Program Advisory Committee: Reid Henry, Tim Jones, Peter Kageyama, Linda Quattrin, Pru Robey, Kevin Stolarick,  Kimbery Silk, Carolyn Taylor, Ilse Treunicht, Lisa Torjman, Lillie Zendel

Collaboration Charter Advisory Council: Shelley Black Senior Consultant, Synecticsworld; John Brodhead Senior Advisor, Infrastructure, Transportation and Social Policy, Office of the Premier of Ontario;  L. Robin Cardozo President & CEO, Ontario Trillium Foundation; Hugh Comerford Synecticsworld Community Partner and President, NLP Dojo; Sara Diamond President, OCAD; Julia Deans Executive Director, Toronto City Summit Alliance; Luigi Ferrara Director of the School of Design at George Brown College and the Institute without Boundaries; Paul DeFreitas George Brown College School of Design; Michelle Hotchin Program Coordinator and Project Manager for the Institute without Boundaries at George Brown College; Sandy Houston President, The Metcalfe Foundation Tim Jones President & CEO, Artscape; Peter Kageyama President, Creative Cities Productions; Doug Kerr Consultant; Melinda Lehman President and General Managing Partner, Synecticsworld; Fraser MacDonald Strategic Planning Consultant; Earl Miller Director of Strategic Partnerships, MaRS; Glen Murray CEO, Canadian Urban Institute; Pru Robey Acting Director of Special Projects, Artscape; Kevin Stolarick Director of Research, Martin Prosperity Institute; Tonya Surman CEO, Centre For Social Innovation; Lilie Zendel Senior Officer, City of Toronto-Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

Think Outside the Box Artistic Interventions - Inspired by Darren O’Donnell’s play ‘Boxhead’, Artistic Director Elley-Ray Hennessy has chosen THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX Challenging the grey, matters as the overall artistic theme of Creative Places + Spaces 2009, starting with the Collaborative Dinner on October 28th, to the two full days of conference proceedings thereafter. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX is a series of artistic interventions that offer conference delegates an opportunity to ‘put their heads together’ and challenge their creative selves through a series of mind puzzles, word puzzles, eye illusions and games to reawaken the fearless child within - to make mistakes, take risks and utilize their most precious resource – creativity! For a full listing of participating artists click here....

Conference Team: Tim Jones, Carolyn Taylor, Peter Kageyama, Lillie Zendel, Pru Robey, Elley-Ray Hennessey, Liz Kohn, Chris Higgins, Sue Edworthy, Fana Seife, Alanna Jones, Catherine Paulter, Kimberley Bagayawa, Ray Stedman, Leslie Najgebauer, Steve Fish, Dawn Becker, Gail Burgin, Dianne Weinrib, Tynan Grierson, Amanda Lynne Ballard, P. Marco Veltri,  Maggie Greyson

Interns: Cressida Murrray, Project Coordinator; Melinda Jacobs, Bursaries and Volunteers, Mark Sheibrmayer, Collaborative Dinner Coordinator; Sarah Rafson, Study Tour Coordinator

Volunteers: Kimberly Bagayawa, Adam Ben-Aron, Sharon Caesar, Karen Cantello, Caryl Colton, Luigi Culmone, Barb Davis, Adil Dhalla, Dianne Doan, Mai Duong, Vanessa Gray, Jef Kearns, Catherine Kerr, Jackie Kriekle, Kristen LeBlanc, Alex McDonough, Trevin Muscat, Joseph Muscat, Rosalia Natale, Meri Newton, Rosanna Pizzo, Lisette Purre, Sarah Rafson, Ann Sargent, Mark Scheibmayr, Robyn Syhllit, Rachel Tiano, Deidre Tomlinson.
 

Tim Jones is a champion for the role that the arts play in transforming cities and communities. Under his direction as President and CEO since 1998, Artscape has grown from a Toronto-based affordable studio provider to an internationally recognized leader in city-building through the arts. In Toronto, Tim has played a catalytic role in the redevelopment of the Distillery District and galvanized the vision, interest and investment to create Artscape Gibraltar Point and the award-winning Artscape Wychwood Barns. In Canada and abroad, Tim acts as a consultant and advisor on projects, policy and initiatives and speaks at more than 20 conferences and events each year. He and his colleagues at Artscape are passionately committed to exchanging knowledge with others on how arts, culture and creativity can help make our world more livable, sustainable and prosperous.
www.torontoartscape.on.ca

