Creative Placemaking in a Rural Context

ArtPlace America, a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations, banks, and federal agencies, was founded to accelerate "creative placemaking"—that is, putting art at the heart of a portfolio of strategies to revitalize communities in ways nothing else quite can. Commonly associated with urban areas—every neighborhood on their "America's Top 12 ArtPlaces" is located in a city—the work being done in small towns and rural areas is often overshadowed. Please join Jamie Bennett, executive director of ArtPlace America, in conversation with alumna Judy Grunberg '55, founder of PS21 in Chatham, New York; Matthew Perry, cofounder of Vermont Arts Exchange; and faculty member Dina Janis, artistic director/executive director of the Dorset Theatre Festival.