Outcomes and Sustainability
Curious about the outcomes of Catalyzing Newport and the sustainability of the Catalyzing Culture model. Check out our new Catalyzing Culture Initiative Report for more details.
NEWS & EVENTS
In the News: The Five Senses of Newport
The Five Senses of Newport by journalist Sean Flynn originally published in the Newport Daily News on December 17, 2016 explores Catalyzing Newport’s Sensory Week with visiting catalysts, Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez and Cindi Malinick including the sensory installation that took place at Bike Newport on Thursday, December 15th.
Sensory Week Activities Reflection
On Wednesday, Dec. 14, Catalyzing Newport along with our collaborators, finished a series of sensory activities led by visiting catalysts Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez and Cindi Malinick as part of Sensory Week Newport. To date, our sensory explorations of Newport have included:
Circle of Conversations – Discussion Guide
Catalyzing Newport is hosting its next visiting catalyst Estevan Rael-Gálvez, PhD from the historic city of Santa Fe, NM December 12 – 16th. As a cultural anthropologist and storyteller, Estevan has developed a practice that uses the 5 human senses to explore place, feelings and memories. In Santa Fe, he used this practice as a way to engage greater community participation in the development of the city’s first Cultural Plan.
IMPACT AREAS
URBAN GROWTH & ECONOMY
URBAN GROWTH & ECONOMY
Preserving identity and heritage with economic sustainability and growth. A local, regional, and national cross-sector dialogue that places Newport as a demonstration site for historical urban landscape management.
DIGITAL CULTURE
DIGITAL CULTURE
Sustaining and growing cultural communities in a hyper-connected world. An examination of how data in our collections is preserved, stewarded, shared, used, and potentially monetized.
CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Leveraging the best cultural practitioners and innovators to explore how the cultural sector can use entrepreneurial approaches to support and help transform communities and to produce new models of economic and social impact.
DIVERSITY & PROSPERITY
DIVERSITY & PROSPERITY
Providing opportunities for work, prosperity, and a richness of material culture and ideas across a diverse and changing population. Activating Newport’s history as a place of tolerance and opportunity to investigate how diversity can support prosperity.
THE CATALYSTS
PETER SENGE
MAY 27-28, 2015
Peter M. Senge is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), a global community of corporations, researchers, and consultants dedicated to the "interdependent development of people and their institutions."
Tom Scheinfeldt
JUNE 8 - 12, 2015
Tom Scheinfeldt is an Associate Professor and Director of Digital Humanities in the Digital Media Center at the University of Connecticut. Scheinfeldt brings more than a decade of leadership in digital humanities research and management.
Carol Coletta
JULY 27 - 31, 2015
Carol Coletta is Vice President of Community and National Initiatives at the Knight Foundation and a national expert on cities, creative communities, and civic innovation. Coletta has written and spoken extensively on the future of cities, including how communities develop, attract, and retain talent.
Paul Light
NOVEMBER 18 - 20, 2015
Paul Light is NYU Wagner's Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service. His research includes the non-profit sector, social entrepreneurship, and public services.
Jennifer Novak-Leonard
MARCH 14 - 17, 2016
Jennifer Novak-Leonard specializes in evolving measurement systems to understand arts and cultural participation, and the public and private benefits of those experiences. Her work lies at the nexus between research, policy and practice.
Jake Dunagan
JUNE 2016
Jake Dunagan is managing director and global foresight lead for verynice.co and research affiliate at the Institute for the Future, a California-based think tank that helps organizations plan for the long-term future.
Estevan Rael-Gálvez
DECEMBER 12 - 16, 2016
Estevan Rael-Gálvez is an accomplished strategist, writer and speaker, who works with communities and organizations to elevate core stories, leverage the power of place, and center transformational and experiential engagement.
Edward Mitchell
JUNE 5 -9, 2017
Edward Mitchell is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Yale University, where he coordinates the post-professional program and graduate studios in urbanism.
ABOUT
A collaborative initiative with a Steering Committee of local and statewide humanities organizations facilitated by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and supported by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Catalyzing Newport utilizes a visiting scholars program that draws on extensive experience, national and international networks, and the creative excellence of established experts (known as “catalysts”) to engage local communities in meaningful exchanges. Over the next three years (starting in 2014), visiting catalysts will travel to Newport to apply their expertise during five-day residencies—which include Public Programs and intensive work with Local Action Teams—to address local and national challenges related to the Impact Areas outlined above. Catalyzing Newport offers a new vision for the city’s cultural sector, one that puts our renowned historical organizations, leaders, and cultural assets at the forefront of community conversations about Newport’s development and prosperity. Together, we will imagine a Newport whose future is rich in culture, civic life, and economic opportunities.
PROJECT GOALS
The goals of the Catalyzing Newport project are to:
1) provide meaningful access to Newport and Rhode Island history for broader audiences
2) innovate by leveraging the cultural sector’s assets, reputation, and partnerships toward a greater shared community vision
3) establish a global model for cultural and historical organizations to contribute to new economies locally, nationally, and internationally
4) strengthen the ability of Newport’s cultural sector to diversify its revenue streams and attract greater resources
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Public programming during catalyst residencies will engage diverse audiences from across Rhode Island through lectures, exhibits, classroom talks, Town Hall forums, and historical tours. These programs are intended to identify new resources and ideas, and to generate collaboration and imaginative solutions for the pressing issues facing Newport’s cultural sector and its community-at-large.
LOCAL ACTION TEAMS
During each Catalyst residency, a team of local experts will provide:
1) knowledge to deepen the Catalyst’s understanding of Newport history and its vital historical resources
2) context to quickly absorb Newport’s unique challenges and opportunities
3) collaboration to leverage momentum and create measurable outcomes (e.g., publications, products, exhibits, grants, etc.) to share with the community
SEED FUNDING
Seed funds will be available to Local Action Teams to execute projects brainstormed as part of the Visiting Catalyst’s residence.
GET INVOLVED
Catalyzing Newport needs you! This initiative provides the structure and space for community leaders, like you, to strategize new ideas and solutions with national experts. Your support will help launch unique collaborative initiatives, bring renowned visionaries to Newport, and help us imagine a revitalized historic working city—one that is prosperous and resilient well into the future.