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Santa Fe New Mexican
Creative Santa Fe returns from hiatus with new team and expanded mission
by Teya Vitu
November 9, 2021
Part of
Creative Santa Fe, a local nonprofit focused on finding solutions to big problems in the community through collaboration, is set to relaunch Tuesday after a yearlong dormancy.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Creative Santa Fe is shutting down
by Teya Vitu
October 14, 2020
Part of
Creative Santa Fe, the local nonprofit that brought community entities together to deal with “intractable questions” on issues that spanned both the local and international stage, could not solve its own dilemma with social distancing and no mass gatherings.
The organization announced Wednesday it will reach inactive status Nov. 1.
Coffee and Culture
Host Jennifer Villela is Joined by Creative Santa Fe’s Executive Director, Cyndi Conn SANTA FE AREA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
by Jennifer Villela
May 30, 2020
Part of
santafe.com
Virtual LemonAid, A Fundraiser with Cyndi Conn, Executive Director @ Creative Santa Fe
by Richard Eeds
May 6, 2020
Part of Virtual LemonAid
Hyperallergic
A Virtual Music and Arts Festival for COVID-19 Relief in New Mexico
by Ellie Duke
May 5, 2020
Part of Virtual LemonAid
SANTA FE, NM — For those of you who like the idea of a music and art festival but don’t like crowds or being hot or wearing flower crowns, I’m with you, and I have good news: on Friday, May 8 at 8pm (Mountain Time), you can tune in to a digital arts festival showcasing some of New Mexico’s best creative talent, without even leaving your couch. Virtual LemonAid is not only a way to celebrate the diverse and accomplished art community of New Mexico, but a benefit for COVID-19 relief.
Santa Fe Reporter
May 8 Online Music Fest to Benefit New Mexico
by Alex De Vore
May 1, 2020
Part of Virtual LemonAid
And though some of those names are certainly huge and exciting, it's extra cool organizers included such a focus on New Mexico acts.
"When you're just chasing the biggest names for maximum viewership, it's a different set of goals than saying let's find a way to share with the world what is so incredible about [New Mexico]," Bauer explains. "I think this program does a little bit of that."
KRQE
New Mexicans show off creativity during Stay-At-Home order
by Brady Wakayama
April 8, 2020
Part of
The non-profit organization “Creative Santa Fe” just started a campaign and profile on Instagram called “Imagination Found” that showcases the creative things people are doing as their social distance.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Siler-Rufina housing plan wins architecture award
by Paul Weideman
January 3, 2020
Part of Siler Yard A+CC Neighborhood Celebration
A proposal to build 65 apartments on Siler Road won one of two awards in the "Conceptual" category during last month's annual meeting of the American Institute of Architects-Santa Fe.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Three events on housing in Santa Fe
by Kim Shanahan
September 15, 2019
Part of Housing The Future 2.0
The eclectic crowd of a couple hundred networked and heard dramatic recitations of housing angst. They also heard from four out-of-town disruptive housing innovators before breaking into groups for more discussion.
Forbes Magazine
Why Authors Are Holding Book Events At Museums And Other Nontraditional Venues
by Rachel Kramer Bussel
August 30, 2019
Part of Tania Katan & Jen Sincero Talk Creativity & Their New Books
Katan said non-bookstore events “are great for engaging people who don’t typically go to book readings.” ... Katan’s previous professional involvement in the museum world led to an event at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, where bookstore Garcia Street Books sold books. Since Creative Trespassing is “a business book with lots of contemporary art references,” connecting with museums was always an important part of Katan’s vision.
Yahoo! Finance
School for Advance Research Announces Creative Thought Forum 2019-2020 “The Future of Work”
August 21, 2019
Part of
Why Things Are the Way They Are
Robert Krulwich / Presented in partnership with Creative Santa Fe / Thursday, May 28, 2020 / 6:30 P.M.
