Name: SHORT TALKS: Placekeeping: Honoring Community Cultures and Stories
Start: 2024-06-07T14:00:00-0400
End: 2024-06-07T15:15:00-0400

SHORT TALKS: Placekeeping: Honoring Community Cultures and Stories

This Short Talk session will feature presentations that that focus on placekeeping, community history & storytelling, as well as creative and inclusive engagement practices.

Short Talks are moderated lighting round sessions with multiple short presentations, featuring presenters who will be speaking on a related topic. They are a great way to hear a range of cases, geographies, perspectives and sub-topics within one space! Short Talks are also being held in our largest venue, so they are good sessions to be in if you want some space from the crowd.

Presentation titles and speakers:

Nancy Goldring - "Road to Freedom Trail in Towson, Maryland"

Fiorella Pinillos - "Lugares de Pertenencia / Places of Belonging: Reimagining a Public Plaza in Vancouver for Inclusivity and Connection in the Latin American Community"

Shawn Dunwoody - "Bridging Communities with Art"

Dejia Dahni - "Community Engagement & Placemaking: West Baltimore & The Sanaa Center"

Todd Bressi - "The Dancers: Reconnecting with the Black Bottom"

Anita Morson-Matra - “Nubian Nights: The Sights & Sounds of Jazz in Roxbury”

Speakers

Christina Delgado

Founder, Tola's Room

Christina Delgado became a photographer and an artist later in life. Her experience started as a hobby; then became a profession and her reason for wanting to become a teacher. She has been an educator, a photographer, and a community advocate for well over 15 years. She is the founder... Read More →

Todd Bressi

Curatorial Advisor / Project Manager, Mural Arts Philadelphia

Todd Bressi leads a design practice that explores the intersection of placemaking, public art and city design. He works with public agencies, civic organizations and private developers who are committed to creating lively, engaging public realms — and see public art and placemaking... Read More →

Nancy Goldring

President, Northeast Towson Improvement Association, Inc.

Nancy Goldring, a seventh-generation descendant, has ancestral ties tracing back to enslavement at Towson’s Hampton National Historic Site in 1791. Granddaughter of local heroes and church founders, Nancy's commitment to preserving her East Towson community's heritage is unparalleled... Read More →

Anita Morson-Matra

Cultural Planning Project Manager (Community Engagement), City of Boston / Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture

Dejia Danhi

Design Research, Ignite Design group

Dai Danhi is three things: an artist, athlete, and connector. They uproot systems that prevent upholding accountability in community care through Design Research. Their relentless attitude toward prioritizing community care translates into how they collaborate with clients. Their... Read More →

Fiorella Pinillos

Co-director, La Libelula Cooperative

Shawn Dunwoody

Creative Director, Hinge Neighbors

Shawn Dunwoody, an artist and visual design strategist, seamlessly blends art and design to craft impactful tactile experiences, tangible interactions, and community engagement. Spearheading urban visual interventions, playable environments, and transformative workshops, he shapes... Read More →

Friday June 7, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
MICA - Brown Center, Falvey Hall

Short Talks

Placemaking Week 2024