Welcome to Diálogo
A publication of the Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture, Diálogo seeks to provide an open forum for the community conversations that are necessary to raise awareness of the critical role arts and culture plays in our region's quality of life, economic growth and vitality.
MoreMPAC Presents: Ben Cameron
Mr. Ben Cameron, program director at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and one of the foremost thought leaders in the arts, recently spoke to local arts and culture representatives on the challenges facing arts and culture organizations to stay relevant to attract and retain audiences in today’s ...
MoreCreating and Recreating a City Through Adaptive Reuse
What makes a city significant? Answers might range from moments in history, famous residents, sheer size to location. Or you could say it’s what is between the tall buildings that helps people connect to an urban environment.
That is how Terry Goddard, current Arizona attorney genera...
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CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS
Louise Roman |
Density, density, density.
Cities are trying ‘to grow/plan ’ arts and culture districts from the ground up. This is worthy and needed. But artists want authentic / organic place that have some element of spontaneity too. Density is the commo...
The Honorable Wayne Ecton | City of Scottsdale
The Millennial Generation is addicted to visual stimulation in supersaturated colors computerized figures supplemented by constant sound. Creativity needs “down time” to allow the brain to stop processing all that color and sound and work at “what if” or ...
Karen Churchard | Arizona Tourism Alliance
My wish for the Greater Phoenix arts and culture community in 2007 is for this area to become a destination that is not only recognized for the incredible arts and culture we have now, but to also be seen as one of the pre-eminent cultural destinations of...
The Honorable Wayne Ecton | City of Scottsdale
The cities with their identities named in the question are all major metropolitan cities – not first tier suburbs. Scottsdale, a first tier suburb, has a national identity related to the Sonoran Desert, golf and tourism. The Sonoran Desert is our area’s...
