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Arts + Innovation VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MAY 2020

ABOUT BNIM BNIM is an innovative leader in designing high performance environments. BNIM’s instrumental development of the USGBC, LEED, and the Living Building concept, combined with projects, methods, and research, shaped the direction of the sustainable movement. Through this involvement, the firm has redefined design excellence to elevate human experience together with aesthetics and building performance. In practice, this multifaceted approach to design excellence has yielded national acclaim, including the AIA National Architecture Firm Award, and consistent design recognition nationally and internationally. BNIM is Building Positive, a notion that describes how our practice leverages its collective capacity for design thinking to solve issues at every scale in a way that is focused on building the positive attributes of community and the built environment. Through an integrated process of collaborative discovery, BNIM creates transformative, living designs that lead to vital and healthy organizations and communities.

Arts + Innovation VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MAY 2020

Arts as a Conduit for Innovation

“As a field of study, the arts are often recognized as a conduit for creativity, innovation, and risk-taking.”

CHO, CHRISTINE LOUISE; VITALE, JOHN LUKE. USING THE ARTS TO DEVELOP A PEDAGOGY OF CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND RISK-TAKING (CIRT). 2019

Innovation is all about collision.

We understand the importance of arts education and engagement as a catalyst for innovation. VCU’s vision for a new Arts and Innovation facility has the embodied potential to create a backdrop for future transformational moments – the birth of new disruptive ideas, innovative breakthroughs, first encounters that will lead to globally impactful collaborations.

Many have explored and proven the significant role that the arts play in learning and human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development. In her study, Judith Burton with Columbia University demonstrated that subjects such as mathematics, science, and language require complex cognitive and creative processes that are typical of learning in the arts1. A separate study showed that music training and performance provide a strong base for characteristics attributed to success in many areas of individual growth, including communication, enthusiasm, style, and presentation2.

Another study in 2019 explored the connections between teaching and creativity as a means to “…. enhance creativity, boost innovation, and encourage risk-taking.”3

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Our work with higher education institutions across the country reflects the adoption and permeation of these findings. It shows that when students and faculty have access to a hub that is specifically designed to encourage the intersection of arts, education, technology, research, collaboration, and other disciplines, a crosspollination of ideas begins to happen that, in time, breeds extraordinary outcomes. To reflect on the etymology of the term “alma mater,” our clients are creating places that act as a “fostering mother” – to ideas, knowledge, discovery, creativity, collaboration, nature, and the human spirit.

In the following pages, we would like to share with you a selection of BNIM projects that express this notion of collision. They demonstrate through our built work how BNIM’s human-purposed integrated design approach, paired with a client vision of integrated disciplines, results in the cultivation of a creative economy.

SEATON HALL ADDITION AND RENOVATIONS KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Human-Purposed Integrated Design We deliver beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition. This is BNIM’s core purpose, and it guides and informs our approach to design. To accomplish this, we employ a process that we call HumanPurposed Integrated Design, or HPID, which guides us to create solutions that advance human and organizational potential and building performance through design.

For higher education, this means helping students, faculty, staff, researchers, and investigators achieve more while working in environments that are better for them, more responsible to natural systems, and less expensive to own and operate.

Collision of Disciplines

BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

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Many contemporary university buildings are being designed as academic hubs that house or support multiple schools and departments. These types of facilities can promote spontaneous and chance interactions between disciplines by way of strategically designed collision spaces such as shared common zones for focus and collaboration, open circulation systems, small nooks, stairway landings, study areas, and multi-use breakout rooms. The spaces encourage human connection and cross pollination of ideas, effectively cultivating the potential for innovation.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA INFORMATICS INITIATIVE (UI3)

Creative Economy The concept of a Creative Economy reflects the value and permeation of creativity throughout an entire economy rather than just within creative industries. Design Thinking, for example, is an increasingly common business strategy that demonstrates the philosophy of a Creative Economy, integrating a creative approach to problem solving for business. By designing an academic facility that brings students and faculty from various disciplines together with those from the schools of visual and performing arts, VCU is spurring the evolution of our national and global economy to be one that breeds creativity and innovation.

