Jason Schupbach Presentation
Friday, July 26th, 2013
Cleveland Institute of Music, Mixon Hall
8.30-10am
National expert to speak with Cleveland’s arts and culture sector on placemaking
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC)’s Arts and Culture Roundtable
CLEVELAND – Jason Schupbach, Director of Design Programs, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will present at CPAC’s Arts and Culture Roundtable on Friday, July 26, 2013. Schupbach will share his insights on national trends in creative placemaking, and placemaking projects that have been funded by the NEA, including those in Cleveland.
As Director of Design Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, Schupbach manages a $10 million annual portfolio of design and creative placemaking grants and initiatives. He also serves as national liaison to and steward for the design and creative placemaking fields for the Federal government and manages a number of design leadership initiatives including the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, Governors’ Institute on Community Design and Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design.
The event will take place Friday, July 26, 2013, from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mixon Hall. Registration and information is available at http://
The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. For more information on the NEA please visit http://www.nea.gov.
CPAC’s Arts and Culture Roundtable is a forum to connect members of the arts and culture sector with one another, and those outside of arts and culture, around issues of civic and common cause. The first three Roundtables in the 2013 series featured Hunter Morrison, Executive Director of Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium Initiative, Terrance C.Z. Egger, President and Publisher of The Plain Dealer, and Kelly J. Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning officer for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Future Roundtables will take place at locations throughout greater Cleveland, at 8:30 a.m. on September 27 and November 22.
CPAC is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to strengthening, unifying and connecting greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector. CPAC provides counsel and research to foster a more informed dialogue between representatives of the arts and culture sector and public leaders concerning arts and culture’s role in the region’s development. It also supports the advancement of artists, arts and culture professionals and other civic leaders through an array of programs and services. For more information, please visit www.CultureForward.org.
CPAC is generously supported by The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The Kulas Foundation and The John P. Murphy Foundation. CPAC is funded in part by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund CPAC with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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