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Rick Lowe (credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Changing Saskatoon Neighbourhoods

A public conversation with artist and community organizer Rick Lowe

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Neighbourhood development or gentrification? Rejuvenation or white-washing? What’s going on in Riversdale, Pleasant Hill and nearby neighbourhoods? How do current residents imagine the future of their communities? Come hear Project Row Houses founder Rick Lowe and local artists, affordable housing advocates, activists and neighbourhood residents discuss the role of art and creativity in education, social safety nets, housing and culture. Join the conversation with your ideas and questions!

Friday, Sept. 9
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Friendship Inn, 619 20th Street West
Free admission; tea and bannock will be served

Rick Lowe is an internationally acclaimed Houston-based artist and community organizer. Lowe is also present at an event in Saskatoon on Wednesday, Sept. 7 titled Exploring Social and Community-Engaged Art.

Sponsored by the U of S Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity; AKA artist-run; Canada Council for the Arts; City of Saskatoon’s Public Art Advisory Committee; Great Places; Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; PAVED Arts; TRIBE; and the U of S Office of Community Engagement and Outreach.

For more information, contact jen.budney@shaw.ca or ryan.walker@usask.ca.


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