Lensic Performing Arts Center / Special pricing applies / Register at Lensic.org
Co-host of NPR's Radiolab, Robert Krulwich is one of the most original and widely listened to broadcasters in the world. His series, Radiolab, explores "big ideas" and the mysteries of science and life through visceral storytelling. In his talk, Krulwich draws from decades of experience as a special correspondent for ABC News; his regular contributions to Nightline, ABC News Tonight, and Good Morning America; and his role as host and executive editor of PBS's documentary series NOVA scienceNOW to share insights on where technology can take us and why communities trust the sources they do when it comes to information about potential futures.
KSFR
Housing the Future 2.0 with Executive Director Cyndi Conn of Creative Santa Fe
by Tom Trowbridge
August 2, 2019
Part of Housing The Future 2.0
KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge speaks with Executive Director Cyndi Conn from Creative Santa Fe about the Housing The Future 2.0 Project which collects stories of those facing challenges in finding affordable housing in Santa Fe as a means of bringing light to the issue.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Exciting additions to our Boards!
by Gayle Spinazze
July 17, 2019
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
The Science and Security Board and the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists are delighted to announce two new members, effective immediately. We welcome Robert Socolow back to the Science and Security Board and Cyndi Conn to her new role on the Bulletin’s Governing Board.
The Clark Hulings Fund
Artists Are Solving Atomic-Level Problems
by DANIEL DIGRIZ
July 11, 2019
Part of
“We need to better educate—especially our voting population and our leadership—that the arts are not just an amenity, they’re a critical function of society and a part of the fabric of social, cultural, and also economic life and livelihood for our country.”
Santa Fe Reporter
Imagine There’s No Climate Crisis: Local groups focus on a future in which we fix today’s problems
by Julia Goldberg
May 29, 2019
Part of Cli-Fi: Altered Futures Through Film and Literature
In my experience, even stalwart optimists falter during climate change discussions. But the Cli-Fi event successfully reframed end-of-the-worldism with education and solutions.
Solarpunk and Cli-fi, Oh My! The Case for Optimism
by Debra Denker
May 29, 2019
Part of Cli-Fi: Altered Futures Through Film and Literature
If we are going to survive as an organized civilization with arts—or perhaps at all—we are going to need to use our collective imagination and visioning on a scale that the world has never seen before. As panel moderator Cyndi Conn puts it, cli-fi allows its creators to “imagine a future that no one else has ever imagined.” And I’m betting, and believing, that we if we can imagine it, we can bring it into being.
Pasatiempo
Is the fate of the world in our hands?
by Jennifer Levin
May 18, 2019
Part of Cli-Fi: Altered Futures Through Film and Literature
Water shortages. Food riots. Heirloom seeds trafficked on the black market by child warriors. Is this the Earth’s dystopian future if society doesn’t seriously address issues of climate change and sustainability? Creative Santa Fe connects the arts with conservation activism in an effort to stimulate wide-ranging conversation about the topic in “Cli-Fi: Altered Futures through Film and Literature, A Disruptive Futures Dialogue.”
Alibi
by Devin D. O'Leary
May 17, 2019
Part of Cli-Fi: Altered Futures Through Film and Literature
Organizers hope to explore how our local New Mexico resources, when combined with the arts, can address the effects of climate change and create a pathway for sustainability for years to come.
The Essential Guides
Santa Fe Spotlight: Cyndi Conn
by Leah Pinkus
May 7, 2019
Part of
Cyndi Conn, in her capacity as Creative Santa Fe’s executive director, is “a curator of art, ideas, people, experiences.” She also serves on several
advisory boards and, among other accolades, was honored by Albuquerque Business First as one of “40 Under Forty” awardees statewide.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Siler Road project shows power of partnerships
by Our View
May 2, 2019
Part of Siler Yard A+CC Neighborhood Celebration
Best of all, in its final rendition, every apartment in the complex will be affordable. Before, about a dozen units would have been rented at market rates. Rents will be based on income, set to income levels that range between 3o percent and 60 percent of the median income. A single person making some $14,000 a year, about 30 percent of median income, would only pay $390 a month for a one bedroom unit, including utilities, for example.
Los Alamos Daily Post
by Carol A. Clark
April 29, 2019
Part of Cli-Fi: Altered Futures Through Film and Literature
SANTA FE ― What if we could peer into the future of our landscape in New Mexico? What would we see, and how would that affect the actions we take today?
