On Friday 13th April Futurecity Founder Mark Davy will be delivering the Keynote Address at the First Essex County Arts & Culture Summit in Massachusetts. His speech will draw on his worldwide expertise in creative placemaking to address the increasing role of cross-sector partnerships in the planning of creatively vibrant communities.
The annual countywide summit will bring together artists, nonprofits, businesses and municipal leaders, donors and the general community to learn, connect and collaborate during a full-day of meaningful discussion, workshops and networking.
The summit forms a key strand of the Creative County Initiative, a two-year pilot initiative led by Essex County Community Foundation in partnership with the Barr Foundation, providing more than $750,000 in funding that will seek to:
- Create a regional voice for arts and culture in Essex County.
- Transform our cities and towns by promoting the importance of arts and culture in community development.
- Increase arts and cultural experiences that celebrate diversity, bring about social equityand ensure inclusion for all in the arts.
- Support artists and the creative economy.
- Elevate Essex County as a vibrant, creative place to live and work.
http://eccf.org/creative-county
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