PROJECT 6: Who's Louisville?

WHO’S LOUISVILLE ?

PROJECT

6

January 29 – March 27, 2015

General Programming Overview

Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast • Conversations will be based on updated versions of questions used by Ben Franklin in his Leather Apron Society (The Junto).

OpenSource “Think Tank” Question, Partnered with LEO Weekly • #WhoLou will be used on all related social media to propose questions that help to collectively identify opportunities for creative placemaking across the Louisville economy.

• Throughout the exhibition, interdisciplinary groups will convene to discuss the open source opportunities submitted by the community. Groups will consist of stakeholders across class and sectors.

• Generated information will be used as source material for helping to create the IDEAS Creative Chamber of Commerce political advocacy platform and to develop new creative placemaking projects.

Cultural Events To Highlight Louisville’s Creative Economy • Artist talks, exhibit openings, performances, small concerts, etc. Many of the featured artists will be those with whom IDEAS is currently working on both our ArtPlace America grant (Creative Innovation Zone) and also our NEA “Our Town” grant (XLerateART).

Examples of featured artists from outside Louisville include Man Bartlett, Koren Shadmi, Jakub Szczesny, Alex Schweder and Urban Matter. An emphasis on inclusion of the local artist community will also be a central focus.

Other Who’s Louisville? events at Zephyr Gallery include: • First Friday Trolley Hop: February 6 and March 6, 6-9pm • IDEAS Monthly MIX + PIVOT: IDEAS artist-entrepreneur networking event, 5:307:30pm • AMPED Recording Booth will be actively schedule and record live performances and oral histories in a pop up studio in the gallery space and offer a series of Musician Round Tables (MRT).

• The Awesome School: 1-hour public Skype conversations with ArtPlace America grantees from outside of Louisville doing awesome things in the field of creative placemaking. The sessions will be free and open to anyone who wishes to learn about different creative platemaking strategies based on the new ArtPlace matrix, March 9 through March 12, 8-9am.

• Industry Focused Roundtables: Who's Louisville? will gather industry professionals and a cross-sector group of community members to explore topics including healthcare, manufacturing and entrepreneurship.

Visit www.ideaslouisville.com/events-calendar for a detailed exhibition schedule of all Who’s Louisville? events.

PROJECT 6:

Who’s Louisville?

The Intention of a Bridge:

Artists Working at the Nexus of Culture and Marketplace When a group of artists assume leadership of a chamber of commerce, a legacy of break-the-mold programs at the nexus of culture and marketplace begins to take shape and new pathways to opportunity begin to open.

Artists have valuable insights and skills that can benefit neighborhoods, businesses and policy makers. IDEAS is developing a new, central role for these skills to be used in shaping our city’s future.

From helping mature industry leaders become more competitive, to catalyzing community revitalization, to workforce development, IDEAS is an organization that is making Louisville a place where artists are becoming embedded into the very fabric of the city’s new approach to building a just, sustainable economy.

IDEAS is an entrepreneurial organization. We place a high value on experimentation as a necessary component of innovation. While our methods may differ from current business, community development and artistic practices, we respect differing viewpoints and, when possible, strive to find common ground for collaboration.

Our creative network of local, regional and national members brings a unique mix of perspectives and political realism combined with an interest in policy innovation -helping us become a new source of pragmatic and creative initiatives that integrate across many sectors of the Louisville economy.

Ultimately, our goal is to be a creative catalyst enabling Louisville to move forward while succeeding socially, culturally, and economically.

IDEAS is a new kind of “bridge” organization combining culture and business with the goal of making the promise of Louisville real for every Louisvillian. Our Louisville values diversity, nurtures creativity and believes in fairness.

The Who’s Louisville? Project is a two-month dialogue to further cultivate a network of allies, to have frank discussions and to promote inclusive practices for creating the best Louisville possible.

