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Topic: Creative Economies: Creative Industries
A creative economy is dependent on a creative workforce and the presence of creative industries—for-profit and nonprofit businesses involved in the creation or distribution of the arts. They are businesses that we participate in for enjoyment (seeing a movie, attending a concert, or reading a novel); engage in for business (architecture, design, musical instrument manufacturing); and invest in to enrich community livability (museums, public art, performing arts centers). Creative industries contribute to economic growth by attracting a dynamic workforce, serving as a destination for cultural tourism, and creating exportable cultural products.
Americans for the Arts Resources (10) more
- Forging a Creative Community for the New Creative Economy
The demand for creativity has outpaced the ability of most nations to produce enough workers simply to meet their needs.
- Cultural Development in Creative Communities
Civic leaders around the United States are cultivating new economic development strategies to build creative capital, and many are taking a fresh look at how cultural development contributes to communities. This monograph examines issues related to these topics and provides a case study of a creative city.
- Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development
Small and rural communities across the country continue to face drastic population shifts and economic upheaval. Many efforts are underway in these areas to create and implement economic revitalization strategies. In analyzing resources, strengths, and needs, communities are increasingly seeing the potential of their existing creative economies—sectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers—as strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."
Project Profile (40) more
- Portfolio
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance published an outstanding report, the first of its kind in the country, that provides a comprehensive look at the arts in the Philadelphia area.
- South Bronx Cultural Corridor
The South Bronx Cultural Corridor is a catalyst for fostering creativity through a network of community support, maintaining a strong creative presence in the neighborhood, and branding the neighborhood with cultural vibrancy for both residents and visitors.
- The Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan
The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, in partnership with the McGregor Fund and the Hudson-Webber Foundation, creadted the Cultural Alliance of SouthEastern Michigan with the goal of bringing together arts and cultural organizations.
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Sample Documents (4) more
- Geodemographic Mapping Study Executive Summary
The Executive Summary for a 360 page report on how to target new customers, testing the capactiy of the market to maintain or expand audiences, identifying possibilites for audience diversification, ticketing strategies and recommendations for growth opportunities.
- Portland Creative Economy Summit Report
On May 31, 2006, Mayor Cohen convened Portland’s Creative Economy Summit.
Over two hundred members of the Creative Economy attended the event, which was held in
the Merrill Rehearsal Hall. After introductory remarks, the participants divided into three
groups: creative individuals, creative organizations, and creative enterprises. Each group
worked to develop three action steps for enhancing Portland’s creative economy; and at the
end of the Summit, this list of nine steps was reduced by the full group to three final
recommendations.
- Soul of the City: Investing in Hartford Arts: Big Bang, Not Fluff
A 2005 op-ed by Ken Kahn, Executive Director of Greater Hartford Arts Council, in the Hartford Courant makes a broad case for community investment in the arts.
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