Join Artist Candy Chang September 21, 2012

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August 29, 2012

Candy Chang is coming to Santa Fe September 21

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Creative Santa Fe: Imagined Futures

Presents Candy Chang

Candy Chang is coming to Santa Fe as the keynote speaker for the RE:MIKE event, a pop-up revitalization of St. Michael's Drive, on September 21, 2012. She will discuss how art can be used in communities to improve public spaces and revolutionize how we interact in our communities.

Chang's presentation is part of our ongoing effort to catalyze sustainable urban enrichment projects through convening a broad spectrum of leaders from creative, cultural, social, scientific, business, and economic sectors. Read more.

September 21, 2012

6:00 pm

M & J Event Center

1708 A St. Michael's Drive

(next to Rob and Charlie's Bike Shop)

Tickets $10, Students $5

www.ticketssantafe.org or call 988-1234

Candy Chang is an artist interested in making cities more emotional. She believes in the potential of sharing more in public space to improve our lives. She is a TED Senior Fellow, a Tulane Urban Innovation Fellow, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and was named a "Live Your Best Life" Local Hero by Oprah Magazine. By combining street art with activism and contemplation, she has been recognized for exploring ways our public space can help us learn more from one another and improve our well-being.

With a powerful combination of activism and street art, Chang has a vibrant reputation of perceiving new strategies in public spaces. After working with communities worldwide, she began to question the limitations we have in sharing wisdom and resources with our neighborhood. Chang's purposed questions rapidly lead to experiments with her neighbors and the spaces surrounding her.

It's Good to Be Here, New Orleans. Photo: Civic Center.

Some of Chang's most recent projects include It's Good to Be Here around places of emotional connection in New Orleans, and I Wish This Was on vacant storefronts -- an idea that further developed into Neighborland, a tool to help people come together to improve their communities.

Chang also created Before I Die on an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans for people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space. The Atlantic called it "one of the most creative community projects ever."

Buy Your Tickets Now!	Candy Chang September 21, 2012 6:00 pm M & J Event Center 1708 A St. Michael's Drive (next to Rob and Charlie's Bike Shop)
General Admission $10 / Student Admission $5 Purchase HERE

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