A program designed to explore how art and culture can help impact and support better area transportation issues will be held on Friday, November 4, from 9 AM – Noon at the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff Street, Scranton.
This forum is being jointly presented by the Lackawanna County Arts & Culture Department and the Scranton Area Community Foundation. This seminar is the fourth installment of a series exploring the impact the arts have on various segments of our society and its operating environment.
The final session, entitled Art for Social Change: Focus on Transportation, was formulated to examine how art and cultural activities can be interjected to help various challenges within the transportation sector, including improved public transportation, non-motorized options, connecting populations in need with services, and ensuring visitors can navigate the area quickly and easily. Originally only three forums were planned, but transportation issues and questions arose at the other forums on health, economy and environment so an additional session was organized focusing solely on transportation.
“Transportation is huge issue for this area, and it runs through all facets such as connecting people to services and tourism and creating a healthier environment. Art and the artistic process can be a great catalyst for creative solutions ranging from design, innovative partnerships for projects, and public education,” and explained Maureen McGuigan, the County’s Deputy Director for Arts & Culture.
“Transportation challenges impact many people in our community. From access to health care, social services, and the arts and culture, it is clearly an issue that deserves increased focus and attention,” explained Laura Ducceschi, Scranton Area Community Foundation President & CEO.
The Foundation and the Arts & Culture Department decided to organize the roundtable discussions with the intent of bringing together government agencies and foundation leaders along with the business community, nonprofits, educators and civic leaders to foster an understanding of how cultural and creative expression has the means to create deep, lasting and measurable community-wide social change. The goal of the series was to generate new ideas, bring about new actions, and inspire the participants to create visions for growth.
The roundtable discussions are by invitation only and are limited to the first 40 respondents.
For more information, please contact Ms. McGuigan at 570.963.6590, ext. 102, or [email protected].
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