{"id":3896,"date":"2011-05-16T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=3896"},"modified":"2015-12-27T00:13:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T05:13:16","slug":"the-creative-connector-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/05\/the-creative-connector-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Connector Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that artists are connectors? This is what the Leadership Philadelphia&#8217;s current study suggests &#8212; artists are creative community connectors and it is their intent to affirm from this study that the arts are an economic engine as part of this process.<\/p>\n<p>I find this concept interesting but the outcome, I think, is obvious. Yes, I believe artists are connectors because they are creative and\u00a0 seek out-of-the-box type of solutions for getting things done. People are naturally drawn to their ideas because they inspire and trigger their thought process and brain activity which sparks energy. Like synapses in neurons firing, once a creative idea gets sparked, artists connect others through their expressive ideas and people are naturally and positively drawn to this type of positive and exciting energy.<\/p>\n<p>This study has its premise based on Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s book, <em>The Tipping Point<\/em> (great read by the way), in which Gladwell &#8220;used this term to describe people who know everyone and get  things done. They&#8217;re the glue holding the community together, and are  often under the radar,&#8221; according to Liz Dow, the director of <a title=\"Leadership Philadelphia - The Connector Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leadershipphiladelphia.org\/connect_overview.html\" target=\"_blank\">Leadership Philadelphia<\/a>. &#8220;She&#8217;s not looking for just any  artist.&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for someone who pulls a community together,&#8221; as this <a title=\"Philly.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/pennsylvania\/121846968.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a> online article describes. &#8220;The Mural Arts Program is a perfect example,&#8221; Dow said. Click here to learn <a title=\"Leadership Philadelphia - Connector Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leadershipphiladelphia.org\/connection.html\" target=\"_blank\">more about this opportunity for artists, <\/a>regarding the study and how to submit nominations though July Ist.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Murals, since this is <a title=\"Mural Mondays posts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/category\/murals\/mural-mondays\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mural Monday<\/a>. Here are a few murals that I did not get to post when I wrote about our <a title=\"Previous post on Philadelphia Murals\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/category\/murals\/mural-mondays\/\" target=\"_blank\">family trip to Philly<\/a>, and especially to see a few of the many murals as part of Philadelphia&#8217;s <a title=\"Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program (MAP)\" href=\"http:\/\/muralarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mural Arts Program<\/a> (MAP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3898\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Kerrin's photos on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8430189@N06\/2805394797\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3898 \" title=\"Bike Spoke Mural_ by Kerrin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Bike-Spoke-Mural_-by-Kerrin.png\" alt=\"Bike Spoke Mural_ by Kerrin seen on Art is Everywhere\" width=\"468\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Bike-Spoke-Mural_-by-Kerrin.png 585w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Bike-Spoke-Mural_-by-Kerrin-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike Spoke Mural. Photo by Kerrin on Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wowza! So many of Philly&#8217;s murals surprise the visual senses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3900\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Notion's Ocean blog\" href=\"http:\/\/notionsoceans.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/philadelphia-murals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3900\" title=\"1_Philly-Mural_Notions-Oceans\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1_Philly-Mural_Notions-Oceans.jpg\" alt=\"1_Philly-Mural_Notions-Oceans as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"450\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1_Philly-Mural_Notions-Oceans.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1_Philly-Mural_Notions-Oceans-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Just Before Fall&quot; by James Burns, via Notions&#39; Oceans blog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to know more about Philadelphia&#8217;s public art, these sites are worth visiting:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 <a title=\"Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livearts-fringe.org\/blog\/index.cfm\/2010\/12\/9\/Help-paint-one-of-the-worlds-largest-murals-this-Sunday\" target=\"_blank\">Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog<\/a> &#8212; where you can see how the largest Philly mural in the airport was painted through a community paint day and keep informed of other public art activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_3901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 496px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a title=\"Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livearts-fringe.org\/blog\/index.cfm\/2010\/12\/9\/Help-paint-one-of-the-worlds-largest-murals-this-Sunday\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3901 \" title=\"community-paint-day via Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/communitypaintday.jpg\" alt=\"community-paint-day via Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog, seen on ArtIsEverywhere\" width=\"486\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/communitypaintday.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/communitypaintday-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">community-paint-day via Live Arts &amp; Fringe Festival Blog<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2022 <a title=\"The Art Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theartblog.org\/2011\/01\/ben-voltas-mural-home-that-was\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Art Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3902\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"The Art Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theartblog.org\/2011\/01\/ben-voltas-mural-home-that-was\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3902\" title=\"Ben Volta_Home That Was, via The Art Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Ben-Volta_Home-That-Was-via-The-Art-Blog.png\" alt=\"Ben Volta_Home That Was, via The Art Blog as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"315\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Ben-Volta_Home-That-Was-via-The-Art-Blog.png 315w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Ben-Volta_Home-That-Was-via-The-Art-Blog-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 <a title=\"Grid\" href=\"http:\/\/citypaper.net\/blogs\/mealticket\/2010\/01\/14\/more-on-the-mural-arts-programs-lunch-truck-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grid &#8211; Towards a Sustainable Philadelphia<\/a> &#8212; See all sorts of initiatives to everyday beautification: <a title=\"Previous post on Lunch Truck Project\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/01\/mural-meals-on-wheels\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch Truck Project<\/a> and Recycling Trucks among many artistic solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_3903\" class=\"wp-caption  alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a title=\"Grid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gridphilly.com\/grid-magazine\/2010\/2\/20\/intersections-color-wheels.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3903\" title=\"Philadelphia Painted Lunch Truck via Grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/honesttom_1.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Painted Lunch Truck via Grid, as seen on Art is Everywhere\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philadelphia Painted Lunch Truck via Grid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Grid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gridphilly.com\/grid-magazine\/2010\/1\/18\/trick-my-truck-the-citys-mural-arts-program-brings-a-colorfu.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3904\" title=\"Philly &quot;tricked&quot; truck via Grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tric_IMG_1037_200px.jpg\" alt=\"Philly &quot;tricked&quot; truck via Grid, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Philly &#8220;tricked&#8221; truck via Grid<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_3904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 210px;\"> <\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connector Project conducted by Leadership Philadelphia as a way to affirm artists are connectors and the arts are an economic engine is discussed on Art Is Everywhere along with other public art projects in 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