Santa Fe Reporter
Housing Cash
by Will Costello
April 26, 2019
Part of Siler Yard A+CC Neighborhood Celebration
The third time was a charm for New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing’s vision for a different kind of project in Santa Fe.
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
New Mexico Museum of Art & Creative Santa Fe Announce Tania Katan Book Talk with Jen Sincero as Special Guest
January 10, 2019
Part of Tania Katan & Jen Sincero Talk Creativity & Their New Books
Her talk will deliver tools and strategies for taking more creative risks, leading with more imagination, facing fears and embracing obstacles as an opportunity to accelerate growth and the ability to find inspiration where others see only limitations.
Los Alamos Daily Post
New Mexico Museum Of Art & Creative Santa Fe Announce Tania Katan Book Talk With Jen Sincero
by Carol A. Clark
January 11, 2019
Part of Tania Katan & Jen Sincero Talk Creativity & Their New Books
After more than 10 years of smuggling creativity into the business sector without getting busted, Tania Katan’s new book Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life is a refreshing look at how to fit creativity into the seemingly mundane.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Proposal for artist community moves forward
by Daniel J. Chacón
January 7, 2019
Part of 'Made in Santa Fe' at Offroad Productions, Siler: An Oral History Project Listening Event & ‘Now More Than Ever’
The proposal by the New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing Corp. and other partners is envisioned as a combined live-work space for artists and other people working in the local creative industries.
“It’s really focused on the idea of people who need live-work housing,” said Daniel Werwath, chief operating officer of New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing. “Entrepreneurs. Healing artists. All types of people. Writers. Musicians.”
Santa Fe Community Foundation
PODCAST: Siler Road Arts & Creativity Center
by Bill Smith
December 4, 2020
Part of Siler Yard A+CC Neighborhood Celebration
Santa Fe Community Foundation President and CEO WIlliam "BIll" Smith sits down for a quick chat with Cyndy Conn of Creative Santa Fe and Daniel Werwath of New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing to discuss the journey that went into the founding of the Siler Road Arts & Creativity Center.
Solutions Journalism Network
The “Rebirth” of Local News
by Leah Todd
October 30, 2018
Part of The Rebirth of Local News
A dialogue about trust, diversity in journalism, and reporting on more than just the crisis
Santa Fe Reporter
Guad Help Us: City officials respond to Guadalupe area business concerns
by Julia Goldberg
October 5, 2018
Part of Why the Future belongs to Walkable Cities & Walkable Bikeable Communities
The meeting also revisited a 2013 initiative initiated by Guadalupe area organization Creative Santa Fe, Walk [Santa Fe], which prototyped various wayfinding signage, hosted public conversations and brought in national speakers to improve Santa Fe's pedestrian resources. Specifically, the project sought to help people navigate throughout the downtown, Guadalupe and Railyard areas.
KSFR
Creative Santa Fe Offers “The Rebirth of Local News” Dialogue
by Tom Trowbridge
September 5, 2018
Part of The Rebirth of Local News
Opportunities for collaboration and community engagement in defining the future of news media in New Mexico will be explored during an upcoming discussion led by Creative Santa Fe as part of the non-profits’ “disruptive futures” dialogue.
Talk 103.7 KTRC
Cyndi Conn, Executive Director @ Creative Santa Fe on The Rebirth of Local News
by Richard Eeds
September 8, 2018
Part of The Rebirth of Local News
98.1 KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe
Cyndi Conn of Creative Santa Fe talks about their Disruptive Futures Dialogue series
by Honey Harris
September 7, 2018
Part of The Rebirth of Local News
NTI
Worlds Colliding
by Rachel Staley Grant
December 21, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016 & At the Nuclear Brink
Collisions. This isn’t just the name of a poignant virtual reality film about nuclear testing in Australia that you should see. This is what happened in Santa Fe, New Mexico at this month’s “Disruptive Futures” Santa Fe Nuclear Weapons Summit.
