About the Creative Economy

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Why is the Creative Economy so important for Wisconsin's future? Research and talking points Resources from thought-leaders and decision-makers Models and best practices from Wisconsin and around the world Organizations/institutions check back often - frequently updated! Research and talking points Americans for the Arts Creative Industries reports uses official Dun and Bradstreet data to quantify the arts in Wisconsin. As of January 2012, the state of Wisconsin is home to 12,953 arts-related businesses that employ 49,526 people. Click here for the Wisconsin statewide 2012 Creative Industries map. New June 2012!: Wisconsins nonprofit arts sector generates $535 million in economic activity annually, resulting in nearly $65 million in local and state tax revenues, 22,872 in full-time equivalent jobs and $479 million in resident income. Check out the Arts and Economic Prosperity IV study and more information on the economic power of Wisconsins arts sector. Resources and writings from thought-leaders and decision-makers The Creative Community Builders Handbook, by Tom Borrup, 2006 http://www.amazon.com/Creative-CommunityBuilders-Handbook-Communities/dp/0940069474 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies' Creative Economy Resource Center www.nasaa-arts.org/artworks/creative_economy.shtml The Arts in the Small Community, by Robert Gard, updated 2006 by Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael Warlum (available from Arts Wisconsin - contact us at info@artswisconsin.org) Art-related economic development strategies in small towns: Impacts on Downtown Economic Revitalization (its from 1999, but still relevant) - http://www.travelmontana.mt.gov /conference/PresentationArchive/jvillani.htm Cultural and Heritage Tourism http://yakimavalleytourism.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/culturaland-heritage-tourism/ An Arts-Based State Rural Development Policy http://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie/pdf /270_rural_state_arts_policy.pdf Rural Tourism Marketing http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/ National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Creative Economy Resource Center: http://www.nasaa-arts.org/Research /Key-Topics/Creative-Economic-Development/CreativeEconomic-Development-Resource-Center.php National Governors Association research New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development Strengthening Rural Economies through the Arts Culture and Commerce: Traditional Arts in Economic

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Culture and Commerce: Traditional Arts in Economic Development Ann Markusen, University of Minnesota major researcher and writer on the arts, creative entrepreneurship, and creative economy Arts and Culture in Urban/Regional Planning: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie/pdf /271CulturalPlanningResearch.pdf Defining the Creative Economy: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie/pdf /268%20DefineCreativeEcon_IndOcc.pdf Building the Creative Economy for Minnesotas artists and communities: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie/pdf /268%20DefineCreativeEcon_IndOcc.pdf Creative Placemaking a white paper for the National Endowment for the Arts Mayors Institute on City Design Sir Ken Robinson on creativity and education www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson TED Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and an international expert on innovation and human resources. From the February 2006 TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference in Monterey, CA. Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota McKnight Foundation www.mcknight.org/brightstars/ Can Rural America Support a Knowledge Economy, from the Center for the Study of Rural America http://www.kc.frb.org /PUBLICAT/ECONREV/PDF/3Q04hend.pdf 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 Artists and the creative economy - radio interview with arts consultant Ann Daly, WUWM, 7/19/06 www.wuwm.com/view_at10.php?articleid=142 Amartya Sen, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics, on the role of culture in development www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN/sub_sen.htm Model and best practices in Wisconsin and globally Green Bay - Life of the River public art project Middleton Public Art Plan - http://www.middletonarts.org /index.htm (Middleton Arts Commission-city committee charged with public art project development and implementation) Nick Engelberts Grandview, Hollandale: www.nicksgrandview.com St Croix Festival Theatre, St. Croix Falls: www.festivaltheatre.org

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St Croix Festival Theatre, St. Croix Falls: www.festivaltheatre.org Mural projects in: Ashland Mural Walk http://www.visitashland.com /interactive/mural_walk.php?mural=0 Wittenberg - Walls of Wittenberg www.wallsofwittenberg.com Kenosha Union Park Project http://kenoshaunionparkproject.com/ Wisconsins Northwest Heritage Passage - http://heritagepassage.com/ - cultural tourism/entrepreneurial program Downtown Fond du Lac Art, Education and Entertainment District - http://www.downtownfonddulac.com/dfp/sft422 /aepowerpointrevised.pdf Rhinelander weighs new arts center Rhinelander Daily News www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2010/12/09/news /doc4d00f955ca4ea615779798.txt Waupaca Community Arts Board - www.waupacaarts.org/index.php?page=about Film festivals (like art fairs and festivals, designed to help artists sell and display work and to bring people to the community) --Beloit International Film Festival - www.beloitfilmfest.org --Flyway Film Festival, Pepin - www.flywayfilmfestival.org/ --Big Water Film Festival, Washburn - bigwaterfilmfestival.org/ And beyond The Creative Community: How Three Communities Used Art to Build a Future Engaging Cities, 2-27-2012 http://engagingcities.com/article/creative-community-how-threecommunities-used-art-build-future Arts economy rises on the southwest prairie MPR News, 3-6-12 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/03/05 /ground-level-arts-economy-rises-on-the-southwest-prairie/ Florida www.creativetampabay.com Tampa Bays 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 Landrieus Louisiana's Creative Industries Initiative, part of the Roadmap For Change, a strategic framework developed to bring together government, business, arts leaders, community leaders Maine www.mainearts.com/ The Creative Economy in Maine: Measurement and Analysis Massachusetts www.mtpc.org: The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, a quasi-public economic development organization established to enhance the Commonwealths knowledge-based innovation economy. maash.org: Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Science and Humanities, advocating for more jobs, livable communities, and

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Humanities, advocating for more jobs, livable communities, and better schools through the arts, sciences and humanities. Michigan www.michigan.gov/gov/ Governor Jennifer Granholms 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 regions 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. Organizations/institutions 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 economythe fastest growing segment of the nations economy. Richard Florida The guy who put the creative economy in the headlines The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class www.creativeclass.org Building A Creative Society: www.culturalcommons.org/comment.cfm 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

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penetrating discussion of urban issues. Smart Growth Network 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. 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 CEOS for Cities www.ceosforcities.org Next Generation Consulting www.nextgenerationconsulting.com research and strategy on the future workforce and the creative economy, based in Madison, WI And Google creative economy or arts and creativity for lots more information! updated 5-25-12

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