Recognizing Engagement: Doing the HOMEwork

Dave Loewenstein is a muralist, printmaker and community organizer based in Lawrence, Kansas. His murals can be found across the United States, Northern Ireland, South Korea and Brazil. Loewenstein’s prints, which focus on social justice issues, are exhibited internationally and are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Yale University, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. He is the co-author of Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide; and is the subject of “Called to Walls,” a feature length documentary that premiered in 2016. In 2014, he was named one of the founding Cultural Agents for the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.

Jen Hughes was appointed director of Design and Creative Placemaking for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in April 2018, having served as acting director since June 2017. In this position, she oversees grant portfolios that support the design and creative placemaking fields, as well as leadership initiatives that include the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design.