KSFR
Autry Museum of the American West President to Join Native Arts Panel on Human Rights
by Tom Trowbridge
August 17, 2018
Part of Native Arts and Policy: Resilience and Rights
Rick West, president and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, will be moderating a panel discussion on Native art and culture and it's place in international human rights policy. KSFR's Tom Trowbridge interviews West about his involvement in the upcoming panel discussion, Native Arts and Policy - Resilience and Rights
Tribal College
IAIA to Host Panel on Indigenous Peoples Rights
by Dana Petersen
July 29, 2018
Part of Native Arts and Policy: Resilience and Rights
The panel entitled, Native Arts and Policy: Resilience and Rights, will recognize the increasing importance and relevance of the cultural community and art within a national and international platform. How can tribal archives, libraries, museums, and artists help in implementing international human rights standards into American law and policy? This is generationally a challenge for Indigenous institutions across the country and throughout the world.
KSFR
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Hosts Discussion on Art and Human Rights
by ELLEN LOCKYER
August 17, 2018
Part of Native Arts and Policy: Resilience and Rights
KSFR's Tazbah McCullah speaks with Andrea Hanley, public programs manager for the Institute of American Indian Arts, about who's coming to join the panel and what the discussion hopes to accomplish.
The panel, called Native Arts and Policy-Resilience and Rights - takes place on August 18 at 3pm at MoCNA.
PRESS RELEASE: “The Rebirth of Local News: A Disruptive Futures Dialogue”
August 7, 2018
Part of The Rebirth of Local News
Creative Santa Fe, in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network and Searchlight New Mexico, will host a public dialogue exploring the state of local news media.
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Ernest Moniz Discusses the Future of Nuclear Weapons with Santa Fe Panel on the Arts
by Nuclear Threat Initiative
July 24, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
This event was part of ongoing “Disruptive Futures” programming by Creative Santa Fe. In 2016, as part of this thematic work, NTI collaborated with Creative Santa Fe and partners NSquare and PopTech to host a cross-sector four-day convening of more than 40 next-generation leaders with backgrounds in the military, the sciences, technology, policy, business and the arts.
Santa Fe Reporter
Building Up or Tearing Down? Solving Santa Fe’s housing crisis starts with rentals as community advocates also call for quality of life
by Matt Grubs
July 11, 2018
Part of Housing the Future
The evening's exercise is to look at housing through the lens of science fiction; to imagine Santa Fe in the year 2068 as a city where housing is plentiful and affordable. Free of some of the normal constraints of problem-solving, organizers hope to bring new voices to the conversation, and to connect the individual efforts around the community.
"A lot of the books, a lot of the movies that thought about solutions, came about years and decades before [those solutions] came to fruition," Creative Santa Fe's Cyndi Conn says as things get underway.
98.1 KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe
Cyndi Conn of Creative Santa Fe talks about their upcoming events
by Honey Harris
July 10, 2018
Part of
Cyndi Conn of Creative Santa Fe talks about their upcoming events.
Talk 103.7 KTRC
Cyndi Conn, Executive Director of Creative Santa Fe on Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
by Richard Eeds
July 5, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexican
Discussing ‘Doctor Atomic’ and the bomb in Santa Fe
by Robert Nott
July 9, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
“How do you make an opera out of death?” Donaldson asked Sellars early in the presentation. “Death is the reason theater exists,” Sellars said. “Most theater is about how to call back people you never had a chance to meet … and ask things that couldn’t be asked at the time.”
Santa Fe New Mexican
Resistance Is Not Futile: Testing a Cultural Legacy
by Michael Abatemarco
July 6, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
“Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico: A Disruptive Futures Dialogue” happens Sunday, July 8, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, featuring Peter Sellars, director and librettist of Doctor Atomic, which opens at the Santa Fe Opera on July 14.
Pasatiempo
Blast radius: From nuclear history to art
by Jennifer Levin
July 6, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
In advance of Doctor Atomic’s opening on July 14, The Santa Fe Opera and Creative Santa Fe present “Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico: A Disruptive Futures Dialogue,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe Reporter
Disruptive Futures Dialogue: Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
July 4, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
The Santa Fe Opera, in association with Creative Santa Fe, brings stage director Peter Sellars to discuss John Adams' opera Doctor Atomic, which Sellars directs this summer. Moderated by Sam Donaldson.