Carolyn is addicted to grass roots start-ups; in 1986 she launched ArtsWeek for the then Arts Foundation of Greater Toronto, followed by The Word On the Street Book and Magazine Festival in 1990, which grew to 5 cities across Canada during her tenure. After cycling across Canada, she project managed Toronto’s 2008 Olympic Bid Arts, Culture and Youth components, which lead to her next grass roots start-up – a pilot project for an ’08 Bid legacy called World Youth Centre. She has produced concerts, galas and festivals for the culture and heritage sector, national recognition programs for emerging entrepreneurs, large-scale youth gatherings, an Olympic education program and participates on several boards of small to mid-sized culture, and social-change organizations. She is over-the-moon to be part of the 2009 CP+S Production Team (and finds it curious to be writing about herself in the third person!)   FACEBOOK   TWITTER: @ taylorcmt

PETER KAGEYAMA Associate Producer & Programming Consultant

Peter is the co-founder and producer of the Creative Cities Summit, last held in Detroit in 2008. In 2009 he produced and directed a documentary film about Creative City founder Charles Landry. The former President of Creative Tampa Bay, Peter works with community change agents all over the world.

LILIE ZENDEL Associate Producer & Programming Consultant

Lilie Zendel has worked at the forefront of Canada’s international arts scene for over two decades. Prior to joining Toronto’s Cultural Services as Senior Cultural Affairs officer, Lilie spent more than a decade in New York serving as Canada’s cultural representative at the Canadian Consulate. During that time, Lilie developed numerous projects that created exposure and new markets for Canada’s creative community. Before moving to New York City, Lilie was the founding Artistic Director of Toronto’s World Stage theatre festival and a former Executive Director of the Playwrights’ Union of Canada. Currently, much of Lilie’s work is focused on fostering greater public/private dialogue on Toronto’s Creative City agenda.   

Pru has over 20 years experience as a arts manager and promoter, funder and consultant in the arts, culture and creative industries in the United Kingdom and Canada. Since joining Artscape, she has led numerous large scale consulting studies and is co-author of Convergence Centres: Building Capacity for Innovation. As an independent consultant in the UK, Pru advised all tiers of government, higher education, economic and urban regeneration agencies and national and regional arts and heritage organizations on policy and strategic development. www.torontoartscape.on.ca/research

Elley is an ‘incomparable’ thirty year veteran of the arts, with over 215 spectacular shows under her belt. She’s an international, award winning actress, writer, director, producer, teacher and ‘Local Hero’. She has been called, ‘luminary’, ’extraordinary’, ’remarkable’, ’fascinating’ and ‘brilliant’ by the press. Known as the ‘uber-talented one’, she brings ‘true genius’ to all that she tackles. She is currently, working on her third animation feature film for Paramount Pictures, directing and writing Z-Baw for Imagination Films, writing a book about the voice over world (with casting director, Kim Herdon), and working in studio every day doing commercial work, teaching, directing demos and voicing several animation series – Magination, Babar and Bakugan.

Liz has over 17 years experience in the non-profit arts sector working as a communicator, marketer, producer and educator. Liz joined the Artscape team in 2001 and has overseen all marketing and communications initiatives from capital development projects to programming, education, and community relations initiatives. She has been responsible for the marketing and communications for three iterations of Artscape’s highly successful Creative Places + Spaces international conference, as well as numerous Artscape Culture-led Regeneration Workshops. In addition to these roles, she has also been responsible for the development of four Artscape websites, as well as the introduction of social media as a key component of Artscape’s community building activities. Liz has an education in art history and marketing management and proudly volunteers her time with Drawn to Develop, an annual fundraising event benefitting Street Kids International. FACEBOOK TWITTER: @lizzkohn

Chris is the CP+S design + branding maven who contributed to all communication elements including print, web, signage, videography and photography throughout the conference, and daily at Artscape. Chris has been Communications Production Manager at Artscape for the past five years. Prior to that, she was an old school typesetter who progressed to graphic design positions within advertising and corporate training organizations. In her spare time, she is a Lector, a copy editor who despises typos, lower case and the serial comma, a part-time writer and a scooter enthusiast. Chris lives in the great land of Leslieville with her wife and teenaged son. 
Take my jacket, there’s gonna be a racket!    FACEBOOK   TWITTER: @chrishiggins3

Sue is the Marketing Manager at Artscape, responsible for managing marketing and communications initiatives for the company and its properties. For the conference, her role included all aspects of social media integration, including Facebook, Twitter and the Creative Places + Spaces website. In addition Sue writes and edits copy for all our conference e-communications, and is educating our staff and stakeholders on the importance of 21st century social media applications and techniques for Artscape. In her spare time, Sue sits on the Board of Directors for the Toronto Fringe Festival, is Chair of E-Marketing and Communications for Artsvote 2010, and is a regular feature writer for Our Neighbourhood Magazine. She is an arts marketing specialist, and describes herself as a city enthusiast. FACEBOOK    TWITTER: @ suzieqtwo

Fana Seife is Executive Assistant to the President and CEO at Artscape where she is responsible for the overall management of the Executive Office. For CP+S she played a leadership role in staff engagement and was the intermediary between problems, people and solutions. Prior to joining Artscape, Fana worked in film and television and international research ethics. Fana enjoys volunteer fundraising and is a Community Mediator with St. Stephen’s Community House.

