Placemaking Week 2024

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Placemaking Week 2024

5:00pm EDT

Early Arrival Registration and Meet-up (5pm - 7pm) TBA

8:00am EDT

Registration and Information Desk (8am - 5pm) Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

9:00am EDT

Opening Plenary - Welcome to Baltimore Falvey Hall, Maryland Institute College of Art

10:45am EDT

Break Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

11:15am EDT

The Social Gravity of Joy Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingHailey Jordan Case studies from Alumni of MICA’s MFA in Community Arts and Community Art Collaborative Programs Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingHannah Brancato • Christopher "kolpeace" Johnson • Genifer Fraser • Sara Kaltwasser • Susan Tuberville • Unique Robinson Crafting the Commons: Recent Placemaking Initiatives with MICA Social Design Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingThomas Gardner • Dejia Danhi • Ana Mengote Baluca • Krystle Okafor The State of/and Traffic Calming Art in Baltimore & the U.S. Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingMike Lydon • Graham Coreil-Allen • Graham Young • Quinton Batts • Shayna Rose What Could a Non-Sexist Baltimore Look Like? Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAshley Molese • Lizzie MacWillie Short Talks Session (Connecting to Nature) Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingMarina Queirolo • Carla Brisotto • Bilal Walker • Kelly Henderson • Zoe Callahan

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Break Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

2:00pm EDT

Empowering Placemaking through Restorative Justice: A Community-Driven Framework for Equitable Placekeeping & Municipal Master Planning Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAron Lesser • Melissa Lee From Vacant to Vibrant: How to Create a Pop-Up Community Space Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingRishika Dhawan • Aaron Greiner Choreographing Better Cities: Dance as a Critical Placemaking Tool Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAbd Al Hadi Abunahleh • Edwin Wee • Harrison Guy • Ladji Kone • Bella Stenvall Fostering Community Identity and Driving Inclusive Economic Growth: Nurturing a Distinct Sense of Place Amidst Evolving Infrastructure Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAndrea Devening • Bryan Franklin • Hanna Love New Monuments as Public Art: Exercises in History, Trust and Accountability Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingChristopher Kojzar • Teresa Durkin • Zoe Megins-Davies Planning, Implementing, Maintaining: A Business Improvement District Perspective Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingBenjamin Bryant • Alex Balloon • Emily Hopkins • Nathaniel Echeverria • Maria Gonzalez Short Talks Session (Streets as Better Places) Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingDerek Moore • Jacque Gonzalez-Garcia • Maura Dwyer • Oscar Suastegui Quintero • Sabina Sethi Unni • Sam Carter-Shamai • Yuxiang Luo • Jackson Chabot

3:15pm EDT

Break Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

3:45pm EDT

ChalkTalk: a Participatory Methodology for Designing Resilient Public Spaces Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingJacob DeGeal Empowering Communities: Resident-Driven Creative Placemaking Workshop for Program Design, Management, Partnerships & Funding Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingKady Yellow Building Toronto Together: Co-Creating Equitable Social Infrastructure in the Inner Suburbs Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingBrendan Stewart • Naziha Nasrin • Cara Chellew • Ima Esin • Jaclyn Rodrigues • Stephanie Mah Connecting Communities: The Role of Local Design Centers as Catalysts for Equitable Development Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingKeith Baker • Jennifer Goold • Gary Gaston • Madeleine Spencer • Tya Winn Designing Change: Lessons from University-Community Partnerships in Avenue Market Revitalization Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingKarim Amin • Pickett Slater Harrington • Kadija Hart • Alice Weston People and Their Place: Lessons From High and Low-Resource Placemaking Efforts in New York City Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingTali Cantor • Jackson Chabot • Mike Lydon Short Talks Session (Funding)Bridget Anderson • Aaron Kaufman • Aisha Glover • Amy Cohen • Martha Snow • Sarah Lewitus • Shaylee Zaugg

6:00pm EDT

Opening Event - Bromo Block Party! Bromo Block Party

8:00am EDT

Head off to Mobile Workshops

9:00am EDT

Mobile Workshops (#1 - 12)

