Providence becomes "a dynamic, regional arts market and center for creativity." Arts and crafts are woven into the fabric of the city, showcased in public spaces, in a public gallery and in private buildings. New galleries and performance venues thrive. Grants and business opportunities abound. Artists serve on city boards and have power and real influence.

In the future imagined by Creative Providence, the new blueprint for "arts, culture and creativity" unveiled last week, the marketing campaign with the trademark "P," the one that calls this the Creative Capital, is both perfectly appropriate and completely unnecessary.

But can it really happen? Will it?

Full Story: Artistic vision Source: The Phoenix, July 2nd, 2009 Author: Marion Davis Added on July 3rd, 2009 at 8:31 am, by Matt Mikula