Alanna is the Manager of Development for the Artscape Foundation and has been involved in charitable fundraising for the past twenty years for numerous charities that include primarily fine arts and education. Most recently, she was the Director of Development, Faculty of Business, Arts and Design at George Brown College and the University of Toronto’s Senior Development Officer for Innis College. She is the past Director and Treasurer of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Greater Toronto Chapter, has served as the Vice Chair for the Chapters Fundraising Day and is an active speaker at conferences. Accredited with the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation in 1997, Alanna is also a member of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP) and she remains dedicated to meaningful philanthropy and voluntarism in the not for profit sector.

As part of the development team for Creative Places + Spaces, Catherine Pautler was involved with sponsor relations and securing support for the conference. Catherine is a Development Coordinator and Volunteer Manager for Artscape Foundation. She is also a figurative painter, working in oil paints and pastels. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University and a post-graduate Fundraising and Volunteer Management certificate from Humber College. Catherine also volunteers her time to several not-for-profit organizations, including the Children’s Aid Society’s Child Access Program.

Kimberly is a self-proclaimed arts enthusiast and advocate of Toronto’s vibrant arts community. As a professionally trained career counsellor, she also holds an extensive background in film, new media, professional development events and career mentoring programs. Recently, she launched her own social start-up, The Firehouse, to provide career maintenance services to Toronto’s emerging creative practitioners. Through The Firehouse, Kimberly personally works with clients to overcome resistances to the business side of creativity, implement job-search and marketing strategies, create outstanding work, and maintain enthusiasm for their art.

RAY STEDMAN Artscape Wychwood Barns Event Management

Ray Stedman is the General Manager of Event Services and Facilities for Artscape. Ray’s main focus has been the Collaborative Dinner menu and facilitating the Collaborative Dinner at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. Ray has been working in the hospitality industry for 36 years now and started as breakfast cook at the Malaspina Hotel in Nanaimo during the bathtub races.

Leslie acted as Project Coordinator on the CP+S team. She monitored and managed registrations, bloggers and conference promotion and tied up many a loose end. Leslie first developed an interest in collaboration and the interdisciplinary during her undergraduate days at the University of Toronto as a History and Philosophy of Science Major. She holds a certificate in Cultural Management from Humber College and is head over heels in love with her city.

Steven Fish managed stakeholder and delegate relations leading up to CP+S and has supported the production and execution of the conference. Prior to joining Artscape, Steven worked in various Business Development & Sales Management positions and founded Canada’s first ethical shoe shop, Left Feet, in historic Kensington Market. His shop featured an ongoing exhibition of screen-printed art by Serigraphie Populaire and had strong ties to the independent arts community. Steven has called Toronto home for the last 10 years but immediately following CP+S, he will be crossing the country with his three cats to meet up with his wife at The Banff Centre.

Dawn Becker is the lead event planner and owner of BPL Events, a full-service event management company comprised of a close network of experienced professionals with backgrounds in project management, communications, design and audio/visual staging. Dawn has provided results-driven solutions for a broad spectrum of clients, including PEN Canada, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Toronto Community Housing, Centre for Excellence in Research on Immigration and Settlement, Cara Operations, Rogers, Bank of Montreal and Audi, since 1997.

Gail Burgin is a video and conference/events producer who works in all areas of project management from developing creative to managing the on-site technical team. Gail moves seamlessly between the film and event worlds, producing music videos, television commercials, infomercials, television shows, corporate training videos, trade shows, consumer shows, awards shows and major conferences in all the major centres in Canada and in U.S. conference cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Dallas.

Dianne Weinrib founded DW Communications in 1989 and has been servicing the communications needs of the performing arts community ever since. Prior to launching DWC, Dianne worked as the Publicity and/or Marketing Director for Theatre Plus, Toronto Free Theatre and the Canadian Stage Company. Motivated by a strong commitment to the arts, Dianne has earned the respect and trust of the Toronto performing arts community at large and has built an extensive network of the country’s most influential entertainment media. DW Communications has run highly successful campaigns for theatre, dance, contemporary and world music, film, architecture, cultural festivals and more, with projects in virtually every performance venue in Toronto.

Tynan is a writer, racounteur and refugee from the industry of ‘the professionally pretty’. Which is to say, though he has been paid handsomely for people’s perceptions... he takes pains to carry himself like his hair is thinning and remind himself that girls didn’t often talk to him in high school. He’s currently blogging at http://letsmakepolitics.blogspot.com/, and is in development on a book, a radio show/podcast and a tv and on-line show... all the while, refining his jumpshot to boot.

