Blog Posts for Creative Workforce

Thank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy tools were provided to help you make the case for more arts funding and favorable arts policies.

As part of Americans for the Arts’ recent Strategic Realignment Process, we were asked to evaluate our storytelling communications platforms and evolve the way we share content. As a result, we launched the Designing Our Destiny portal to explore new ways of telling stories and sharing information, one that is consistent with our longtime practice of, “No numbers without a story, and no stories without a number.”

As we put our energy into developing this platform and reevaluate our communications strategies, we have put ArtsBlog on hold. That is, you can read past blog posts, but we are not posting new ones. You can look to the Designing Our Destiny portal and our news items feed on the Americans for the Arts website for stories you would have seen in ArtsBlog in the past.

ArtsBlog will remain online through this year as we determine the best way to archive this valuable resource and the knowledge you’ve shared here.

As ever, we are grateful for your participation in ArtsBlog and thank you for your work in advancing the arts. It is important, and you are important for doing it.

Careers for Dreamers and Doers: A Guide to Management Careers in the Nonprofit Sector

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1988
Summary: 

We hope this volume will serve as a source of inspiration and reference to a wide variety of people. This includes students deciding on a field of study, college and university graduates looking for their first job, career changers, volunteers in transition to paid employment, retirees searching for new roles, and those already in the sector who need career advancement strategies. We also hope this book will become a resource for career counseling intermediaries - all the helpful professionals who work in high schools, academic institutions, counseling centers, and libraries who are called...

The State of Colorado's Creative Economoy

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 2008
Summary: 

We appreciate the opportunity from the Colorado Council on the Arts and state of Colorado to assess the scale and distribution of the state’s creative enterprises. This analysis was a collaborative effort of Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. (RTS) in North Carolina and Mt. Auburn Associations in Massachusetts under a contract with the Colorado Council on the Arts. Beth Siegel and Stuart Rosenfeld were the lead authors, Chris Beacham, RTS, managed the grant, and Jenna Bryant, RTS, carried out most of the quantitative analyses. Dan Broun, RTS, edited the final version and assisted...

How Cities Can Grow the Maker Movement

Date of Publication (formatted): 
January, 2016
Summary: 

The maker movement is the platform for today’s artisans to create, craft, develop and prototype new and interesting ideas and products. This new, hyperlocal manufacturing environment holds potential not only for individual hobbyists but also for community-wide advances in local entrepreneurship and job creation.

City leaders are excited by, and are supporting, the entrepreneurship, increased economic activity, and improved services brought about by small scale manufacturing. How Cities Can Grow the Maker Movement explores the emergence of the maker movement within a selection...

2019 Arts and Cultural Production GDP (2016 data)

Summary: 

The entire U.S. arts and culture sector (i.e., nonprofit, commercial, education) was a $804 billion industry in 2016. This represents 4.3 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—a larger share of the economy than transportation, agriculture, or construction—according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

 

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