Residents Driving Change : Community Vision and Voice

Arts & Culture

From the start, arts and culture have been galvanizing forces for bringing residents from diverse neighborhoods together.

Community teams worked together to plan and design Market Creek Plaza and the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, which have become magnets for bringing people from across the country to The Village at Market Creek. An atmosphere of cross-cultural sharing helps deepen understanding of their own cultures while building bridges to others. Art connects culture and commerce through capacity-building and training opportunities. It is platform for economic growth and employment for local community artists. Art has shaped Market Creek into a global village that conveys a sense of the world coming together.

Coming soon is the Benbough Center for Community Arts. Sponsored jointly by The Legler Benbough Foundation, the San Diego Museum of Art, and JCNI, the goal is to build a cultural bridge between the community and San Diego’s arts institutions and cultural initiatives. It will serve as a focal point for cross-cultural understanding and creative expression through storytelling, performance, art projects, films, exhibitions, and cultural celebrations. It will serve as a platform for discussions that cross generations, gender, race, and economic status to address social issues in an atmosphere of creativity and human connection.