What does it mean to plan for artistic creativity, or to design a city as a site for artistic innovation? How do we trace the blockages as well as the flows between planning and performance? And what about wider cultural questions? Should art create sites of exclusively secular, civic expression, or do art and religion become mutually useful resources in a region as diverse as that of the GTA? Join the discussion at these two free events.

9.30-4.00 Community Research Workshop - check the link for details of our diverse presenters and respondents

5.30-7.30 Public Forum - a panel discussion with visual artist Jamelie Hassan, dancer and dance teacher Melissa Noventa, and performing artist and educator Sashar Zarif. Moderator for the discussion is Charles C. Smith of Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario.