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Ep71 Joanna Taft Harrison Center
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In this episode, Matt interviews Joanna Taft, the Executive Director of the Harrison Center, a nonprofit art center in downtown Indianapolis that addresses community challenges with cultural solutions.
In this role, she:
- created the Cultural Entrepreneur internship program, which trains 50 interns annually
-Founded Herron High School to grow a new generation of art patrons
-Launched the City Gallery, an urban living center to strengthen neighborhoods
-Created PreEnactment Theater as a community visioning tool to help strengthen neighborhoods without gentrifying them.
-Created Polklore Micromuseum
For these endeavors, she has received the Champion of Hope award from Belmont University, the Indianapolis Business Journal Women of Influence Award, the Girls Inc. Touchstone Award, the Hoosier Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award, the Arts Council of Indianapolis ARTI Award, the Jefferson Award, and two Cultural Vision awards.
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