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<span style="color:#444444">Now through </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"> Monday</span></strong><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">,
<b>October</b> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">9
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Felicity Hogan – Director of NYFA Learning at
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/9bzutg"><span style="color:#AF1900">New York Foundation for the Arts</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Keir Johnston – co-founder of
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/p4zutg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Amber Art and Design</span></a> in Philadelphia</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Jerry Yoshitomi – internationally-recognized arts administrator </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">In addition to these nationally-known featured presenters, local Oklahoma speakers and panelists will highlight innovative
and inspiring projects happening right here in our state. Oklahoma Arts Conference sessions are geared for arts administrators, artists, community developers, educators and others involved in the arts. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/5w0utg"><span style="color:#AF1900">View the conference schedule</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Each year, the Oklahoma Arts Conference brings together more than 400 individuals from across the state for two-plus days
of professional devolopment and networking. The 2017 conference will take place October 25-26 at the Central National Bank Center in Enid. Preconference activities will take place on October 24.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#444444">Interested in the Leadership Arts Program?</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Each fall, the Oklahoma Arts Council accepts applications to its Leadership Arts program. The spring program consists of
four two-day sessions in different Oklahoma communities that equip Leadership Arts class members to use the arts as tools to improve their local communities and schools. Class sessions include group work, reading assignments, panel discussions, and tours of
community art spaces. Members graduate at the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/ha3utg">
<span style="color:#AF1900">Oklahoma Arts Conference</span></a> in the fall.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Who can benefit from Leadership Arts?</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Civic leaders</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Educators and school board members</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Volunteers and others</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">See our list of Leadership Arts
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/x23utg"><span style="color:#AF1900">graduates</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The program and curriculum is free (members must pay for their food, lodging, and travel). Visit the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Applications will be available soon. Stay tuned to learn about your chance to be a part of Leadership Arts. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#444444">Watch a New Video on the Economic Impact of Arts, Culture in Oklahoma</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/9f6utg"><span style="color:#AF1900">report</span></a> on the economic impact of Oklahoma's nonprofit arts and cultural industry? A new two-minute
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/p86utg"><span style="color:#AF1900">video</span></a> produced by Oklahomans for the Arts (<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/507utg"><span style="color:#AF1900">OFTA</span></a>) gives a quick, easy-to-understand
snapshot of how spending by arts and cultural organizations and their audiences effect our state and local economies.
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nonprofit arts and cultural industry provide an impressive return-on-investment. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">A conversation between two 2016 Leadership Arts class members has led to a partnership that is helping to provide guitar
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Through the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/heavtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">GIVE (Guitar Initiative for Veterans) initiative</span></a>, participating veterans receive 12 weeks of training, learning to play the guitar, studying music theory, and covering
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Marcus Hill, a veteran who helped create the program, said it not only offers the benefits of hands-on arts learning, it
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Rob Arrington of ODVA said the idea for the partnership came up during a conversation he had with Opry Heritage executive director Cindy Scarberry
while both were participating in Leadership Arts. While Arrington credits Hill and Scarberry for doing the "heavy lifting," he said ODVA has been working to promote the opportunity for veterans to participate.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The ODVA has been a partner with the Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) on two
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/x6avtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">pilot arts programs</span></a> at state veterans centers. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The Oklahoma Opry Heritage Foundation won
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/dzbvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Learn more about the program in this interview
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/trcvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Watch a video about the GIVE initiative</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#444444">One-Year Artist Fellowships Available through First Peoples Fund</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Fellowships provided by
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/pcevtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">First Peoples Fund</span></a> enable Native artists to strengthen their business skills and ensure that their heritage in art and culture is passed to future generations. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Through October 31, enrolled members of federally recognized tribes can apply for one-year fellowships in one of two categories:</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Artist in Business Leadership</span></strong><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"> – $5,000, technical support, and professional training
are available through this self-directed program to aid artist entrepreneurs.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Cultural Capital</span></strong><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444"> – $5,000, tools, and resources to further the work of culture bearers.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Previous fellows have come from diverse disciplines, including photographers, painters, hip-hop, basketweaving, and more.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/54evtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">www.firstpeoplesfund.org</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Each year, the awards provide $300,000 in direct aid and scholarships to students and teachers with millions of dollars more provided by national and regional partners. Among the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/1pgvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">awards</span></a> offered through the program are Gold Medal scholarships of $10,000 and Silver Medal scholarships of $1,000. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Guidelines and other information are available at
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Videos on submission questions are
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/xaivtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">available here</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Share this opportunity with a creative student or a teacher in your Oklahoma community!</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"community-minded rising stars."</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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gatherings that will stress collaboration, potential partnerships, and the collective advancement of each fellow's work.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The foundation seeks to bring together people with a diverse set of opinions and perspectives as a means of pursuing innovative
approaches to addressing public issues. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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through October 6.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#444444">Counties, Local Arts Agencies Can Apply for Placemaking Challenge</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Through the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/58lvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Creative Counties Placemaking Challenge</span></a>, counties with populations of less than 250,000 can form multidisciplinary teams and apply for support to identify and strengthen
ways to use arts-based solutions to address local challenges. The program was created to offer strategies for improving local economies. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Selected teams will attend a workshop in late March that will offer expert guidance for identifying and leveraging local
place-based assets.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Deadline to
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/l1mvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">apply</span></a> is October 13.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The program is offered by the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/1tnvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">National Association of Counties</span></a> in partnership with Americans for the Arts with support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#444444">Time to Apply for M-AAA Artistic Innovations Grants</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Funding for the creation of new, innovative artwork is available to Oklahoma artists and organizations through the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/xepvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Artist Innovations</span></a> grant program of the Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Available to support all artistic disciplines, the program provides up to $15,000 to underwrite expenses related to the art-making
process. Works must result in performances, presentations, publications, exhibitions, and/or workshops.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Recent Oklahoma projects funded through the program include the production of a set of short films, the creation and performance
of a theater project, and a public art initiative. <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/d7pvtg">
<span style="color:#AF1900">Read more about these projects here</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">A Letter of Intent for the program is due on October 30, 2017 for projects occuring between July 1, 2018 and June 20, 2019.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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program</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">A new resource from ArtPlace America shows how the arts can be a robust tool in transportation design.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">In partnership with Transportation for America,
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/pksvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">ArtPlace America</span></a> has published the results of a survey analysis, offering solutions to challenges in transportation and providing opportunities for transportation
to be a tool for binding communities together.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The publication,
<i><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/d7xl7/9va11r/5ctvtg"><span style="color:#AF1900">Arts, Culture and Transportation: A Creative Placemaking Field Scan</span></a></i>, identifies ways that artists could be integrated in to the transportation design process
to improve safety and to build community support. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The analysis shows that artists are equipped to help:</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Overcome the constraints of traditional processes</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Empathize with pedestrians, cyclists, and others</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Promote equity in transportation investments</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Engage stakeholders for an inclusive process</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Foster local stewardship</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Create a more inviting environment</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Heal wounds and divisions</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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