Culture, Creativity and the City Town Hall Meeting is an opportunity to discuss the cultural policy issues relevant to artists, cultural workers, and community members, elected officials, youth, and others, to learn from the successes and failures of other cities and to help define our aspirations for the next administration.

This meeting is intended to draw together and build consensus in the cultural communities and creative sector about the key policies that the next mayoral administration may consider in terms of promising practices as they relate to the creative sector's principles. Its theme is centered on the connection of creative workers and city government.

The Panelists are representatives from cities highlighted in the RAND Report, "Art in the Metropolis: Strategies for Sustainability":

• Dr. Dwight D. Walth, D.M.A., Director of Grants Services and Community Initiatives, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
• Dr. Erin Trapp, Director - Office of Art, Culture & Film - City of Denver
• Randi Vega, Director of Cultural Affairs, Baltimore of Promotion and the Arts
• Moderator: Cecelia Fitzgibbon, Director, Arts Administration Program, Drexel University

For more information, please visit www.culturecreativityandthecity.com or contact Matty Hart at matty@mistermatty.com.

Additional Materials

• RAND Corporation: Arts & Culture in the Metropolis 
• Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: News digest of recent stories on the RAND study
• William Penn Foundation: Feature Interview with Kevin McCarthy, RAND's principal researcher on the report