All of us at IDEAS look forward to sharing this experimental journey with you - even where there may be differences because in the end, even our differences can be the foundation of a wall or the intention of a bridge.

Sincerely, Theo Edmonds IDEAS, Founding Director

February Schedule FOCUS CLUSTER #1: PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS Feb 3-6 Lifelong Wellness & Aging

Tuesday, 2/3: MIX + PIVOT @ Zephyr Gallery, 5:30-7:30pm

Wednesday, 2/4: Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am

Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm

Project 6 Opening Reception with Man Bartlett

Music by AMPED Friday, 2/6:

Feb 9-13 Healthcare

Wednesday, 2/11:

First Friday Trolley Hop, 6-9pm Artist Talk, 7-8pm Man Bartlett, IDEAS Feature Artist Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am

Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm Sexual Selfie: A Glimpse of Sexuality Co-presented by Sara Choate and Beth Henson, Sexual Selfie examines sexuality more holistically, beyond simply behavior; the ‘glimpse’ through a mini lesson and demo of our parts (vulva and penis puppets) will offer a widerscope of ourselves as sexual beings. Squallis Puppeteers presents selections from Too Much Information: puppet talk shows about puberty, relationships and changing bodies. Featuring: Nora Christensen and Shawn Hennessey. Participating artists include Lance Newman, Leonard Bulletz, Jenna Anklebrand, and Jessica Bellamy.

Start Up / Entrepreneur Roundtable, 5:30-7:30pm Fresh on the heels of securing 5 million in venture capital funding, Louisville’s own Alex Frommeyer of Beam Technologies, curates a variety of other high impact tech entrepreneurs from around the region for a provocative panel discussion around trends in consumer tech, finding talent and funding, and the future for the Midwest startup scene.

Friday, 2/13:

Feb 16-21 Public Safety

Wednesday, 2/18:

Friday, 2/20:

Saturday, 2/21:

Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am Healthcare Industry Roundtable and Walking Gallery Exhibit, 5:30-7:30pm

Roots & Wings Poetry Jam, 5:30-7:30pm Lance Newman & Poets and Hand Made Book Show Music by AMPED

Bookmaking Workshop with Steam Exchange, 10:30am-12:30pm MRT Topic#1 - Musicians Collaborative, 1-3pm Considering the use of social capital as an exchange for services. The example would be that musicians, vocalist, spoken word artist, audio engineers, photographers, videographers, etc. would offer their services to each other in return for the services of others.

FOCUS CLUSTER #2: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS Feb 23-28 Youth Development

Wednesday, 2/25: Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am

Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm

Women in Performance co-hosted by Stacy Bailey-Ndiaye

Thursday, 2/26:

TEDx Kick-Off Reception @ Zephyr, 5-7pm Performance by AMPED

Friday, 2/27 :

Bridge-Kids & KRM FirstFriends Louisville Screen Printing Event with Steam Exchange

Saturday, 2/28:

TEDx @ University of Louisville, 9am-12pm MRT Topic#2 – The Business of Music, 1-3pm Discussing best practices for marketing. The use of digital media and technology for marketing. Old versus new in the digital age.

Explore new ideas and techniques for effective marketing.

March Schedule Mar 2-7

Mar 9-14

Agriculture Tuesday 3/3:

MIX+PIVOT @ Louisville Ballet, 5:30-7:30pm

Wednesday 3/4:

Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm Double Header- Sarah Owens Artist Talk & Botanica: "Health, Education and Sustainability – The Real Need for the Waterfront Botanical Gardens"

Friday 3/6:

First Friday Trolley Hop, 6-9pm Sarah Owens, IDEAS Feature Artist & Botanica exhibit Meet those behind the waterfront botanical gardens and take a drone tour.

Saturday 3/7:

MRT Topic #3 – Economic Power of Music, 1-3pm Dispelling the myth of the starving artist. Does money dilute the creativity in music? Does making money make you a sellout?

