Jacquelyn West is an artistic director, placemaker and cultural industries strategist. She catalyzes new opportunity in the creative economy and defines rich public places of cultural consumption and community exchange.
Her decade of culture project creation has enabled her to travel the globe and connect to renowned artists and clients. Her track record of urban project “scaping” illustrate her ability to generate positive community, iconic third spaces, as well as commercial and financial outcomes for all parties.
Jacquelyn writes and speaks about the power of the creative economy for cities, the importance of creative talent retention, and emphasizing reserving space for creativity and local culture integration in city and development planning.
She has contributed to Economic Development and Culture working groups at the City of Toronto, presented at Canadian Urban Institute events, and supports curriculum design with several educational institutions. Her work and project contributions have been publicized in the Huffington Post, Toronto Life, Vogue, and more.
In her studio practice, so good city, she brings her success in business development in the cultural industries and her track record for significant philanthropy creation toward multi-faceted creative place concepts for clients. Her data-driven outcome reporting seeks to continually illustrate the impact that culture has in the built environment and the need for creative places to be part of the growing Creative City.
Jacquelyn
acts as Instigator, Projector, Convener, Artistic Director, Empath.
defines as Creative Placemaker and Cultural Industries Consultant.
works with Real Estate Development Visionaries, Social Impact Investors, Dynamic Municipalities, Brands of Integrity, Legacy Philanthropy Organizations.