Research on, writings about and ideas to advance the Creative Economy
Places
Organizations/institutions
Other places
General
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies'
Creative Economy Resource Center
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/artworks/creative_economy.shtml
Resources about the creative sector approach to economic development.
Sir
Ken Robinson on creativity and education
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson TED {Technology,
Entertainment and Design}, February 2006
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative,
and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. This talk was
recorded at the February 2006 TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design)
conference in Monterey, CA.
"Ten Characteristics of a Healthy Arts Community," from Americans for the Arts
Art
of the Town
Christian Science Monitor, 12/2/2005
Arts and culture growing in importance in small towns and rural areas
http://www.artsjournal.com/artsissues/redir/20051201-60736.html
Arts and Community Development, from the Community Arts Network
http://www.communityarts.net/archivefiles/community_development/index.php
Cultural Development in Creative Communities, Monograph, November 2003. Authors: Bill Bulick with Carol Coletta, Colin Jackson, Andrew Taylor, and Steven Wolff. Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Building Creative
Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development,
Monograph/Special Report, March 2003. Publisher: Americans for the Arts
http://webmail.tds.net/agent/mobmain?mobmain=1
Ten Characteristics
of a Healthy Community: How the Arts Can Be Integrated, Monograph,
June 2002. First Joint Convention of Americans for the Arts, National
Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Mara Walker, Vice President Programs
and Services, Americans for the Arts, Johanna Misey Boyer, Director of
Leadership Development, National Assembly of State Art Agencies. Publisher:
Americans for the Arts
http://webmail.tds.net/agent/mobmain?mobmain=1
Florida
www.creativetampabay.com
Tampa Bay’s initiative to improve competitiveness in the global
economy.
Iowa
www.culturalaffairs.org/
Imagine Iowa 2010: a new strategy for a new economy, cultural districts,
and more.
Kentucky
www.paducaharts.com
Paducah, KY is a nationally-recognized model for building the creative
economy on the local level
Lousiana
www.crt.state.la.us?crt/ltgov/LTGpress/20040322.htm
“Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu’s Louisiana's Creative
Industries Initiative, part of the Roadmap For Change, a strategic framework
developed to bring together government, business, arts leaders, community
leaders…”
Massachusetts
www.mtpc.org
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, a quasi-public economic development
organization established to enhance the Commonwealth’s knowledge-based
innovation economy.
maash.org
Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Science and Humanities, advocating
for more jobs, livable communities, and better schools through the arts,
sciences and humanities.
Michigan
www.michigan.gov/gov/
Governor Jennifer Granholm’s “Cool Communities”: a plan
to use the arts, culture, creativity and innovation to grow Michigan's
economy.
Minnesota
www.mtn.org/mca
"...the arts have become an economic asset to Minnesota: in a newly
competitive world, public investments in culture have become as important
as those in manufacturing, farming and other more conventional economic
developments. Enhancing Minnesota's artistic mass...will pay off for generations
of Minnesotans to come." Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 1, 2002
New England
www.creativeeconomy.org/
The Creative Economy Council is a partnership among New England's business,
government, and cultural sectors that exists to promote the sustainable
economic development of the region’s creative economy. State-specific
efforts are underway in each of the six New England states, helping to
develop a vital global center for the creative economy on all levels.
South Dakota
www.sdarts.org/news/2004_Winter_newsletter.pdf
The South Dakota 2010 Initiative targets enhancement of arts and culture,
utilizing history and the arts as tools for economic development and cultural
tourism.
United Kingdom
www.creativelondon.org.uk
Creative London works to promote and grow the diversity, depth, quality
and energy of the creative industries in London.
Australia
www.creativeeconomy.com.au/
Creative Economy provides strategic business management and advice to
the creative sector in Australia, assisting creative enterprises to flourish
through creative inputs.
Americans for the Arts and the “Creative Industries”
www.artsusa.org
New research on arts-centric businesses, institutions, and organizations
that range from museums, symphonies, and theaters to film, architecture,
and advertising companies, providing the essential fuel that drives the
“information economy”—the fastest growing segment of
the nation’s economy.
Richard Florida
The guy who put the “creative economy” in the
headlines
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The Rise of the Creative Class,www.creativeclass.org
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Building A Creative Society, : www.culturalcommons.org/comment.cfm
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Memphis Manifesto
www.memphismanifesto.com
“The Memphis Manifesto is the call to action by the Creative Class… their definitive blueprint for communities competing for creative workers and seeking to retain their own. Its principles are guiding communities looking to be magnets for talent in the knowledge-based economy.”
Smart
City Radio
www.smartcityradio.com
“Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes
an in-depth look at urban life. Host Carol Coletta talks with national
and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists,
business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating
discussion of urban issues.”
Newtopia
Magazine
http://www.newtopiamagazine.net
a political culture journal that publishes fresh news and perspectives
which analyze how our politics and policies are reflected in our arts,
government, and humanities. Their new exclusive series, "Covering
the Creative Economy" offers in-depth coverage of creative economy
initiatives around the world.
Cultural
Commons
www.culturalcommons.org
the meeting place for culture and policy
Next
Generation Consulting
www.nextgenerationconsulting.com
research and strategy on the future workforce and the creative economy,
based in Madison, WI
Other
sites…
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN/sub_sen.htm
Amartya Sen, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics, on the role
of culture in development.
www.smartgrowth.org
One of their principles – fostering distinctive, attractive communities
with a strong sense of place. Among their issues – community quality
of life, using creative economy principles.
And…
Google “creative economy” or “arts and creativity”
for more information!
Milwaukee Public Radio
USA
June 2006
Does the presence of something called the “creative class” make a positive impact on a place?
Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas by John Howkins – Penguin Books 2002 (paperback)
• The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida - Basic Books, 2002
• The Flight of the Creative Class by Richard Florida - Harper Business, 2005
• The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
• The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg - Marlowe and Company, 1989
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Vintage Books, 1961
• Americans for the Arts - Maps of creative industries by congressional district and other resources
http://www.artsusa.org/
• The Creative Economy in Iowa: An Overview
http://www.culturalaffairs.org/media/reports_and_studies/overview.pdf
• The Creative Economy in Maine: Measurement and Analysis
http://www.mainearts.com/
• The Role of the Arts in Economic Development http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/062501ARTSDEV.pdf
• Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota – McKnight Foundation
http://www.mcknight.org/brightstars/
• Can Rural America Support a Knowledge Economy – Center for the Study of Rural America
http://www.kc.frb.org/PUBLICAT/ECONREV/PDF/3Q04hend.pdf