AMANDA LYNNE BALLARD CP+S Photo Blogger

A Toronto based production coordinator, social media marketer and free lance photographer, Amanda Lynne has worked across the country in many facets for the development and promotion of Canadian and International performance art. This summer, Amanda Lynne ran the social media campaign for the Toronto Fringe Festival, in September, she shot the press photography for Shut Up And Show Me Your Tweets (Second City Revue) and is currently working at the Miles Nadal JCC as a production coordinator. When not running events, she is happily cooking up a storm in her kitchen and has recently launched a whole food blog, ToTaste.Ca.

Pasquale Marco Veltri is a filmmaker and photographer. His films have been screened at film festivals across Canada, Europe and Egypt. Active in the art world, Veltri’s photographs have been exhibited in several galleries in Toronto and the surrounding area. www.pmveltri.com

Maggie Greyson, along with the CP+S organizers, has produced a unique collaboration experience especially for this conference. Asking the question, “How will the delegates be collaborating with each other?” the team identified a need for delegate input and feedback on a grand collaboration tool. The design solution presented here dynamically reflects the evolution of involvement, changing environments, and participation requirements over the week. Maggie has recently started a new company called Two-Way Street combining her talents in Interactive Media, New Media Marketing, and Theatre Design for interactive conference marketing. Since receiving a BFA in Design For Theatre, she has worked in Corporate, Not For Profit, and the glorious Arts. Last summer she cycled from Toronto to Montreal, and this year’s challenge was a Scholarship resident of the Banff New Media Institute. In her wild ten years of Theatre Design she worked at Stratford, The Shakespeare’s Globe in London, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, went to Florida State University on a Scholarship, and played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival until she decided to go high-tech with her storytelling as a Resident at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab.

 

Think Outside The Box Artistic Interventions

• Airheart Music
• Arabesque, Whirling Dervish
• Kirtan Band-Meenakshi and Ron Reid: Sanskrit Chanting, SWAHA www.SWAHA.ca
• Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park, ”free your body, free your self” www.bareoaks.ca
• Joanne Camilleri: Belly Dance, Vivace Studios This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Stephani Casino: Singer
• Jamieson Eakin: Guitar and Vocals
• Suzanne Farla : Qigong
• Chere Francoise: Singer, Musician
• Natalie Fullerton and Lara Ebata, Goodness Gracious Fire Dancers
• Deirdre Fulton: Opera Singer
• Ilse Gudino : Flamenco Dancer, Esmeralda Enrique Dance
• Eve Harmen, Lori Scarfarotti, Helen Holtham, Laura Robinson, Elevator Girls
• Heartbeat Music: Electro Trip-Hop Duo
• Dwayne Hill: Voice Over
• Darryl Hogan: Soundscape, Sound Effects, MusicETM STUDIOS
• Garnet Jones: Dance Coordinator
• Ryan Kelly, Dave Tomlinson, Ian Provis, Sharon Digenova: Running Crew of Installations
• Ryan Kelly, Hallelujah Chorus and Flash Dance
• Cindy Kimov: Highland Dance
• Kaitlin Kimov: Bagpipe
• Travis Knight: Tap
• Evelyn Koop: Rhythmic Olympic Gymnastics
• Athena Lamarre and Angola Murdoch: Aerial Hoop, A Girl in the Sky Productions www.agirlinthesky.com
• Brandy Leary: Aerial Rope
• Christina Lee-Samara: Belly Dance
• Christina Lee-Samara: Fan Dance
• Anisa Misaljevic and Emese Dosa: Performance Art www.ANADance.ca
• Greg More: Multi Media, Quotes
• Muhtadi Drummers
• Lee Pham: Break Dancer www.supernaturalz.com
• Christopher Plock: Sax, Jack Zorawski: Bass, Dan Ionescu: Guitar, Jazz Trio
• Alison Porter: Violin
• Alison Porter, Suzie McKenney and Lisa Olafson: Trio, Dirty Dishes
• Sabrina Pringle: Aerial Silks
• Randolph Youth Company www.randolphacademy.com
• Laura Robinson: Guitar and Vocals
• Shadowland Theatre: Stilters, Shadow Boxheads www.shadowlandtheatre.ca
• Shibaten, New World Music www.shibaten.com and www.shibatenspirits.com
• Patrick Sweeney: Voice Over
• Jamie Thompson: Flute, Max Scheinin: Violin, Lucas Tensen: Cello, Walkie Talkie Trio urbanfluteproject.com
• May Lee Todd: Harp
• Allison Toffan and Travis Knight: Tap Dance
• David Tomlinson, Hallelujah Chorus and Flash Dance
• Christopher Wilson: Tap/Opera Fusion-DACAPO PRODUCTIONS www.da-capo.ca