Explorations in the City: Where play meets art, education and design

This panel will focus on the role that exploration has in city building and will ask panelists representing a diversity of perspectives (political, design, education, and art curation) to join the conversation about the role that creative forms of exploration could and should play in both urban design and the city planning process. How can involving art and play create new ways of approaching our city spaces? Is there potential for artist inquiry to be embedded in the planning process? Can creative methods of public engagement reach diverse and/or marginalized communities where traditional forms may fall short?

The panelists include Kristyn Wong-Tam, City Councillor of Ward 27; Adam Nicklin, partner and co-founder of Public Work, an award winning urban design and landscape architecture firm; Josh Fullan, educator, consultant and founder of Maximum City; and Janine Marchessault, public art curator and Professor of Media Studies at York University.