Santa Fe Reporter
Say What? A new series aims to change the way we talk—and think—about serious issues
by Julia Goldberg
June 27, 2018
Part of
This week, Creative Santa Fe kicks off its Disruptive Futures series, an initiative aimed—as so much seems to be lately in Santa Fe—toward pivoting the city's attention forward.
Fine Lifestyle Magazine
‘Creative Santa Fe: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community’
by Emmaly Wiederholt
March 27, 2018
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
"Imagine if we could harness the breadth and depth of creativity in Santa Fe to apply it toward tackling systemic issues that affect our community. Imagine several individuals and organizations coming together to solve problems that affect us all. Imagine ways to leverage the cultural diversity and intellectual richness of our state to reframe critical issues and drive positive change. This is the work of Creative Santa Fe."
SantaFe.com
2018 Real Estate in Santa Fe and Elections
by Sotheby's International Realty's Associate Broker Rey Post
February 4, 2018
Part of Create the Vote Santa Fe 2018
SantaFe.com
The Create The Vote Mayoral Forum with Cyndi Conn, Creative Santa Fe Executive Director
by Richard Eeds
February 6, 2018
Part of Create the Vote Santa Fe 2018
Santa Fe New Mexican
Bushee, Gonzales vow to boost ‘creative economy’
by Daniel J. Chacón
February 10, 2014
Part of Create the Vote 2014
The forum, hosted by Create the Vote, a collaboration of 35 arts, cultural and creative organizations and businesses, drew a crowd of more than 200 to the Center for Contemporary Arts.
Albuquerque Journal
Bushee, Gonzales talk ‘creative economy’ at mayoral forum
by T.S. Last
February 10, 2014
Part of Create the Vote 2014
Two of the three candidates for mayor of Santa Fe spoke about their ideas for creating a creative economy and other issues during a candidate forum Monday night at the Center for Contemporary Arts.
Santa Fe New Mexican
Zappos chief to discuss growth in Santa Fe
by Chris Quintana
August 31, 2014
Part of City As Startup
“So much of Santa Fe’s promise lies in entrepreneurship, innovation and community building,” Mayor Javier Gonzales said. “This is the perfect moment for our community to be motivated and inspired by Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project.”
KSFR
In-Studio: Creative Santa Fe Executive Director Cyndi Conn
by Tom Trowbridge
November 30, 2017
Part of Create the Vote Santa Fe 2018 & Nuclear Weapons in New Mexico
Wake-Up Call host Tom Trowbridge speaks with Creative Santa Fe Executive Director Cyndi Conn about the non-profit's various efforts, including the Create the Vote Santa Fe 2018 initiative and the Disruptive Futures Dialogues.
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Creative Santa Fe – a positive change’ By Joseph Kelly
by Joseph Kelly
November 14, 2017
Part of 'Command and Control', 'Zero Days', 2045 Scenario Presentations at Violet Crown Cinemas, At the Nuclear Brink & Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
Creative Santa Fe brilliantly managed to corral many of the best minds to address the future of nuclear weapons. Gathered together were futurists from Washington, D.C., to Perth to Islamabad, a former U.S. secretary of defense, several bestselling authors, designers, scientists, filmmakers, actors and artists, all united for three days to try to find a way out of the nuclear bind the world had found itself in on the eve of the American election in 2016. And it worked beyond anyone’s expectations.
Albuquerque Journal
Showcasing shared space
by Megan Bennett
October 13, 2017
Part of 'Made in Santa Fe' at Offroad Productions
In hopes of attracting supporters for its proposed new space, the Make Santa Fe art collective’s exhibition this weekend, “MADE IN SANTA FE,” showcases what its members create in a shared workroom.
Santa Fe Reporter
“This is Important…”
by Alex De Vore
August 28, 2017
Part of ‘Now More Than Ever’
"If there is a harder working artist and coordinator than Israel Francisco Haros Lopez, we don't know of 'em. ..."
https://apf.org/msfw/
Creative Santa Fe Wins Futurist Award
by Association of Professional Futurists
August 12, 2017
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
“I admire the new and fresh ways the organizers tried to approach the problem of nuclear disarmament….and visually a nuclear-free future. Use of games, team visualization, social memes, symbolism, interspersing with the public at large was interesting.”
Trend Magazine
BOOM Town: A new complex in the Siler Road neighborhood will provide rentals and maker space for creatives
by Christina Proctor
June 19, 2017
Part of Affordable Artspace for Santa Fe & Artist Market Survey
"One of the reasons I believe in this project is it's happening at the right time in the right place," says Trey Jordan, one of the architects on ACC's design team. "It's not 'build it an they'll come.' It's 'build it because they're already there.' "
UNDARK
Scientists and Strategists Contemplate the Increasing Odds of Nuclear War
by Mark Wolverton
April 8, 2017
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016 & At the Nuclear Brink
During the first minutes of the summit at Santa Fe’s historic Lensic Theater, Eric Schlosser, author of the book “Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety,” asked former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry: “Right now as we sit here, given your decades of public service in this realm, how great do you think the threat of nuclear weapons is today?”
KSFR
‘Greenville, SC Mayor to Speak in Santa Fe on Arts Schools and Downtown Revitalization’
by Dylan Syverson
February 23, 2017
Part of 'How Students and the Arts Fuel a Vibrant Downtown'
NMSA has coordinated with Creative Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, and the Santa Fe Arts Commission to invite Greenville, SC, mayor Knox White to Santa Fe next Wednesday to speak on arts students’ role in urban revitalization.
City of Santa Fe
‘Mayor Knox White in discussion with Mayor Javier Gonzales’
by Beckie Mascolo
February 23, 2017
Part of 'How Students and the Arts Fuel a Vibrant Downtown'
"I am excited to speak to the leaders of Santa Fe about the impact that the arts can have on economic development." Stated Mayor Knox White..
Los Alamos Daily Post
‘Former Sec Def William Perry, other experts, urge abandonment of new ICBM plans at Santa Fe Nuclear Weapons Summit’
by Roger Snodgrass
December 9, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
"I have devoted the rest of my life to educating the public on nuclear dangers and what might be done to lessen those dangers," Perry said.
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Ex-defense secretary to speak at nuclear ‘boot camp’
by Rebecca Moss
December 1, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
“I can think of no better place to discuss rising nuclear dangers than in New Mexico given the state’s important history and contribution to the security of our country,” Perry said in a prepared statement.
Santa Fe Reporter
‘Back on the Brink: Nuclear watchdogs assembling in Santa Fe say it’s time to stop ignoring ongoing threat’
by Elizabeth Miller
November 30, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
Of course, Santa Fe, poised as it is between Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, rarely forgets that weapons abound. So, to this landscape where we’re still cleaning up from a form of warfare most have consigned to the history books, Creative Santa Fe, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and N Square have called thought leaders and diplomats to explore, study and discuss the topic.
GSN Magazine
‘Santa Fe to host conference on nuclear proliferation and safety next month’
November 2, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales said that “Santa Fe’s culture is one of bringing people together, and that, combined with our role in the nuclear story and our proximity to two major national laboratories, makes our city the perfect place to host this conversation.”
Homeland Preparedness News
‘New nuclear weapons summit planned for Santa Fe, New Mexico’
October 17, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
“The thought leaders we are bringing to Santa Fe for this event include US senators, diplomats, nuclear weapons experts, authors, actors, filmmakers and artists,” Cyndi Conn, executive director of creative Santa Fe
Albuquerque Journal
‘Creative Santa Fe wants to get us ‘fired up’’
by Jackie Jadrnak
October 14, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
Creative Santa Fe is launching an effort called “Disruptive Futures” to try to get Santa Fe seen as a place where innovative thinkers come together from around the country and world to spark ideas about solutions to some of our most knotty problems.
NTI
‘NTI and Partners Announce: The Santa Fe Nuclear Weapons Summit’
October 12, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
One of CrSF’s primary economic objectives is to shine an international spotlight on Santa Fe. - See more at: http://www.nti.org/newsroom/news/nti-and-partners-announces-santa-fe-nuclear-weapons-summit/#sthash.nIyqCp1Y.dpuf
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘City sees December summit on nuclear weapons as way to tap into ‘brainpower’’
October 1, 2016
Part of Nuclear Weapons Summit 2016
“We want to shine a spotlight on Santa Fe and have a different type of tourist,” Conn said. “We want to establish Santa Fe as a Geneva of thought leadership. We know this is ambitious.”
