Barrows, Robert G.Blair, Lyndsey DeniseScarpino, Philip V.Wood, Elee2016-02-252016-02-252015-12https://hdl.handle.net/1805/8482http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/239Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The purpose of this thesis is to discuss and explain the commitment to arts and culture in Indianapolis from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980s by focusing on the origins, activities, and legacy of an extraordinary event in the history of Indianapolis’ arts community: the 1986-1987 Pan American Arts Festival. Early efforts by the City Committee, a local growth coalition comprised of several civic leaders, focused on the physical revitalization of downtown Indianapolis’ cultural landscape. The group’s work in this area, which was part of a larger downtown revitalization project, played an important role in the creation of the Pan American Arts Festival. Ultimately, the planning and administration of this festival had a significant impact on the city’s arts community as it shifted the arts and culture commitment from Indianapolis’ physical structures to the actual livelihood of the organizations housed within them.en-USAttribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesPan American Arts FestivalArts and CultureDowntown RevitalizationPan American GamesCity CommitteeIndianapolisPan American Arts Festival (1986-1987 : Indianapolis, Ind.)Pan American Games (10th : 1987 : Indianapolis, Ind.)Arts -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryIndianapolis (Ind.) -- Cultural policy -- 20th centuryUrban renewal -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryIndianapolis (Ind.). City CommitteeArts -- Economic aspects -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryCommunity development, Urban -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryCity planning -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryCivic leaders -- Indiana -- Indianapolis -- 20th centuryThesis10.7912/C2B59P