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Rick H. Jones ...Rick Jones shows us how this synthesis of arts and creative cities works...
-Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class
Silent Rise:
A City, the Arts, and a Blue-Collar Kid
Hamilton, Ohio, was at a crossroads as the city faced enormous challenges in 1989. A dying downtown, a closed auto body plant, major industries facing external control or closure---and conservative civic and business leaders made the courageous decision to turn to the arts for a solution. Silent Rise takes us on the twenty-five year journey of this author as Hamilton came back from the brink to thrive. On this journey you will meet a variety of characters, learn a bit about the city's arts history, see the arts rise in one city, and better understand the power of the arts to transform lives and communities. This is a story of transformation and hope with an uplifting victory.
In his debut memoir, Rick dispels the cultural myth that the arts are reserved for the elite and shows that any community – no matter the controversy and challenges – can vastly improve economically, educationally and socially by putting the arts in the hearts and minds of everyday people.
...thank you, Rick Jones, for showing us how a focus on arts and culture can breathe life and bring people from all walks of life together and transform America's communities." -Quint Studer, author of Building a Vibrant Community and The Road to Renaissance.
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