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This interactive workshop will educate participants in the fundamentals of resilient empowerment, & have them apply these principles to the conception of their own public design workshops. Operation Resilient Living & Innovation (ORLI+) will present attendees with a suite of community engagement strategies, designed to maximize collaboration with underserved populations & leverage local assets to grow a resilient society. To maximize the impact of this event, real-world scenarios will be incorporated, with the goal of presenting actionable outcomes for local at-risk communities. ORLI+ will conduct the following activities during the workshop: (1) ice-breaker to illustrate deficiencies of standard community design workshops, (2) presentation of model community workshop objectives & strategies, (3) presentation of case-study workshop scenarios by local/regional community leaders, (4) break-out case study analysis & workshop design by participants, & (5) presentation & discussion of proposed methodologies.
This existing workshop model promotes the expansion of a typical conference program, drawing connections between local communities & professionals, & visiting experts. ORLI+ believes this enhanced & focused interaction can serve as a model for increasing the impact of architects & designers in their local communities (and vice-versa), leveraging the conference platform towards actionable, resilient community engagement & development.
Civic Art Lab 2017 is the third iteration of the project, designed as a pop-up gallery & workshop space in the East Village at Avenue C & 7th Street. Our programming will continue to be low cost for full registrants & free for individual registrants. These workshops, talks, & exhibitions are designed by volunteer artists, designers, & teachers who lead investigations into diverse themes such as: creative re-use; urban agriculture; sustainable architecture; health & well-being, & environmental justice, to name a few. Civic Art Lab is hosted by GreenspaceNYC (www.greenspacenyc.org), a non-profit collaborative that develops & curates free educational programming, hands-on workshops, & public design projects that encourage dialogue, enliven public spaces, & promote the future of more equitable & sustainable cities.
Co-Directors / GREENSPACENYC + Civic Art Lab: Laura Scherling, Jeff Kasper
Organizers: Dan Horn, Marcus Wilford
Sponsors: Creations Gallery, Material for the Arts (NYC Office of Cultural Affairs), ORLI
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