In Certain Places is a public art initiative in Preston, Lancashire, delivered in partnership between the Harris Museum & Art Gallery and the University of Central Lancashire. It was developed in response to the imminent regeneration of Preston City Centre and consists of three mutually supportive elements; the Lead Artist scheme, Here + Now and Talks and Debates.

The city of Preston is due to embark on a multi-million pound regeneration scheme, focusing on the redevelopment, for retail and leisure use, of an area of land adjacent to the city centre, which is currently underutilised. The project will be a mixed-use redevelopment and incorporate retail, leisure, cultural, business, residential and health components and will include a new transport facility and new markets quarter. This is known as the Tithebarn Project and is a partnership between Preston City Council and Grosvenor Ltd. Building work is likely to take place between 2009 and 2012.

Preston City Council (PCC), through the department of Arts and Heritage, in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), recognises the extraordinary opportunity this presents to involve artists in shaping Preston’s regeneration. It offers the chance to involve artists at a very early stage in the process and to create contexts for them to shape Preston as a city in a fundamental and positive way as well as to define a new, holistic methodology for engaging artists within regeneration.

Collectively, the three initiatives in the In Certain Places programme aim to raise the level of public debate in the city about the opportunities Tithebarn and other redevelopment projects present for artists' involvement.

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In Certain Places team; 

Curator:
Curator (Talking on Corners): Lubaina Himid
Assistant Curator:
Project Assistant: