INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR

This study, prepared for the City of Vancouver, the City of Calgary, the City of Toronto, the City of Ottawa and the Ville de Montréal, shows that, collectively, the 53,500 artists in these five large cities represent 38% of all artists in Canada, a… View this resource

This presentation argues that creativity is the product of social organization, “not simply the work of a few geniuses”. In this environment, the presentation suggests that “we need a policy approach that understands how deeply creativity is embedded… View this resource

This report examines the social, economic and physical impacts of three arts development projects in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, based on interviews with over 100 people and other data sources. The facilities include two artists’ cooperatives an… View this resource

The National Endowment for the Arts’ 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts collected data about the arts activities of more than 18,000 Americans 18 years of age and older. The Endowment called the 2008 results “disappointing”, because “a s… View this resource

This report from Americans for the Arts synthesizes 76 national indicators into one simple index for the arts in 2008. A product of four years of research and development, the study also tracks the 76 indicators back to 1998, providing an examination… View this resource