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Group wants to create apartments for artists’
by Bruce Krasnow
April 11, 2011
Part of Arts and Creativity Center Charrette Groups, Artist Market Survey & Affordable Artspace for Santa Fe
“It’s a perfect place in terms of the middle of the city right where there is art, technology and work spaces. There’s so much bubbling over,” she said. “We see really an industrial, hands-on maker, creative space, while helping young artists who really want to stay in Santa Fe.”
Sotheby's Santa Fe Style
‘Growing Strong in Santa Fe’ by Sotheby’s
December 9, 2015
Part of
Santa Fe Reporter
‘A Creative Boost: Santa Fe City Council discusses handing off 5 acres for affordable housing for artists’
by Elizabeth Miller
August 3, 2015
Part of Arts and Creativity Center Charrette Groups, Affordable Artspace for Santa Fe & Artist Market Survey
"It's not just an affordable housing project, but it's also an economic development project, so you're not only supplying affordable housing for artists and creative people, but you're also giving them the skills and training and that leg up they need in order to be sustainable in their careers as entrepreneurs and small businesspeople," says Conn
Campbell Consultants Group
‘Creative Santa Fe Ups the Ante at It’s Third Annual FANTASE Community Building Festival’
July 2, 2015
Part of FANTASE 2015
This year’s FANTASE Fest had over 3500 attendees, 90% of whom were under the age of 44. 82% of the budget went directly back into the local creative economy, and the last three festivals combined have given back approximately $92,000 to our creative workforce. Creative Santa Fe is truly finding, supporting, and promoting the young creative talent in Santa Fe through the annual FANTASE Fest
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘FANTASE Fest 2015 at DeVargas Park’
by Jennifer Levin
June 19, 2015
Part of FANTASE 2015
The “expanded identity” theme, which was interpreted broadly, is intended to get people excited about Santa Fe culture outside of its historic traditions and regional aesthetic style.
Adobe Airstream
‘Santa Fe Land Use, the Past and the Future’
by Ellen Berkovitch
April 1, 2015
Part of Affordable Artspace for Santa Fe & Artist Market Survey
The Mayor was elected a year ago with a mandate to prioritize youth-oriented policy to redress the graying of Santa Fe. And creative-city project development is palpably already under way in the Siler Road neighborhood which affordable housing proponents say forms one leg of a new neighborhood triangle where more rental housing should be built.
Bike Yogi
‘Walking Santa Fe’
by Mark Aasmundstad
March 30, 2015
Part of Walkable Bikeable Communities & Why the Future belongs to Walkable Cities
Walking is the way to discover what this global city has to offer. Creative Santa Fe made a cool walking map of a route from the Railyard Plaza to Downtown, which are intertwined with the Acequia and Rail Trails plus many streets.
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Santa Fe Community Foundation honors local nonprofits with annual Piñon Awards’
by Chris Quintana
October 7, 2014
Part of
This year’s Piñon Award honorees also include Creative Santa Fe, a large nonprofit that promotes and hosts cultural gatherings and events in the city.
Las Vegas Review Journal
‘Hsieh talks the talk in Santa Fe’
by John L. Smith
September 5, 2014
Part of City As Startup
Hsieh is being courted in the prosperous New Mexico community in part, I hear, to potentially redevelop an area of downtown near the train station.
Albuquerque Journal
‘Can Zappos CEO’s urban vision work in old Santa Fe?’
by Mark Oswald
September 5, 2014
Part of City As Startup
The topic for a talk Wednesday night that featured a couple of high-powered speakers was introduced as “how to grow Santa Fe young,” aka, how to make a small, 400-year-old city with a tourism-based economy, an aging population and a reputation for relaxation over nightlife more hip and urban.