The following pages illustrate BNIM’s relevant experience and expertise in Higher Education projects, with a focus on arts and innovation.

AIB COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Campus Master Plan CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH Child Development Center Presidents Suite The Pointe Renovation CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO Kennedy Library Renovation Programming + Feasibility Study CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS Academic Building Feasibility Study CAMBRIAN COLLEGE Cambrian College Energy Center of Excellence CHATHAM UNIVERSITY Eden Hall Campus Master Plan DRAKE UNIVERSITY Meredith Hall Feasibility Study Harkin Institute GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Price Gilbert Library and Crosland Tower Renewal GRINNELL COLLEGE Nollen House Renovation + Addition Academic Center Renovation 1127 Park Street Renovation + Addition Study Grinnell House Renovation + Addition Study Preschool Psychology Lab Facility Study

“BNIM's leadership has been critical to the success of this project. We have been greatly impressed by the depth of their staff at all levels, whether related to design or technology, building codes, sustainability, envelope detailing, waterproofing or specifications.

Their goal has been to make the finished product the best it can be, consistent with our budget.”

JANE CURRY, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LEWIS ARTS CENTER

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Gerdin Business Building Expansion Troxel Hall Auditorium Pearson Hall Classroom Improvements JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Career and Technical Education Building Fine Arts + Design Studios KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE Campus Master Plan + Plan Verification Campus Coffee House ARTSpace (adaptive reuse) Jannes Library + Learning Center New Academic Building Feasibility Study

BNIM Higher Education Experience

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Justin Hall Renovation + Addition Study Seaton Hall Renovation + Expansion (with Ennead) FASTER Feasibility Study + Programming McCain Auditorium Study + Concept Design LITTLE BIG HORN COLLEGE Health + Wellness Center

RICE UNIVERSITY Anderson Hall Improvements SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Visual Arts Building (with Koch Hazard Architects) TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT Center of Excellence for Energy Technology

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Center for Advanced and Emerging Technology

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA C.K. Choi Institute of Asian Research (Sustainable Design Consultant)

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Middlebury College Bicentennial Hall

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY Moffitt Library Renovation

MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Master Services Agreement

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES Medical Education Building + Biomedical Library (with Lake | Flato Architects) Engineering VI Phase I (WIN-GEM) (with MRY) Engineering VI Phase II (with MRY)

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY Walnut Street Housing (with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas) Exterior Renovation of Blair-Shannon House Exterior Renovation of Freudenberger House Exterior Renovation of Hammons House Exterior Renovation of Hutchens House Kentwood Hall Study Exterior Renovation of Garst Dining Center Exterior Renovation of Looney Hall (West Plains Campus) Exterior Renovation of Jordan Valley Innovation Center Ozarks Education Center, Bull Shoals Field Station MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Montana State University EPICenter + NIST Report Gaines Hall Renovation OBERLIN COLLEGE Green Arts District Master Plan Master Plan Programming + Planning PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE Maintenance and Operations Facility PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Lewis Center for the Arts (with Steven Holl Architects) RESEARCH COLLEGE OF NURSING Classroom Renovations ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY Campus Master Plan Parking Structure

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge (with UrbanWorks Architecture)

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center Virginia Avenue Parking Garage Maryland Avenue Parking Design-Build Guidelines Reynolds Alumni Center Journalism School Renovations Parking Garage No. 7 Patient-Centered Care Learning Center School of Music Building UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY The Henry W. Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship + Innovation Cherry Street Parking Garage Hospital Hill Parking Garage Hospital Hill Health Sciences Education + Research Buildings Planning Study School of Medicine Renovation UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER Harold M. + Beverly Maurer Center of Public Health UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL Carolina North Utilities Master Plan

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Odum School of Ecology

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA University Center Feasibility Study

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Campus Expansion Site Study Michael J. Cemo HalL

