A wide range of information including research reports, data analysis, and policy discussions centered on creative economies is available. This resource section aims to serve as a convenient conduit to regional, state and national information.

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Related Creative Economy Reports

• Americans for the Arts: Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry
• California's Arts and Cultural Ecology (PDF)
• Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
• Welcome To Los Angeles County (You Tube video)
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and National Endowment for the Arts Preliminary Report on Impact of Arts

Municipal Cultural Master Plans

Below are some examples of cultural master plans for cities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. A recent trend in cultural planning is to focus on the development of both the cultural community and the overall creative economy.

• Burbank - Burbank Cultural Arts Plan
• Glendale - A Strategic Plan for the Arts in Glendale
• Inglewood - Cultural Arts Master Plan (PDF)
• Lancaster - Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Cultural Master Plan
• Pasadena - Cultural Nexis: An Action Plan for the Cultural Sector in Pasadena
• Pomona - Pomona Cultural Plan
• Santa Clarita - Arts Blueprint Phase I (PDF)
• Santa Monica - Creative Capital: Culture, Community, Vision
• Costa Mesa – Theater and Arts District Plan (PDF)
• Laguna Beach – Community Cultural Plan For The City Of Laguna Beach (PDF)

Creativity Indexes

The Creative Vitality™ Index (CVI™) is an index and research tool that measures annual changes in the economic health of an area by integrating economic data streams from both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. The Creative Vitality™ Index is a resource for informing public policy and supporting the work of advocates for creative economies. CVI™ reports have been used as a way to define the parameters of an area's creative economy and as a means of educating communities about the components and dynamics of a creative economy.Creative Vitality™ Index

Arts Education K-12

• LA County Arts for All
• Arts Education Partnership
• Commission on the Skills of the American
• National Center on Education and the Economy

National and Regional Arts Advocacy Organizations

• Americans for the Arts
• Arts Education Partnership
• Arts for LA
• Arts Create California
• Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
• The Creative Coalition
• Massachusetts Economic Development
• The Mayors' Institute on City Design
• National Center on Education and the Economy
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Next Generation Arts
• Nurturing California¹s Next Generation Arts and Cultural Leaders (PDF)
• Project Zero
• Western States Arts Federation
• Western States Arts Federation Publications and Research

Entering the Creative Economy Workforce

• Arts, Media, Entertainment Industry & Education Connecting for Students
• LA Culture Net (LACN)
• Next Gen Arts Nurturing California's Next Generation Arts and Cultural Leaders

Think Tanks and Entrepreneurship

• Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles
• Center for an Urban Future in New York
• The Creative Economy Association of the North Shore (CEANS) in Massachusetts
• The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University
• DigiSo at the West Virginia Economic Development Center
• Project Zero

Professional Associations

• American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
• The American Institutes of Architects, Los Angeles
• American Institute of Graphic Arts
• California Fashion Association
• Digital Media Association (DiMA)
• Dramatists Guild
• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
• Stage Managers' Association
• Toy Industry Association (TIA)

Selected Publications

• Americans for the Arts, “Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts”
• Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning Champions Report (PDF)
• The Conference Board, “Ready to Innovate”
• Ready to Innovate (PDF)
• National Center on Education and the Economy, “Tough Choices or Tough Times: Report on Skills of the American Workforce” (PDF)
• National Endowment for the Arts, “Creative Placemaking” (PDF)
• Pew Charitable Trust, “Activating Cultural Capital,” (PDF)
• Project Zero research (2010), Current Projects (PDF)
• Rockefeller Foundation, “From Creative Economy to Creative Society,” (PDF)

Additional Creative Economy Research

• California Cultural Data Project
• Center for an Urban Future (PDF)
• The Entertainment Economy Institute
• NEA Artist Employment Survey Oct 2011, NEA Artists and Art Workersin the United States (PDF)
• Research Note - 105
• Sir Ken Robinson