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The Foundation is proud to provide co-sponsorship and promotional support to free events in the Hennepin County Library system and throughout the community that are aligned with our mission to promote life-long learning and intellectual discovery.

Creative Placemaking: Challenges and Opportunities in 2011

Friday, September 9, 1:30 - 3 PM
Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Come to a panel discussion on "creative place making in the current environment" with Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. The prestigious panel will also include Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak; Sarah Harris, Chief Operating Officer of the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District; and Tom Borrup, Principal of Creative Community Builders.The discussion will be moderated by Tom Fisher, Professor of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

The NEA recently awarded 51 "Our Town" grants nationwide which focus on "Creative Placemaking," a process and initiative that encourages partners from both the public and private sectors to come together to strategically shape the social, physical and economic character of a neighborhood, town, city or region around arts and cultural activities. Hennepin Theatre Trust received an "Our Town" grant to lead the planning process to re-invent Hennepin Avenue. Partners including the Walker Art Center, Artspace and the City of Minneapolis will collaboratively develop an arts-inspired cultural corridor stretching from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to the historic State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres and the Mississippi Riverfront.

Co-presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust.

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Exhibit Opening Program and Reception

Thursday, June 30, 2011, 6:30 - 8 PM
Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

In 1886, the citizens of Hennepin County broke ground to build the first free public library for our community. Throughout its history, our Library has strived to meet the needs of its changing and growing population and to stay on the forefront of technological advances. Come celebrate 125 years of library service in Hennepin County and learn about the history and future of public libraries through a new exhibition opening this summer at the Minneapolis Central Library's Cargill Hall. Examining the changing ways libraries have served our community from 1886 to today, this exhibit explores the unique ways readers, children, families, multicultural groups, and the business community have used the Library's services. The opening program will feature a Mill City Museum's History Player (portraying Gratia Countryman, the first woman to head the Library in our community), as well as a presentation from the Library's current director, Lois Langer Thompson.

Exhibit opens June 30 and runs through September.

June 30 program schedule:

  • 6:30 PM: Gallery opening in Cargill
  • 7:00 PM: "Past, Present and Future of Libraries" program in Pohlad Hall
  • 7:40 PM: Reception and more gallery viewing



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This project was funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.