There is great news today coming from Milwaukee. Not only has the city launched a region wide creative economy initiative, Creativity Works!, which is intended to “to define, inventory, and measure the economic contribution of the region’s creative industries and to link and leverage them into a cohesive economic...
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Milwaukee has Got it Right
Broadband, Investment and a New Legal Structure at the Heart of UK Creative Industry Drive
In a speech to the Oxford Media Convention the UK Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt gave details on how his office will accompany the growth of the UK creative sector. He says the “creative industries are on track to grow at double the rate of the wider economy in the...
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Creative Economy and Cultural Industry Shift
The once yearly American for the Arts talkfest is now in preparation scheduled for June 16-18, 2011 in San Diego. These conferences bring together over 1,200 of the movers and shakers of the American arts movement to discuss the future of arts management in America. As an advocate of defining...
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Washington, the Nation’s Second Largest Creative Cluster
The collection of worldly types in the Washington DC metropolitan area aren’t only a demanding political bunch they are also a demanding cultural group as well. With its massive grouping of universities, embassies and the highly educated the city now has a creative density that rivals America’s largest cities....
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St. Petersburg invests in creative industries
In a strategic push to be recognized as a global creative capital St Petersburg is investing heavily in its cultural institutions. The strategy focuses on investment in the creative industries and capacity building. Anton Gubankov, the head of the St. Petersburg Committee of Culture, says in the Voice of Russia, “I am...
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Mapping the Creative Industries in the UK
BOP Consulting has just released a new map that demonstrates the concentration of workers in the creative industries in different region of the UK. The map is interesting and so is the methodology. Here it is in their words, “ BOP’s maps show the percentage share of total workplace employment in...
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Writing your own rules – why we need local definitions for Creative Industries – Part 2
Hi Andrew, It is good to be back in touch. Thank goodness I stopped by your website before responding. I had no idea our conversation was going directly online. With the internet archive around I’m usually a little more careful about what I say online as opposed to what I...
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A Creative Industry Primer
The creative economy movement started in the UK in 1994. Follow the links to understand how national cultural policy became creative industry policy and how it's now changing the world.