Recommended Resources
Key Concepts and Strategies
Americans for the Arts. Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development (March 2003).
www.arc.gov/images/pubs/entrep/mono.pdf
Bradford, Neil. Creative Cities Structured Policy Dialogue Backgrounder, Chapters 1 and 2 (2004).
www.cprn.ca/en/doc.cfm?doc=1081
Creative 100. The Memphis Manifesto (2003).
www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/memphis-manifesto.pdf
Delaney, Neeta. Cultural Economic Development: A Practical Guide for Communities (2004).
http://www.coloarts.state.co.us/programs/economic/defining/creativeEconomyArticles/Cultural%20Economic%20Development%20-%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20For%20Communities.doc
Education Commission of the States. The Arts, Education and the Creative Economy (2005).
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/62/52/6252.pdf
Johnson, Amanda and Ann Markunsen. Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies (2006).
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie/artists_centers.html
McCarthy, Kevin et al. "Appendix: Theoretical Insights on Economic Benefits." Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts (2004).
www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG218.pdf
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. Role of the Arts in Economic Development (2001).
http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/062501ARTSDEV.pdf
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. Strengthenging Rural Economies Through the Arts (2005).
http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/RURALARTS.pdf
University of Chicago Cultural Policy Center. Lasting Effects: Economic Impact Analysis of the Arts.
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/eiaac/papers.shtml
U.S. Conference of Mayors. Creative Industries Index Resolution (2004).
www.usmayors.org/uscm/resolutions/72nd_conference/apes_01.asp
Scholarship
"Arts and Culture in the New Economy." Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society (Summer 2002).
www.culturalpolicy.org/issuepages/NewEconomy.cfm
Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class (2002); and The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent (2005).
www.creativeclass.org/
Robinson, Sir Ken. How Creativity, Education and the Arts Shape a Modern Economy (2005).
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/60/51/6051.pdf
Schussman, Alan and Kieran Healy. Culture, Creativity and the Economy: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources (2002).
www.kieranhealy.org/files/drafts/creative-economy-bib.pdf
Critical Discourse
Daly, Ann. "Richard Florida's High Class Glasses." Grantmakers in the Arts Reader (Summer 2004).
http://www.giarts.org/library_additional/library_additional_show.htm?doc_id=294735
Florida, Richard. "The Great Creative Class Debate: Revenge of the Squelchers." The Next American City (July 2004).
http://americancity.org/magazine/article/the-great-creative-class-debate-revenge-of-the-squelchers-florida/
Kotkin, Joel and Fred Siegel. "Too Much Froth." Blueprint Magazine (8 January 2004).
www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=252300&kaid=141&subid=301
Malanga, Steven. "The Curse of the Creative Class." City Journal (Winter 2004).
www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_curse.html
State Arts Agency Materials
Arizona Commission on the Arts. Arizona's Case for the Arts 2004-2005.
www.azarts.gov/publications/caseforthearts.pdf
Georgia Council for the Arts. The Arts in Economic Development.
www.gaarts.org/pdf/GCA_EconomicBrief_611.pdf
Louisiana Division of the Arts. Louisiana Rebirth: Restoring the Soul of America (2005).
http://www.crt.state.la.us/LouisianaRebirth/Plan/LouisianaRebirthPlan.pdf
Louisiana Division of the Arts. The Louisiana Cultural Economy: 2007 Status Report.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/CulturalEconomy/2007Conference/2007Status.pdf
Maine Center for Business and Economic Research. The Creative Economy in Maine: Measurement and Analysis, Summary of Findings and Recommendations (2004).
http://mainearts.maine.gov/mainescreativeeconomy/conference/Proceedings/Final_Research_Report_edited.pdf
Maine Arts Commission. Maine's Creative Economy conference Proceedings (2004).
http://mainearts.maine.gov/mainescreativeeconomy/conference/Proceedings/CE_Proceedings.pdf
Maine Arts Commission. Report of Recommendations from the Blaine House Conference on Creative Economy. (2004) http://mainearts.maine.gov/mainescreativeeconomy/conference/Proceedings/reportrecommendations.shtml
Maine's Creative Economy Council. Maine's Creative Economy Connecting Creativity, Commerce and Community (2006).
http://mainearts.maine.gov/mainescreativeeconomy/creative_economy2.pdf
Maine's Creative Economy Steering Committee. Maine's Creative Economy Community Handbook (2006).
http://mainearts.maine.gov/mainescreativeeconomy/creative_economy_handbook.pdf
Maine's Governor's Council on Quality of Place. People, Place, and Prosperity. First report of the Governor's Council on Maine's Quality of Place (2007).
http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/docs/QOPreport1.Full.Text.pdf
Maine's Juice Conference Summary Report (2007).
http://www.juiceconference.org/downloads/2007JuiceConference_SummaryReport.pdf
Michigan Cool Cities Initiative. What You Can Do.
www.coolcities.com/whatyoucando/
Organizations and Web Sites
Americans for the Arts
www.artsusa.org/information_resources/economic_impact/
Center for an Urban Future
www.nycfuture.org (search Policy Areas for Arts & Culture)
Culture Shapes Communities
www.cultureshapescommunity.org
Partners for Livable Communities
www.livable.com/culture_builds/index.htm
Richard Florida Creativity Group
www.creativeclass.org/
Media Coverage
For recent news coverage of the creative economy, visit ArtsJournal and the Center for Arts & Culture's In the News.
For additional information, visit the Creative Economy Resource Center or contact Jesse Rye at NASAA.
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