This report presents the findings of an effort undertaken by the Urban Institute to validate a set of candidate indicators for creative placemaking initiatives.
Economic Impact
Arts & Culture Economy 2014: Measuring Successful Arts & Culture Strategies
An analysis of how the arts and culture can impact Rhode Island, with observations and suggestions that could be applied elsewhere.
Causes Count: The Economic Power of California’s Nonprofit Sector
Causes Count is the first report of its kind to examine the nonprofit sector’s scope, activities and economic impact in the state of California. While some regional research about nonprofits has been conducted, the present state of knowledge about the California nonprofit sector as a whole is extremely limited at best. This report from CalNonprofits (California Association of Nonprofits) addressed this deficiency, and gives the nonprofit community the information in needs to advance its cause.
Establishing a Creative Economy: Art as an Economic Engine in Native Communities
Art has not been seen as a commodity among Native peoples, but rather as an ingrained part of Native lifestyles and spiritual beliefs, and as something to be preserved, honored and passed down to the next generations. However, in our modern context, Native culture and tradition-based knowledge represent an important asset with the potential to increase the economic productivity of
tribal communities.
Research: Art Works Grants Final Papers
Since FY12, the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis has made annual awards under the Research: Art Works grant program to support research that investigates the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components within the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.
New Data Directions for the Cultural Landscape: Toward a Better-Informed, Stronger Sector
In the last 50 years, the cultural data landscape has grown to encompass a big and diverse group of information-gatherers, data users, and metrics of interest.
