Date:
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Time:
Reception: 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:30 a.m.
Adjourn: 9:30 a.m.
Speaker:
Julie Burros, Director of Cultural Planning, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Come hear about Chicago’s new Cultural Plan 2012. This Plan is a result of a year-long public process and is the first new plan for strengthening the city’s arts and cultural sector in more than 25 years.
The foundation of the plan was laid by input from thousands of Chicago residents. In February 2012, the Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE) launched a series of town halls, neighborhood meetings, social media exchanges, art sector workshops and stakeholder forums to solicit external input for crafting a new vision. The resulting Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 will serve as the central planning document for enhancing Chicago’s thriving arts and culture sector, supporting creativity, innovation and excellence in the arts.
Julie Burros will discuss the 10 initiatives with 36 recommendations and over 200 ideas that make up the Plan and how this Plan results in a call to action for communities, individuals, government, cultural institutions, non-profits and corporations to work together to embrace the plan and take action to help make hundreds of initiatives reality. In fact, some initiatives of the Plan are already underway, including: increasing neighborhood access to the arts by leveraging existing public spaces such as Chicago Department of Transportation plazas, libraries, parks and schools; activating vacant spaces for cultural programming; and marketing cultural assets in neighborhoods as visitor destinations for both Chicagoans and tourists.
In addition, throughout the public engagement process, a top concern was improving access to arts education for Chicago’s children. Ms. Burros will explain how, as a result, the Chicago Public Schools is developing the first ever Arts Education Plan, to be finalized in the coming months.
Join the conversation and catch the excitement!
CR Group member representatives and guests are also invited to take a private curated tour of the Chicago Cultural Center lead by Tim Samuelson, Chicago’s official cultural historian. 30 min. Tour will start at 9:45 a.m. Please indicate in your RSVP if you and/or your guests will be joining the tour.
Location:
The Chicago Cultural Center
Enter at 77 East Randolph Street
2nd Floor, The Rotunda
Chicago, IL
Please RSVP by Friday, March 15. Your name and your guests’ names must be on the guest list. Please indicate whether you and/or your guests will be joining the tour.