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Creative Tourism Conference Registration Open - 2008
Registration is now available online at www.santafecreativetourism.com for the Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism; the first UNESCO† Creative Cities conference of its kind in North America. This international gathering, taking place September 28-October 2, 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will bring together founders of the creative tourism movement with leaders of creative industries and real-world practitioners in an experientially-based learning environment. The goal of the conference is to teach participants how to develop creative tourism as an economic asset in their home communities.
Delegates will spend their mornings in conversation with industry leaders while afternoons are reserved for participating in a variety of activities that characterize Santa Fe's culture and exemplify exactly how creative tourism is implemented on a local level. Preparing local cuisine at the Santa Fe School of Cooking, making adobe bricks to be used in the restoration of the San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, turning clay into art at the Heidi Loewen Porcelain Gallery, creating pastel and watercolor paintings in workshops led by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and exploring the historic weaving communities of Northern New Mexico and practicing traditional fiber art techniques are a few examples of what is in store.
Workshop instructors and presenters at the conference include a "who's who" of leaders in contemporary community development, including the founders of the creative tourism movement, Greg Richards and Crispin Raymond, international authority on creativity Charles Landry, executive director for HandMade in America, Becky Anderson, founder and president of Partners for Livable Communities, United States, Robert McNulty, and many more.
Broadly defined as engaging travelers in a community's traditions through active participation, creative tourism provides a means for economic growth to destinations offering visitors an authentic experience through personal involvement. Participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place provides a connection with those who reside there and create its living culture.
The conference has been developed specifically for those wanting to increase economic development, job growth, and cultural preservation by actively engaging visitors with their destination's creative resources. Creative entrepreneurs, city and urban planners, tourism professionals, community leaders, municipal economists, creative industry developers, educators, cultural experts, and artists will all benefit from the skills learned during this unique participative conference. Register now and join us in Santa Fe to learn how your community can make the most of its creative resources.
†United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism is organized by the City of Santa Fe in collaboration with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
For Conference Information: Sandy Vaillancourt,505-577-2472,
sandy@recursos.org
For Press information: Steve Lewis, 505-473-9002, slewisnm@earthlink.net
Delegates will spend their mornings in conversation with industry leaders while afternoons are reserved for participating in a variety of activities that characterize Santa Fe's culture and exemplify exactly how creative tourism is implemented on a local level. Preparing local cuisine at the Santa Fe School of Cooking, making adobe bricks to be used in the restoration of the San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, turning clay into art at the Heidi Loewen Porcelain Gallery, creating pastel and watercolor paintings in workshops led by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and exploring the historic weaving communities of Northern New Mexico and practicing traditional fiber art techniques are a few examples of what is in store.
Workshop instructors and presenters at the conference include a "who's who" of leaders in contemporary community development, including the founders of the creative tourism movement, Greg Richards and Crispin Raymond, international authority on creativity Charles Landry, executive director for HandMade in America, Becky Anderson, founder and president of Partners for Livable Communities, United States, Robert McNulty, and many more.
Broadly defined as engaging travelers in a community's traditions through active participation, creative tourism provides a means for economic growth to destinations offering visitors an authentic experience through personal involvement. Participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place provides a connection with those who reside there and create its living culture.
The conference has been developed specifically for those wanting to increase economic development, job growth, and cultural preservation by actively engaging visitors with their destination's creative resources. Creative entrepreneurs, city and urban planners, tourism professionals, community leaders, municipal economists, creative industry developers, educators, cultural experts, and artists will all benefit from the skills learned during this unique participative conference. Register now and join us in Santa Fe to learn how your community can make the most of its creative resources.
†United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism is organized by the City of Santa Fe in collaboration with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
For Conference Information: Sandy Vaillancourt,505-577-2472,
sandy@recursos.org
For Press information: Steve Lewis, 505-473-9002, slewisnm@earthlink.net