Public Art Conference Archive—2003

Study Session: Strategic Partnering Case Study: Art + Community Landscapes
Friday, June 6, 2003   10:45–12:45

Presenters:
Jackie Brookner, Artist, New York,  NY
Leisel Fenner, New EnglandFoundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Artist, Oakland, CA
AlexandriaStone, National Parks Service, River, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Program, Seattle, WA

Overview
What happens when two diverse federal agencies, a regional arts organization, and a handful of community-based nonprofits get together to build a public art residency program? For starters, an innovative, ground-breaking partnership comes to life! Learn about Art & Community Landscapes, a site-based public art program that is serving as a catalyst for environmental awareness and action at the community level. A partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Park Service and the New EnglandFoundation for the Arts, Art & Community Landscapes supports artists-in-residence to work with the National Park Service, community members, and nonprofit organizations. The session will explore partnership in the context of community-driven environmental conservation initiatives, and artists leading three diverse projects in the Pacific Northwestregion will discuss issues of process and implementation.

To learn more about the Art and Community Landscapes program, visit http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/acl/index.html.