Art Lives Here

Start Date

06/01/2016

End Date

06/01/2016

Description

How does an established creative community respond to place-changing investment? In 2011, the team at Art Lives Here began strategizing to ensure that local artists and small businesses benefit from the wave of capital and commercial investment coming to the Gateway Arts District in Prince George’s County. Project director Anne L’Ecuyer tells their story, focusing on the creative leadership, inventive visibility strategies, and ongoing effort required to welcome new investment and prevent cultural and economic displacement as a creative neighborhood grows.

Location

Washington, DC

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Housing & Community Design
Urban Planning & Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn about the design and construction of the Mount Rainier Artspace Lofts. The lofts created 44 units of affordable housing for artists and their families that include large windows to let in natural light as well as a energy efficient building envelope, which increases the health and welfare of occupants.

Participants will learn about community based planning efforts in the Gateway Arts District. These efforts ensure that local artists and small businesses benefit from the wave of capital and commercial investment coming to the area.

Participants will learn about strategies for creative placemaking that activates underutlized public spaces so that they can be enjoyed safely by residents and visitors.

Participants will learn about the community based efforts to plan and design an iconic, artistic Gateway that will let visitors know they have arrived somewhere special when they cross into the Gateway Arts District.

Instructors

Anne L’Ecuyer

Course Codes

Provider

National Building Museum

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