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA Sustainability Workshop

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Visual Arts Building (with Steven Holl Architects) Newton Road and Melrose Avenue Parking Facilities Architectural Enhancements Museum of Art Psychological + Brain Sciences Center Stuit Hall Renovation Art Building West Flood Recovery Art Building Flood Replacement Project (with Steven Holl Architects) Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts + Sciences University of Iowa Informatics Initiative (UI3) College of Nursing Building UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Marvin Hall Addition + Renovation Study School of Engineering M2SEC Research Building NIST Grant UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER Parking Garage #5

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON University of Texas Flood Mitigation + Hazard Plan University of Texas Central Campus Master Plan University of Texas Campus Redevelopment School of Nursing + Student Community Center The Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building Mental Sciences Institute UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON School of Nursing (Programming + Design Development Consultant) WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS East Precinct Framework Plan + New Parking Facility YORK UNIVERSITY Computer Science Building (Sustainable Design Consultant)

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LEWIS ARTS CENTER

WASHINGTON UNIERSITY AT ST. LOUIS EAST CAMPUS GARAGE AND MASTER PLAN

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PRICE GILBERT LIBRARY AND CROSLAND TOWERS

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY REIMAGINING MOFFITT LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES MEDICAL EDUCATION AND BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY STUDY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES WESTERN INSTITUTE OF NANOELECTRONICS, GREEN ENGINEERING AND METROLOGY

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUE KENNEDY LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND FEASIBILITY STUDY

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SEATON HALL ADDITION AND RENOVATION

FAYEZ S. SAROFIM RESEARCH BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS

​“With BNIM’s leadership we were able to achieve a new paradigm for collaborative science and research.

The building is a tremendous asset in the recruiting process.”

IRMA GIGLI, MD - DEPUTY DIRECTOR EMERITUS, IMM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON

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FAYEZ S. SAROFIM RESEARCH BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS

2030 CHALLENGE

170

INDIVIDUAL BNIM PROJECTS REPORTED

44%

OF ALL OF BNIM REPORTED PROJECTS MET OR EXCEEDED 2030 GOALS IN THE LAST REPORTING YEAR

EXCEEDING THE 2030 CHALLENGE GOALS CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION BUILDING JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

LIGHTING IS DESIGNED TO BE

30%

OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD

BELOW ASHRAE 90.1

81%

MORE EFFICIENT

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SEAMANS CENTER FOR THE ENGINEERING ARTS AND SCIENCES

THAN THE NATIONAL OFFICE BIULDING AVERAGE

Human-Purposed High-Performance Design

40% REDUCTION

IN WATER USE AND 50%

80% REDUCTION

IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA (96.8 BTU/SF/PERSON BEFORE RENOVATION, 19.9 BTU/SF/PERSON AFTER RENOVATION)

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SEATON HALL ADDDITION AND RENOVATION

DESIGNED TO PRODUCE

105%

MORE ENERGY

THAN IT CONSUMES

LEED PLATINUM ON A STATE BUDGET AND

68%

EUI REDUCTION

FROM BASELINE

M & O BUILDING PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MU PATIENT-CENTERED CARE LEARNING CENTER

Front Door and Gateway Buildings

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

SEATON HALL RENOVATION + EXPANSION KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY is building positive

LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART BLOCH BUILDING

EAST CAMPUS PARKING GARAGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is building positive

LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

SEATON HALL RENOVATION + KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

THIRD AND GRAND KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

EXPANSION

MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COMPLEX PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

DESIGNING FOR

Urban Sites

SCHOOL OF NURSING AND STUDENT COMMUNITY CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS

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SEAMANS CENTER FOR THE ENGINEERING ARTS AND SCIENCES - SOUTH ANNEX ADDITION , UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

FAYEZ S. SAROFIM RESEARCH CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS

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BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

PRICE GILBERT CROSLAND TOWERS GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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EAST CAMPUS GARAGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT ST. LOUIS

SPACES FOR

Innovation

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CENTER FOR ADVANCED + EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES / MCC

BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

INFORMATICS INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

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PACFIC CENTER CAMPUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING

SEATON HALL KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RENOVATION UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

CENTER FOR ADVANCED + EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES / MCC

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BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

SEATON HALL KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

INTEGRATION OF

Art in the Public Realm

NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART KANSAS CITY, MO

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PLAZA COLONNADE KANSAS CITY, MO

PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS AMENITIES BUILDING is building positive

THE GILCHREST LEARNING CENTER SIOUX CITY, IA

GSA BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX FINANCE OFFICE

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BARTLE HALL BALLROOM EXPANSION (WITH HNTB ARCHITECTS)

FINE ARTS

Studio Spaces

VISUAL ARTS BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

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SEATON HALL RENOVATION + EXPANSION KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

FINE ARTS + DESIGN STUDIOS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGET is building positive

FINE ARTS + DESIGN STUDIOS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

VISUAL ARTS BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

VISUAL ARTS BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF IOWA is building positive

THE GILCHREST LEARNING CENTER SIOUX CITY ART CENTER

FINE ARTS + DESIGN STUDIOS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COL

LLEGE

VISUAL ARTS BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

FINE ARTS + DESIGN STUDIOS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FINE ARTS + DESIGN STUDIOS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SPACES FOR

Performance

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER EXPANSION WASHINGTON, DC

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FOLLY THEATER KANSAS CITY, MO

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER EXPANSION WASHINGTON, DC is building positive

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER EXPANSION WASHINGTON, DC

FOLLY THEATER KANSAS CITY, MO

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JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER EXPANSION WASHINGTON, DC

NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART KANSAS CITY, MO

KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS KANSAS CITY, MO

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LEWIS ARTS CENTER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NJ

LEWIS ARTS CENTER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NJ

LEWIS ARTS CENTER YMCA LYRIC RENOVATION PRINCETON NJ KANSASUNIVERSITY, CITY, MO

LEWIS ARTS CENTER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NJ

SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI / COLUMBIA, MO is building positive

SCHOOL OF MUSIC LEWIS ARTS CENTER UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY, MISSOURI / COLUMBIA, MO PRINCETON NJ

SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI / COLUMBIA, MO

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI / COLUMBIA, MO

SPACES FOR

Collaboration

COLLEGE OF NURSING BUILDING-BUILDING MODIFICATIONS UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

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CENTER FOR ADVANCED + EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES / MCC

INFORMATICS INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

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TROXEL HALL IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

SEATON HALL KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RENOVATION UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

AMENITIES BUILDING PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

PLEXPOD WESTPORT COMMONS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

GARST DINING CENTER MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

STEVE MCDOWELL FAIA LEED AP BD+C PRINCIPAL SMCDOWELL@BNIM.COM D 816 783 1553 / M 816 838 1553

HANS NETTELBLAD AIA LEED AP BD+C ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL HNETTELBLAD@BNIM.COM D 816 783 1605 / M 913 231 8254

“The MU Life Sciences Center design process demanded exceptional people skills. The BNIM team has been outstanding and instrumental in bringing together the many voices to create a unified vision for what will be a flagship facility for our campus. I have also found their project management and design skills to be exceptional. The project team has been consistently responsive in resolving issues, keeping the University informed throughout the process and ensuring the design integrity of the Life Sciences Center.”

BOB SIMMONS, FORMER UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM

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MARIA MAFFRY PRINCIPAL | CBDO MMAFFRY@BNIM.COM D 816 783 1625 / M 913 530 7729

NOTES “Shifting the Arts Debate from One-Way Transfer of Skills To the General Development of Critical Thinking Abilities.” http://www. tc.columbia.edu/articles/1999/june/shifting-thearts-debate-from-one-way-transfer-of-skills-to-/ 1

“Early MUSIC LESSONS BOOST BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.” https://www.mcgill.ca/ channels-contribute/channels/news/early-musiclessons-boost-brain-development-224936 2

“Using the Arts to Develop a Pedagogy of Creativity, Innovation, and Risk-Taking (CIRT).” https://doi.org/10.21977/D915130132 3

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