Sustaining our culture

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BISHOP HILL — A symposium scheduled for Oct. 9 to Oct. 11 in Bishop Hill will explore issues of sustainability, preservation, landscape, agriculture and development. Experts in these fields from Sweden and the United States will help participants identify tools and techniques to help sustain their historic communities in today’s economy.

The idea for the symposium began with a recent visit by Swedish Cultural Counselor Mats Widbom to Bishop Hill. At that time, this tiny historic community was facing closure of its state-operated historic sites, reduced revenues and fewer grant sources. Widbom was struck by Bishop Hill’s similarity to several cultural communities in Sweden that have obtained sustainability. With Widbom’s suggestion and the support of the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C., plus a grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the symposium, “The Challenge of Changes in Living Cultural Communities,” was created.

For a full list of the symposium schedule, registration fees and other information, visit www.bishophillilsymposium.com or call (309) 927-3899 or (309) 927-3345.

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