Inaugural Event
July 1, 2010, Riverside, CA
For the first time in the history of the Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association (IES/APA), urban planners reached out to the local art community to collaborate in an unprecedented public art project: Art as a Vehicle to Understand Land Use Planning and Sustainability (Art VULUPS).
On July 1, 2010 fifteen teams of planners and artists gathered at the City of Riverside's main library to begin a journey of collaboration. This endeavor will lead into the production of artworks that convey basic land use planning and sustainability principles and concepts.
The event was free and open to the public. It was hosted by the Inlandia Institute, a major creative-cultural engine based in Riverside, dedicated to celebrate the region in word, image and sound.
Our distinguished panel included Daniel Foster, artist and Executive Director of the Community Foundation, Robert Johnson, planner and Assistant City Manager of the City of Temecula, and Matthew Burris, Director at Sustainable Communities and Climate Services at Constructive Technologies Group. Their presentations included discussions focused on the importance of collaboration between artists and planners, history as a valuable asset for community identity, and the urgency to plan and act sustainably.
In a lively open discussion session, the participants of Collaborative 1.0 were paired in planner/artist teams. Topics of discussion, mainly drawn from the City of Riverside's General Plan, were assigned as the basis for their art making collaboration.
On July 1, 2010 fifteen teams of planners and artists gathered at the City of Riverside's main library to begin a journey of collaboration. This endeavor will lead into the production of artworks that convey basic land use planning and sustainability principles and concepts.
The event was free and open to the public. It was hosted by the Inlandia Institute, a major creative-cultural engine based in Riverside, dedicated to celebrate the region in word, image and sound.
Our distinguished panel included Daniel Foster, artist and Executive Director of the Community Foundation, Robert Johnson, planner and Assistant City Manager of the City of Temecula, and Matthew Burris, Director at Sustainable Communities and Climate Services at Constructive Technologies Group. Their presentations included discussions focused on the importance of collaboration between artists and planners, history as a valuable asset for community identity, and the urgency to plan and act sustainably.
In a lively open discussion session, the participants of Collaborative 1.0 were paired in planner/artist teams. Topics of discussion, mainly drawn from the City of Riverside's General Plan, were assigned as the basis for their art making collaboration.
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