Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas的动态

I've seen/read stories like this to ask how financially wise are these "colleges and universities"? If you have endowments worth $billions, in down-slow-low inflow to addicted funds, you lean your #expenditures, tap &/or take #profits from #investments You don't sell #assets that if you stay in #education biz you'll always need housing... #RE-valuations go up & down, #assets stay or ought to! Who is advising these #college & #university #boards & #pres.; #realtors for #commission?

There’s a lot to see in Knoxville, and especially on the University of Tennessee campus: the Sunsphere, the Hill, Circle Park, the Smokey statues - and the graffiti. It’s hard to imagine a city without it, let alone a college campus. Central to going to college is the concept of legacy: alum, legacy admissions, fraternities and sororities, etc. Graffiti is no different. Through it, one can see years in the past, sometimes decades, and nowhere is that more true than in Knoxville. Through the placement of the art, the time, and the direction it faces, one can glean oodles of information about the who, what, when, where, and why of a specific piece. The why, of course, is the all-important question at hand. Why did they place this piece here? Artists like Limer BW and Fusion enjoy artistic freedom in their work, making their city feel more at home via their art. Others, like UT’s Progressive Student Alliance and Turning Point USA, use it to enact political messaging, while others like WOZO Radio use graffiti to advertise their station. This all requires the graffiti to not be cleaned up - something few are keen to let happen, bar the actual street artists. One custodian spoke about her more than 30 years working in UT’s residence halls and her take on student street art, and her perspective was shocking- you can see the interview here on YouTube. https://lnkd.in/e4YFvyav

Parallel one way streets... We have within the map of our lives innumerable streets of disposition that intersect with one another. Love and Adventure intersect on romantic getaways. Stubborn and Independence intersect when we refuse to read the furniture assembly manual. (#piecesleftover) Fly into the beautiful city of Chicago at night and you’ll get a wonderful representation of the matrixed grid that are formed by these intersections. But some dispositions don’t intersect. Geometry tells us that they must therefore run in parallel. Tradition and Imagination are two such dispositions, which run in parallel on one way streets that go in opposite directions. They don’t (easily) intersect, nor do they go in the same direction. READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/gX9NyMT9

This is gorgeous! And an excellent example of how to visually, clearly and accessibly communicate your organisations personal impact to your community (i.e. the people your practice actually serves!) without spreadsheets of jargon. Please open the link to fully understand why I adore this ??

Doorways to Hope | Tulsa, OK | 24-Repurposed Doors, Painted Murals, Lighting, Q-Codes / Interactivity Gordon works with artist and visual anthropologist Marlon Hall to honor those who lost their lives in the Tulsa Massacres of 1921. With this project, their goal is to reposition and honor the voices and experiences generations of Black Tulsans who, despite horrific violence, urban displacement, societal ignorance, discrimination and disregard, have survived, flourished and embody the principles of hope, equality, and community. Doorways to Hope is an assemblage of images and sounds, art and stories, color and light that will result in a multi-layered experience for the viewer. The four underpasses of Elgin Avenue provide the opportunity for enlightening and multi-sensory experiences. Whether on foot, bike or in a car, Tulsans can engage with the Doorways to Hope in a variety of ways, transitorily or through a deeper immersion. No matter the level of engagement, this project brings beauty, light and a sense of hope to an underutilized space. Community Engagement The language, vision and images of the Tulsa community are an integral part of Doorways to Hope. Community engagement is an essential component of public art and for this opportunity, it is paramount. Archival research, cultural artifacts, photography, word prompts and storytelling are the source material for the visual and audio experiences of this installation. With the implementation of QR Codes, the full range of expression and experience is accessible to the entire community. The underpasses of Elgin Avenue will serve as living archives for the expressions, faces, words and stories collected from the community of Tulsa. The goal is both to reflect and activate the deepest expression of hope in Tulsa. #blackhistorymonth This project was made possible by the Oklahoma Arts Council Art in Public Places program with funding from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. @artscouncilokc https://lnkd.in/gAywJAcw

Read about the installation of the Regent Classic organ at St. Etheldreda's in Hatfield, and the new organ speaker system. #DigitalOrgans #ChurchOrgans https://lnkd.in/ek8MsFzA

Hey folks, check out this fascinating blog post about how designer Scott Pask turned his Arizona home into a creative oasis. You'll be inspired by how he brings the desert spirit to life. Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/e1Ziaqm

The Fox Theater in Oakland was the subject of a $75 million dollar renovation in 2009 that restored the architecture and decorative detailing to its original splendor, and installed audio, lighting and stage equipment appropriate for a 2,800-seat venue that could host nationally and internationally known musicians. Like all of the Fox theaters that were built across the US in the first part of the 20th century, the Fox Oakland has a wild mix of medieval and moorish architectural decoration that is executed with a such a high level of craft, attention and sincere fondness, that it escapes being pastiche. As part of this renovation, the Fox building also added facilities to house the Oakland School for the Arts, a charter performing, visual and literary arts magnet middle and high school whose student population is as ethnically, culturally and economically diverse as Oakland is. I can think of few American cities that have such a unique building in their city centers with such a remarkably varied life and function during the course of the day and week. Downtowns across America are struggling to re-invent themselves right now and there’s likely two, three, maybe five years for many of our downtowns to find their footing again- quite likely as much more economically diversified and mixed-use than their previous selves. Downtown Oakland especially, sitting within a city with so much community vulnerability and economic disparity, is feeling the current pain. I have to be believe though, that those downtowns that are historically mixed-use, and understand the value in investing in arts, and culture, and education, and housing, and preserving and fighting for local businesses that are representative of their population, will be rewarded in this next chapter. Oakland has a scrappy and beautiful downtown that is perennially on the verge of greatness and the Fox theatre, and the Oakland School for the Arts are a special part of a future legacy that achieves that greatness. Extra special for me tonight as I watch my daughter and her friends and classmates, perform onstage for their graduation show. #Oakland #OSA #OaklandSchoolfortheArts #FoxTheater #mixeduse #downtown #urbanplanning #metamorphosis

We at CWA and CES have shared several stories regarding the use of public art to create more community within the built environment. We are proud to reside in an area of Michigan that considers this an important part of society. That, however, hasn't always been the case. The following Concentrate article is the first of two pieces that covers the topic of public art. "The question of public art — what it is, what it should look like, what its purpose might be, who should pay for it, and who gets to decide any of those matters — has never been a simple one in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, or anywhere else, for that matter." Follow this link to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/epmqGJGV #planning #future #publicart #community #builtenvironment #empower #beauty

Discover how UCF’s School of Visual Art and Design transformed “The Vault,” their small storage space, with solutions from Patterson Pope. Using art racks, mobile shelving, and more, they created a space where students can easily access and interact with the art. https://hubs.la/Q02FhmZr0