Creative City Tucson

1)  Next Creative City meeting: Monday May 18th 6:00 1013 S. Tyndal- Rhythm Industry

2) Pop-up Spaces May 9th 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 Sat. 63 East Congress

3) Sat, Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday- 6-9 drawing Life drawing. $ 7 bring your own supplies.

Agenda-

Creative City: Mission one sentence:
TPAC Public Forum:
Immediate Artist Needs:

PLAY- support is encouraged however no action item

Overview of last meeting:
We want to be all things to all people- documents were supposed to be generated and were not. Creative challenge events:  were addressed, to engage the greater community in easily approachable art making. Mission statement making was discussed.
Working on other projects for other arts groups: example: if the drawing studio needs organization systems, like graphics on the wall to organize. Our purpose: To engender good will in the community and have a success story-
Sharing- Green Jobs initiative: Tony Novelli wants to invite: Van Jones to Tucson to screen his film.
Green Energy initiative should play a
Green jobs initiatives: Potential of growth Creative City
Creative Collective conciousness: arts = wellbeing, services: how to tap into the creative process for organizations that need a think tank or creative brain trust. Having an arts campaign to promote the arts in a visually active campaign. Example:
Showing before an after with and or without art- arts intervention.
Creative City could projects to create the habit of acknowledgement: establish a localized visual civic life.
Right Brain Rising: Book reference.
Idea: DIY lifestyle: oral traditions are part of our unique sense of identity- and distinctiveness. Manifestation: Native Seed Search. Authenticity.

ACTION ITEM

TPAC- Meet at 5:00 p.m. West Main Entrance of TCC will additional supporters
All will wear red.
Props could be:         Ribbons
Clothes pins- Safety pins
Mission: Creative Cities: can host up to three representatives for three min. or each artist can represent yourselves with a – Final closing statement: I am a representative Creative City.
Messaging -Allies in making Tucson the Arts and Cultural
Cultural Tourism Destination

Mission – Envisioning session:
Creativity, Community, Renewal
Creative Renewable Tucson
Collaborating for a
Vision: Matching bringing together
Possibilities and resources
Advocacy
Open Source information sharing
Obama listening: Monday May 4th Ventana Room at U or A.