12:00pm EDT

2:30pm EDT

Creating Intergenerational Public Spaces for Solace Station North CampusKisha Webster 83 to Hilton Restorative Justice with Food and You Station North CampusArica Gonzalez • Ashiah Parker • Amanda Stephenson • Randi Williams • Christy Turner Building Inclusive Outdoor Communities: Lessons from Pigtown Climbs and Beyond Station North CampusBri'Anna Horne Built to Play: Scaling Play Infrastructure at the Regional Scale Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingKari Pardoe • Alex Allen • Carrie Leovy • Trevor Staples • Eamon O'Connor Inner Harbor 2.0—Inventing Waterfront Placemaking in a Post Industrial Society Station North CampusAdam Genn • Laurie Schwartz, WEDG • Amelle Schultz • Jacqueline Bershad • Michael Humes

3:45pm EDT

Break

4:15pm EDT

Collective Action: Agenda-Setting for the PlacemakingUS Network Station North CampusRyan Smolar • Madeleine Spencer Urban Cipher: A Race and Space Board Game Station North CampusHeidi Thomas Crafting Contextually Appropriate Open Spaces: Embracing Community Identity through Placemaking Station North CampusKris Hoellen • John Pezzulla • Scott Vieth • Kenneth Young • Brian Reetz The Guardians of Baltimore: Stories of change from 25 Black women leaders Station North CampusMarkia Beckwith • Gwen Brown • Pastor Terrye Moore • Pauline Charles • Whitney Frazier The Power of Trails for Creating Connection and Celebrating Culture Station North CampusArica Gonzalez • Chris Schulze • Misty Fae • Quinton Batts • Kate Foster Short Talks Session (Vacant/Underused Places) Station North CampusTina Govan • Lisbeth Iversen • Ilana Preuss • Alan Chan • Alexis Rourk Reyes • Heidi Youngha Cho • Simon Bertrang

5:30pm EDT

Evening on your own

10:00am EDT

Closing Plenary Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

12:00pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

How San Francisco is using placemaking to engage people in the next wave of waterfront revitalization: sea level rise Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingJulie Flynn • Amy Cohen Humanity and Connection to Place and History through Art Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingSharon Attipoe-Dorcoo LGBTQ Placemaker Storytelling Toolkit Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingRobin Abad Ocubillo • Wes Reibeling Building Safer and Healthier Communities: The Transformative Influence of Placemaking Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingDan Baisden • Megan Grable • Réna Bradley • John MacDonald Retrofitting Suburbia through Placemaking: Equitable economic development along the Blue Line Corridor Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAndy Clarke • Adam Dodgshon • Jared Press • Angie Rodgers • MacKenzie Twardus Short Talks Session (Placekeeping) Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingTodd Bressi • Nancy Goldring • Anita Morson-Matra • Dejia Danhi • Fiorella Pinillos • Shawn Dunwoody

3:15pm EDT

Break

3:45pm EDT

How the Tennessee Department of Health is Promoting Health Equity through Built Environment Design Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingShannon Velasquez • Kelly Ware Culturally Responsive Placemaking for Social, Economic, & Environmental Justice Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAriam Ford • Andrew Martineau • Garry Gilliam • Jennie Kovalcik • Matthew Richter For Us By Us: Place Keeping in Black Communities Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingDesiree' Powell • Jason Hyman • Khalia Young Framing the Future of the Roundhouse: Trauma and Public Engagement in Placemaking Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingMarisa Denker • Ian Litwin • Alex Peay • Sylvia García-García Soup to Nuts: Artists and City Officials Teaming up to Activate a Public Space Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingJim Walker • Rusty Carr • Shauta Marsh • Courtney Howell Rissman • Danica Liongson Short Talks Session (Waterfronts) Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox BuildingAaron Cuison • Taylor Mathiesen • Andrew Gustafson • Bryce Turner • Catherine Ferrer • Diane Ruggiero • Kelsea McCrary

5:00pm EDT

Meet for Neighborhood Walks Maryland Institute College of Art - Brown Center & Fox Building

5:30pm EDT

Neighborhood Walks + Closing Party Area 405

9:00am EDT

Optional side activity: Tours Charles Street Promenade Optional side activity: Waterfront Coffee Meet-Up Harborplace by Inner Harbor Amphitheater

10:00am EDT

Optional side activity: Baltimore Floatilla Optional side activity: Charles Street Promenade Pedestrian Takeover Charles Street Promenade