Mapping the Creative Ecosystem: Creativity Connects Initiative Overview
Explore the Creativity Connects initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, celebrating its 50th anniversary, aiming to connect arts with various sectors. Discover its components, goals, infrastructure, and collaborators like the Center for Cultural Innovation.
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Creativity Connects * Mapping the creativity ecosystem Connecting the arts with other sectors A leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in celebration of the 50thanniversary * Creativity Connects is used with permission from Crayola LLC
Contents Creativity Connects Initiative Components Overview Work plan 2
Goals BUILD A BIG TENT Demonstrate the connection between art/design and other creative endeavors such as technology innovation, entrepreneurship, scientific and medical research, fashion, culinary arts, and the maker movement UNDERSTAND TRENDS Capture key new trends influencing creative work -- such as co-work spaces, crowd-sourced funding like Kickstarter, and the ability for creators to self-publish their work CONVERSE Stimulate a robust national conversation about creativity that highlights the role of art and design in the creative economy and life of the country INFORM DECISIONS Provide a context in which government, business, philanthropy, investors, universities and workers make decisions that influence their creative future -- and ours SPOTLIGHT THE BRIGHT SPOTS Share leading examples of nonprofits, businesses, universities and others who make up the creative ecosystem 3
Creativity Connects: 2 parts Infrastructure Report Creativity Connects Interactive Map 4
Cooperator Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is a national leader in assessing and building support systems for the arts. Founded in 2001, CCI promotes knowledge sharing, networking, and financial independence for arts providers and creative entrepreneurs by providing business training and grants as well as incubating innovative projects that create new program knowledge, tools, and practices for artists in the field. 5
Infrastructure: 5 areas INFRASTRUCTURE Spaces Capital Markets Networks Skills Affordable studios Affordable housing Grants Mortgages Credit lines IDAs Investors Customers Fans Bartering Tax credits B Corporations Social enterprise Enlarge networks beyond traditional (galleries, festivals, arts funders) Budgets Marketing Bus. Plan Investing Legal Taxes Accounting Freelance 6
Conversations Santa Fe, New Mexico Des Moines, Iowa Los Angeles, California Omaha, Nebraska Atlanta, Georgia Minneapolis, Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts Lexington, Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Helena, Montana * Chronological order 7
Map Example: Food Ecosystems Source: Nourishlife.org, Our Relationship with Food 8
Creativity Ecosystems Map: Concepts Creativity can happen in so many settings Awareness of the pieces of creativity I belong on this map! Everyone has a level of creativity Creativity is valuable 9
The Creativity Ecosystem Map What it will not show us What it will show us Define elements of an ecosystem of arts-based creativity in America, and where it connects with non-arts sectors Identify current parts and pieces that support that creativity in America Show connections, influences, and interdependencies between map elements between the arts sector and non-arts sectors Show great examples of collaboration projects, e.g. where arts orgs are working with scientists, where artists are imbedded in government, etc. Define creativity Map creativity geographically across cities and states Focus exclusively on the arts Provide information outside of the United States 10
Workplan Overview Phase 1 Planning / Research Phase 2 Conceptualize Phase 3 Explore Creative Ecosystem Phase 4 Envision the Future June 2016 Jan 2016 - June 2016 July - Sep 2015 Oct - Dec 2015 11
Workplan Details: Phase 1 Roundtables scheduled CCI cooperative agreement signed Detailed work plan co-created with CCI Literature review completed Interviews scheduled and begin Mapping solicitation posted NEA data identified and prepared Initiative webpage goes live Phase 1 Planning / Research July-Sept 2015 12
Workplan Details: Phase 2 Interviews completed National roundtables begin/protocol improved Internal roundtables with NEA staff Council approves mapping CA(s) Agile map development begins Invitations to partner networks sent First draft map showing NEA data Phase 2 Conceptualize Oct-Dec 2015 13
Why Now National Endowment for the Arts 50thAnniversary Take stock of accomplishments Review the state of the arts in America today Imagine the next 50 years 14
