The fate of a controversial multi-family housing development in Algiers could soon be decided following more than a year of intense opposition from residents of the gated English Turn subdivision,
Newcomb Art Museum, in partnership with the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane, invite all to join for a dialogue exploring what public safety means to them and how we can reimagine and recreate municipal mechanisms for citizen safety. Premiering, Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. CT, this free virtual conversation,
Reimagining Public Safety in American Cities, will feature a live Q&A with panelists beginning at 7:30 p.m. To register, click here.
Moderated by Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, associate director for Design Thinking for Social Impact and Professor of Practice,
Reimagining Public Safety will respond to ideas presented in Newcomb Art Museum’s current exhibition
– which presents five collaborations across the Americas that blend political activism, street theater, sculpture and arts education – with a digital tour, artist talk and virtual 3D walk-through. Though currently closed to off-campus visitors, Tulanians can visit the museum Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Continuing the tradition of creating unique ways to connect with the show safely at home, the museum has lined up a variety of free programs for the spring and invites all visitors to mark their calendars for new ways to engage with
Transcommunality.
, revisit Newcomb’s fall program
Been Here, which features an audio conversation with Mia X and Melissa A. Weber on hip hop and New Orleans music. Releasing Feb. 10 on the museum’s website, Facebook and newsletter, visitors can watch a video recording of this engaging exchange and learn why certain stories are included in those histories and why some stories get overlooked.