Global Cultural Districts Network
The Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) is a federation of global centers of arts and culture that fosters cooperation and knowledge-sharing among those responsible for conceiving, funding, building, and operating cultural districts and/or clusters with a significant cultural element.
The GCDN was founded in 2013 by Adrian Ellis and established by AEA Consulting, the New Cities Foundation, and the Dallas Arts District. Members represent cities, cultural districts, and cultural institutions from around the world, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, China, and Singapore.[14]
The creation of the GCDN was sparked by a series of conversations with cultural leaders who were aware that whilst there existed forums in which people responsible for specific kinds of cultural institutions (museums or performing arts centers) could meet and discuss common issues, there was no such forum for those responsible for cultural districts, even though there is a great deal of new activity in this sector. (Some $US250 bn. is being invested in cultural infrastructure in districts over the next fifteen years.)[1]
Members
- Alserkal Avenue – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Barbican Centre – London
- Barangaroo Delivery Authority – Sydney
- City of Sydney
- Dallas Arts District – Dallas
- Brooklyn Cultural District, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance – New York City
- Genesis Holdings – Beijing
- Grand Center – St. Louis
- International Festival of Arts & Ideas – New Haven
- Melbourne Arts Precinct (represented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Recital Centre) – Melbourne
- National Museum of Singapore and Bras Basah.Bugis – Singapore
- New World Symphony – Miami
- Quartier des Spectacles Partnership – Montreal
- Sharjah Museums Department – Sharjah[2]
- Soweto DigitALL – Johannesburg
- Theater District Houston – Houston
- University Circle – Cleveland
- West Kowloon Cultural District Authority – Hong Kong
Meetings
Members of the Network meet twice a year to discuss a range of issues: governance; content and programming alliances; the animation of public spaces; the role of large scale cultural anchor institutions in districts; technology; development and training needs; effective methodologies for cultural planning; and more.
Past GCDN meetings include:
- GCDN Members Convening, Brooklyn, New York – 2016.
- GCDN Members Convening, London, UK – 2015.
- New Cities Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia – 2015.[3]
- GCDN Members Convening, Montreal, Canada – 2015.[4][5][6][7]
- New Cities Summit, Dallas, Texas – 2014.[8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ "Art in the 90s: Starchitecture and the Bilbao Effect | AMA | Art Media Agency". AMA. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ "Sharjah Museums Department represents Sharjahat 3rd Annual New Cities Summit in Dallas, Texas USA | Zawya". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Harris, Gareth (9 April 2015). "New Cities Summit heads to Jakarta this summer". The Art Newspaper.
- ↑ "Quartier des spectacles earns praise from foreign urban planners". 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ "Montréal, entre Dallas et Édimbourg - La Presse+" (in French). 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Radio-Canada.ca, Zone radio -. "Archives | L'heure de pointe Toronto | ICI Radio-Canada Première". L'heure de pointe Toronto | ICI Radio-Canada Première (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ "Tempête d'idées autour des quartiers culturels". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Granberry, Michael. "New Cities Summit: Cultural districts are multiplying rapidly, all over the world". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Granberry, Michael. "New Cities Summit and the arts: It can make a difference, in Dallas, Berlin, even Detroit". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ "Re-Imagine the Metropolis". Archpaper.com. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Mike Rawlings Mayor of Dallas, Texas (2014-04-29). "Dallas Is Embracing Opportunities to Innovate". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-06-28.