.  In February, participants come back together at Rutgers to share what they learned -- and offer advice for other leaders.

The program is still being developed, and more information will be available soon.  If you would like to learn more or get updates, please subscribe to the ABC electronic mailing list.

Other questions or comments?  Please contact Leonardo Vazquez, Director, Professional Development Institute, at 732-932-3822, x711 or by email.

Arts Build Communities is produced by the Professional Development Institute of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.

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