Wednesday, October 14, 2009
New Harmony hosts fifth International Cultural Towns Symposium
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Contact for more information:
Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 The theme for this year's symposium is "Cultural Landscapes: Cultural Towns." The opening address will be given by Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett, president of the University of Southern Indiana. Other featured speakers include: - Donovan D. Rypkema, principal of Place Economics of Washington, D. C., on "Sustainable Economic Development: The Cultural Town." - Dee Allsop, president of Heart & Mind Strategies, on "Assessing Cultural Values." - Ian Hunter, co-founder of Littoral Arts Trust in Manchester, England, on "Promoting New Rural Creative Industries, and Art and Rural Regeneration." - Grover Mouton, director of Tulane Regional Urban Design Center, will moderate a panel session on "Arts, Culture and Community Development." Panel participants will be Jeff Soule of the American Planning Association and Mary M. Schoenfeld of Americans for the Arts in Washington, D. C. - Ruth Knack, editor of Planning Magazine, will moderate a plenary session on "The Story of Two Cultural Towns." New this year, continuing education credit will be offered. For more information about the credit, contact Rita Brunner in USI Extended Services at 812/464-1864. New Harmony residents may attend the educational sessions and presentations free of charge. A conference registration fee of $350 per person will be charged to anyone who resides outside of New Harmony and wishes to attend the symposium. Registration fee includes all meals. Conference guests may reserve a single or double occupancy room at the New Harmony Inn for $104 per night by calling 800/782-8605. Sponsors of the event are the University of Southern Indiana the American Planning Association of Washington D.C. the Efroymson Fund Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation New Harmony Artist′s Guild Center for Community and Environmental Design Jane Blaffer Owen Kent and Laurie Parker Mrs. C.A. Bookwalter Mike Blakley of Blakley Corporation the USI Center for Communal Studies and the University of Southern Indiana/New Harmony Foundation. For more information contact Jan Kahle, education coordinator, at 812/682-4488. Visit www.newharmony.org to download the entire symposium schedule and to learn more about New Harmony. About Historic New Harmony Historic New Harmony′s mission is to preserve New Harmony′s utopian legacy by inspiring renewal and fellowship between people and communities through its programs and collections. Historic New Harmony is a unified program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. For more information on Historic New Harmony, please visit www.newharmony.org. |
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