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.
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.
2013 Otis Report on the Creative Economy: State of California
The 2013 Otis Report on the Creative Economy, the seventh
edition of the annual report, marks an exciting and important
expansion beyond its regional study. With a grant from the
California Arts Council, Otis College of Art and Design commissioned
the Los Angeles County Economic Sevelopment Corporation to
broaden the report’s scope to measure, benchmark, and assess
trends of the creative economy across the state.
