Public Art Community Engagement (PACE) paired artists with neighbors to define future public art projects that fit wants, needs, and desires of the people that will see or use it the most through art-making-centered conversations.

From October - December 2018, artist Josh Graupera used a roving pushcart, inspired by carts used by local Latino entrepreneurs selling water ice, fruits, was a new mechanism to further community-centered dialogue and provide outreach about the PACE program. The cart opens to become a printmaking station and serves as a community information exchange hub.

Josh worked from the cart at various community events and also roamed the streets in Southeast Lancaster to start conversations with neighbors there.

PACE Works in Phases:

PHASE ONE (CONVERSATIONS)
Critical questions about what makes a community, a home, a neighborhood will anchor the discussions. Through this interaction, areas for improvement and ideas are identified by participants, as well as ways to bolster projects already in the making.

PHASE TWO (PROJECT BUILDING)
In the years to follow, Lancaster Public Art will implement public art projects based on the community input.

PHASE THREE (EVALUATIONS/CONSIDERATIONS)
Artists again work with the community to access the effectiveness of the new projects and gather more input for future.

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PACE Summer 2018

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All About Fortnite: South Duke and North Sts (11/1 + 11/2)

November 9, 2018

PACE spent two days outside Martin Luther King Elementary (corner of South Duke and North St) talking to families about their ideas for Southeast Lancaster’s future. One theme stretched across every group I talked to: Fortnite, arcade games, and a communal place to play them.

I spoke to over 30 young folks and at least 20 of them mentioned an Arcade of some kind in the neighborhood would be a great place to gather, do something they are interested in and learn more about video games. And it echos what all the parents say, “I wish there were more places and more programs for my kids.“

Seems like a win-win. And now that video games are reshaping the way educators are thinking about STEM, why not invest in a creative space for folks to embrace this creative technology.