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.
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.
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.
Supplemental Funding Strategies
This policy brief, updated with FY2013 revenue data, considers the various strategies and mechanisms for funding state arts agencies beyond general fund dollars.
‘Percent for Art’ Policy Brief
State percent for art policies are mechanisms for enhancing the built environment and for making public spaces more appealing, useful or accessible through the incorporation of artworks. With these policies, legislatively created in almost all cases, a small portion of the budget for construction or renovation of state buildings is set aside for the purchase, installation and/or maintenance of public artwork, which is usually installed on the grounds of the capital project.
The Arts Education Navigator
Each e-book in the Navigator series covers a specific topic, ensuring arts education supporters like you are equipped with the knowledge, statistics, and case-making techniques needed to effectively communicate with decision-makers.
