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Hawaii's Creative Industries: Update Report 2010
Assisting development of Hawaii’s key creative activities has become an important economic development strategy. more >
Arts Audiences publishes key reports from the Build Your Audience Scheme
Arts Audiences has published two key reports of interest to arts organisations looking to explore better ways to connect with and engage audiences. more >
Language vital to retaining Pacific heritage arts
Fluency in Pacific languages is critical to maintaining healthy Pacific heritage arts in New Zealand, according to research published today by Creative New Zealand. more >
The Arts Council announces new policy on visual artists' workspaces
The Arts Council has announced a new policy on visual artists’ workspaces - Visual Artists’ Workspaces in Ireland: A New Approach. This policy follows on from the Review of Visual Artists’ Workspaces in Ireland, completed in 2009. more >
Disability Equality Scheme 2010-13
Arts Council England has established a new framework for achieving disability equality in the arts, which builds on the knowledge and experience gained while delivering our first Disability Equality Scheme. more >
Public Art Toolkit
The Public Art Toolkit is intended as a guide when planning a public art program or evaluating an existing one, and contains resources for the management of public art projects. more >
Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation
Next on deck was Research director Sunil Iyengar who presented on our most recent report: Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation. (Not only are we very excited about the findings but we’re excited because this is our first truly “online” research report. Check it out here.) Here are some of the key points from Sunil’s presentation: More than half of U.S. adults (approx 118 million) participated in the arts through electronic and digital media. For many Americans—primarily older Americans, rural residents, and racial/ethnic minority groups— electronic media is the only way they participate in “benchmark” arts events. Media-based arts participation appears to encourage—rather than replace—other types of arts participation more >
New models, new money: a foundation for the artist
The arts, creativity and culture are central to social and economic life, highly valued and greatly enjoyed by almost all Australians. The creative economy contributes as much to the national economy as agriculture, and the importance of these activities is set to increase in the twenty-first century. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 1 & 2
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 1 & 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Volume 40, Number 2
Volume 40 Number 2 / April-June 2010 of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is now available on the heldref.metapress.com web site. more >
Culture of Innovation
Seemingly a paradox exists in the arts: creativity and novelty lie at the heart of all artistic endeavour, yet funders call on arts and cultural organisations to be more innovative. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 2
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Measuring Creativity: the book
The International Conference "Can creativity be measured?" offered an overview of the different ways of measuring creativity at national, regional and individual levels. As a first step towards tackling this challenge, Measuring Creativity looks at all these perspectives and provides a wide analysis of measuring specific aspects related to creativity. more >
The Economics of Cultural Policy (Paperback) by David Throsby
Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. more >
Visual artists’ workspaces in Ireland
Following discussion with visual artists' studio groups and residential facilities as part of the Partnership for the Arts consultation process, the need for a clear Arts Council policy in support of artists’ workspaces was identified. more >
Through the political glass ceiling
The Race to Prime Ministership by Trinidad & Tobago’s first female, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Speeches, compiled, with introduction, contexts and analyses by Dr Kris Rampersad more >
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