How to get the listener to value and fairly compensate your craft?

Human Services Monday-Thursday 3/9-3/12:

The Awesome School Coffee and Creative Placemaking, 8am – 9am

Wednesday 3/11:

Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm Koren Shadmi Artist Talk and Display

Saturday 3/14:

AMPED Live Recordings, 3-7pm Local and visiting musicians as well as the general public will be invited to record live at IDEAS in the AMPED Mobile Recording Booth.

FOCUS CLUSTER #3: MANUFACTURING

Mar16-21

Mar 23-27

Maker Culture Wednesday 3/18:

Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am Cultural Event, 5:30-7:30pm Artist Jakub Szczesny’s “The Louisville Table” Presentation/Dinner Also featuring art by Andrew Hyslop, Robert Mitchell, and Terrence Humphrey

Thursday 3/19:

Manufacturing Roundtable, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday 3/20:

Urban Matter, Inc. Artist Talk and Launch Party, 5-8pm

Saturday 3/21:

AMPED Music Mash Up: East Meets West, 1-5pm We will bring together musicians from different areas of Louisville and ask that they perform together on a selected song and those songs will be recorded live at IDEAS.

Technology, Logistics and eCommerce Wednesday 3/25: Who’s Louisville? Livestream Webcast, 8-9am Economic Development & Creative Placemaking Roundtable, 5:30-7:30pm Friday 3/27:

Who’s Louisville? Culminating Event, 5:30-7:30pm

Zephyr Gallery Artist Partners

Artist Board

Patrick Donley Peggy Sue Howard Chris Radtke Michael Ratterman Brenda Wirth

Ken Hayden Matt Meers Robert Mitchell Joel Pinkerton Letitia Quesenberry Reba Rye

PROJECT 6: Who’s Louisville?

Theo Edmonds Josh Miller Hannah Morgan Robert Mitchell Chris Radtke Peggy Sue Howard Funding Organizations • ArtPlace America • National Endowment for the Arts • The Educational Foundation of America

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Operational Partners • YouthBuild Louisville • Residency Unlimited (Brooklyn, NY)

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Key Collaborators • LEO Weekly • AMPED • Kertis Creative • Switcher Studio Participating Organizations • People for the American Way • Bridge Kids International

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Co-Curator Co-Curator Project Manager Graphic Designer Exhibition Co-Coordinator Exhibition Co-Coordinator

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Metro Louisville Office for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods XLerateHealth Louisville Commission On Public Art (COPA) TEDxUofL University of Louisville Center for Women and Families Steam Exchange Botanica GE FirstBuild Beam Technologies Uproar Labs Louisville Ballet ACLU Fairness Campaign The Kentucky Center

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SpreadLove Enterprise BlueBoi Entertainment Wiltshire Pantry Kentucky to the World,Inc.

Featured Artists • Man Bartlett • Koren Shadmi • Jakub Szczesny • Alex Schweder • Sarah Owens • Urban Matter • Squallis Puppeteers • Nora Christensen • Shawn Hennessey • Sara Choate • Beth Henson • Robert Mitchell • Andrew Hyslop • Terrence Humphrey • Lance Newman • Leonard Bulletz • Jenna Anklebrand • Jessica Bellamy

Participating Musicians AMPED is providing music programming throughout the exhibition. The central part of this programming will be the Musicians Round Table (MRT). Each round table will end with a jam session. Vocalist, musicians, etc. would perform while videographers and photographers document the event. At the closing ceremony of the Zephyr Project the videographers and photographers will display the work that they created during the roundtable.

The mission of Zephyr Gallery is to serve as a platform to incubate, advocate, and facilatate innovative ideas in art and artistic practices in the region. In 2014, Zephyr launched an ongoing Project series with curated proposal-based exhibitions as well as collaborations with universities, colleges, and cultural institutions. Project 6: Who’s Louisville? is the sixth exhibition in this series.

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