Alliance Day 07: Culture As Catalyst
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Culture as Catalyst: Arts as a Tool for Community Development A forward-looking report on work in the suburbs including recent work in Media, Chester, Kennett Square, and seven other towns and neighborhoods.
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Alliance Day 07: Culture As Catalyst
- 1. Culture as Catalyst DAY Culture As Catalyst
- 2. Culture as Catalyst DAY • Creative Sector as Catalyst is a better title for this session • The Creative Sector more inclusive but difficult to describe…thanks to the quirky nature of the creators and the products
- 3. Culture as Catalyst DAY “A comparative definitional approach to clarify taxonomic issues”
- 4. Culture as Catalyst DAY In words… The “creative sector” is comprised of a cluster of industries: • non profit organizations and for profit businesses • all arts and culture disciplines • high technology industries such as software development and web design • a broad range of related and interconnected industries that have their origin in individual creativity
- 5. Culture as Catalyst DAY Why is the Creative Sector Important? • Intrinsic Value • Economic Impact • Community Development • Regional Image
- 6. Culture as Catalyst DAY Why is the creative sector becoming an important policy tool? A confluence of events • Loss of Manufacturing and Retail • Anti Sprawl Efforts • Sprawl Embraced • We are moving to a post information economy, creative economy, knowledge economy
- 7. Culture as Catalyst DAY What is happening around the country? • State Legislated Arts & Cultural Districts – Rhode Island, Maryland, Iowa, Texas, Virginia • Cool Cities Initiatives - Michigan • Artist & Arts Business Relocation Programs – Paducah KY, Millville, NJ • Cultural Anchors – North Adams, St. Paul
- 8. Culture as Catalyst DAY What’s happening in our region? West Chester Ambler Doylestown
- 9. Culture as Catalyst DAY New Kensington Community Development Corporation
- 11. Culture as Catalyst DAY Architects rendering of proposed Frankford Avenue Arts Center – to include a Black Box Theater
- 12. Culture as Catalyst DAY New Hope – Bucks County A partnership between a local developer, Tom Scannapieco and a community arts group, New Hope Arts
- 13. Culture as Catalyst DAY The result…a new community cultural center
- 14. Culture as Catalyst DAY Before After - New Hope Arts Annual Juried Indoor Sculpture Exhibition
- 15. Culture as Catalyst DAY Lansdale – Montgomery County The borough bought the local Masonic Hall to convert to a regional cultural center as part of their revitalization strategy
- 16. Culture as Catalyst DAY Rendering of the Lansdale Performing Arts Center Construction to begin Summer 2007
- 17. Culture as Catalyst DAY Pottstown – Montgomery County • Village Productions, a regional theater, purchased a former furniture store with help from the Pottstown Industrial Development Corporation
- 18. Culture as Catalyst DAY Architect’s rendering of the future Tri-County Performing Arts Center
- 19. Culture as Catalyst DAY The Cultural Alliance’s planning and policy work has expanded over the past five years. Common characteristics of… Local government recognizes the potential of arts- based revitalization • Artists/ arts organization actively engaged, • Private sector is interested in incorporating the arts into development
- 20. Culture as Catalyst DAY Phoenixville Chester Pottstown New Hope Lansdale Norristown, Lansdowne Local Arts Councils forming GBCA – MAC – ACCBC – NPRAC Festivals – Monthly events - First, second, thirds
- 21. Culture as Catalyst DAY Using the Creative Sector to in economic and community development: • Identify public policy goals – • Improve business district • Improve community image • Increase population • Increase tax base • Provide entertainment for the community • Use existing cultural resources to attract more businesses, tourists, patrons, customers • Use incentives to draw elements of the creative sector to the community to provide creative sector jobs and bring ancillary businesses along. • Identify policy tools available and create a plan • Working together, regional thinking will provide strength
- 22. Culture as Catalyst DAY “Cultural development and economic development…share one salient characteristic…they are both in the business of making reality rather than accepting reality.” --- Joseph Thompson -Founding Director of MASS MoCA