From September 8-11, 2005, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presented the first of two international summits focused on arts and culture after catastrophe.

Artists, performers, writers, architects, lawyers, scholars, activists, community and political leaders from a range of contexts that have been directly affected and transformed by violence gathered in downtown Manhattan in a public exchange of stories, strategies, ideas and memories.

Over three days of roundtable discussions, performances, films, and art installations in all media, Cities, Art and Recovery considered how people remember and rebuild after tragedy and how the arts have been crucial to such recovery.

The Cities, Art and Recovery Summit was curated by Radhika Subramaniam, Director of Cultural Programs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

A statement from President Tom Healy.