Americans for the Arts

Arts and culture not only attract creative workers but also have a positive impact on the community. Researcher a the University of Pennsylvania's Social Impact of the Arts Project found that the presence of art and culture offering in a neighborhood has a measurable impact on the strength of the community. (p.1).

Arlington County, Va., has successfully developed a new way of working in this changing climate: the arts incubator. This new model of support is infinitely adaptable and transferable to any community interested in expanding its arts presence despite limited resources.

A new study from the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, "Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Artists, Neighborhoods, and Economies," shows that Minnesota's strong creative economy owes much of its success to the unusual number and quality of dedicated gathering spaces for artists in Minnesota. The study profiles 22 arts centers and individual artists.

A new domain is emerging: information technology and creative practices, or ITCP. This alliance between technology and art/design may yield much in the ways of social and economic good, and should be invested in.

A new breed of human resources and recruitment consultancies are offering expertise to creative companies to help these firms make the most of their staff and business. These consultancies perform "health checks" on firms' human-resources status and offer solutions to any detected problems. This allows the company to focus on the core of its business: creativity.

A 1994 California Arts Council study on how the nonprofit arts contribute to California's economic growth and job creation.

The first three chapters of our book describe the nonprofit universe, in terms of its population, services, characteristics, unique features, and the range of entities within it. In Chapter 3, you can assess how well your interests and values match up with opportunities in the nonprofit world. Chapters 4 through 9 provide portraits of the executive director position, the development office, the program departments, membership activities, publications, public relations, and all the administrative services, including finance, accounting, personnel, office management, and data processing. Chapter

The Conference Board and Americans for the Arts, working with the American Association of School Administrators, surveyed 155 U.S. business executives (employers) and 89 school superintendents and school leaders (superintendents) to determine the skills and abilities that cultivate creativity. The survey results reflect employers? recognition that building an innovative workforce will depend on developing employees' creative abilities.

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 ﾝsectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers ﾝas strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."

The Center for Arts and Culture has published a year-long series of issue papers entitled Art, Culture, and the National Agenda to demonstrate how public policy decisions affect our nation's cultural life. This paper, the fifth in the series, looks at the relationship of education, creativity, and the 21st-century workforce.

The authors of this article researched compensation data available through the American Council for the Arts to ascertain whether or not disparities in pay existed among male and female arts administrators. Pay discrimination was found to exist in the arts administration profession. The ACA data support the premise that pay discrimination is a real issue that needs addressing.

The author focuses on how urban policies and the clustering of creative industries has influenced urban outcomes. The set of creative industries include those with output protectable under some form of intellectual property law. More specifically, this sub-sector encompasses software, multimedia, video games, industrial design, fashion, publishing, and research and development

The author describes the struggle of American cities to reinvent themselves for the post-industrial economy and the pivotal role the arts play in that process.

The article provides information on the importance of the creative sector to the U.S. economy.

Summary of the final report of the Maricopa Regional Arts and Culture Task Force, which illustrates the economic importance of arts and culture, outlines the financial challenges facing the Valley's arts and culture institutions, and recommends regional strategies for advancement.