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
Orange County
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
Commission on the Skills of the American
National Center on Education and the Economy
National and Regional Arts Advocacy Organizations
Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
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)
Western States Arts Federation
Western States Arts Federation Publications and Research
Entering the Creative Economy Workforce
Arts, Media, Entertainment Industry & Education Connecting for Students
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
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)
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
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