Saturday, April 12, 2014
Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, TX
4–5:30 p.m panel discussion; 5:30–7 p.m. reception

Moderated by Dr. Maxwell L. Anderson, the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, this panel focused on the international urban movement that fuses city planning initiatives with the development and construction of municipal cultural entities. This new model for economic and cultural development has spawned freshly conceived cultural districts that combined represent some $250 billion in current investment, with more than 100 such districts rising from the ground or in the planning stages around the globe

PANELISTS
Adrian Ellis, Director, AEA Consulting
Katie Dixon, Director of Special Projects, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center
Susan Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director, New Orleans Museum of Art

“Cultural Districts: A Rising Tide” was organized by the American Federation of Arts in association with the Business Council for the Arts. Generous funding for this program was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Corporate sponsorship was provided by Christie’s and The Fairmont Dallas. Media sponsorship was provided by artnet.