Albuquerque Business First
‘Tony Hsieh’s collision course for Downtown Albuquerque’
by Dan Mayfield
September 4, 2014
Part of City As Startup
The Santa Fe Institute, St. John’s College, and Creative Santa Fe hosted Hsieh in Santa Fe on Wednesday to give a presentation about his Downtown Project in Las Vegas and share how collisions have helped revitalize the area.
Albuquerque Journal
‘Domes rise over Santa Fe’s De Vargas Park’
by Jackie Jadrnak
May 8, 2014
Part of FANTASE 2014
Creative Santa Fe’s first festival in De Vargas Park was last year and attracted some 1,500 to 2,000 people — and that was without the domes.
Santa Fe Reporter
‘I Can Be Your Fantase: Outdoor Festival Gives Good Dome’
by Zoe Haskell
May 7, 2014
Part of FANTASE 2014
Peer says it’s time to show off the creativity that’s “so vibrant here” and make a space to get Santa Fe “out there.” - See more at: http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-8635-i-can-be-your-fantas.html?utm_source=Santa+Fe+Loves+FANTASE%21&utm_campaign=Santa+Fe+Loves+FANTASE%21&utm_medium=email#sthash.PVYmDRFe.dpuf
SantaFe.com
‘Creative Santa Fe Announces FANTASE Dome Fest’
March 13, 2014
Part of FANTASE 2014
With over 100 community partners in 2013, the FANTASE DOME FEST promises to be a major display of shared commitment to the arts and to city vibrancy.
Artspace
‘Creative Santa Fe and ArtSpace to host a presentation & community discussion of results’
December 18, 2013
Part of Artist Market Survey
The results from this study will inform any new creative space or live/work developments for Santa Fe, as well as space where arts, cultural, and creative businesses can thrive.
Albuquerque Journal
‘Plan to make SF a more walkable city’
by Jackie Jadrnak
October 20, 2013
Part of Why the Future belongs to Walkable Cities
They may not go as far as building a yellow brick road, but people working with Creative Santa Fe plan an experiment next month with a painted path, new signs and friendly humans to help visitors find their way between the Plaza and the Railyard.
SantaFe.com
‘Walk [Santa Fe] Promotes Foot Traffic, Addresses City’s Walkability’
October 16, 2013
Part of Walkable Bikeable Communities & Why the Future belongs to Walkable Cities
Goals for the project are set at bringing more residents, visitors and business owners into a dialogue on the needs that must be addressed in order to increase the walkability of downtown.
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Urban planner to talk about boosting city’s walkability’
by Julie Anne Grimm
August 10, 2013
Part of Why the Future belongs to Walkable Cities
Urban planner Jeff Speck already believes Santa Fe is a city that is “immanently walkable.” In fact, he said, it’s one of his favorite places in America. But the downtown area and other parts of town could benefit from focusing more on getting people out of their cars and on their feet.
Greenfire Times
‘FANTASE Festival: Connected Community Engagement’
July 5, 2013
Part of FANTASE 2013
After spending much of the day at the park, Santa Fe artist Larry Fodor said, “Downtown Santa Fe is not just for tourists. It is also for the people that live in this incredible city. The FANTASE Festival is absolutely proof positive events can be organized that cater to our entire population—so that everyone can enjoy the underused and re-structured parts of downtown.”
Greenfire Times
‘Help Plan an Affordable Creative Space in Santa Fe’
by Kris Swedin
July 1, 2013
Part of Artist Market Survey & Affordable Artspace for Santa Fe
The Arts + Creativity Center, envisioned as a vibrant hub where people working in creative industries gather to live, work, create, collaborate, rehearse, perform, conduct business and thrive, is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
Trend Magazine
‘What’s New with Creative Santa Fe?’
by Ric Lum
June 1, 2013
Part of
Albuquerque Journal
‘Head Out to RE:MIKE’
September 21, 2012
Part of RE: MIKE
SantaFe.com
‘Yon chats with Cyndi Conn, Program Director of Creative Santa Fe, about ‘Evolve or Die’’
May 9, 2012
Part of Evolve or Die?
'Evolve or Die' kicks off Creative Santa Fe's Imagined Futures Santa Fe Series, Saturday, May 12, 2012
