Comments on: The Great White North: Arts & Culture Economic Impact Road Show http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/03/30/the-great-white-north-arts-culture-economic-impact-road-show/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:54:57 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Reggie Prim http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/03/30/the-great-white-north-arts-culture-economic-impact-road-show/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Reggie Prim Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:18:36 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/?p=236#comment-234 While I sometimes feel its defeating to argue for arts' instrumental and economic value, I agree with Sheila that folks only read value in economic terms. And this study as well as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hhh.umn.edu/people/amarkusen/writings.html">Anne Markusen</a>'s new study <em>Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods, and Economies</em> and her older work <em>Artistic Dividend: The Arts' Hidden Contributions to Regional Development</em> as well as work such as Mark Stern's <em>Social Impact of the Arts Project</em> (www.sp2.upenn.edu/SIAP/), clearly argue the huge impact the arts have on economies and quality of life. It feels like way past time when political leaders would recognize the value of the arts but I guess we have to keep telling them. Thanks Sheila for taking the word to the people. Rock on! While I sometimes feel its defeating to argue for arts’ instrumental and economic value, I agree with Sheila that folks only read value in economic terms. And this study as well as Anne Markusen’s new study Artists’ Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods, and Economies and her older work

Artistic Dividend: The Arts’ Hidden Contributions to Regional Development as well as work such as Mark Stern’s Social Impact of the Arts Project (www.sp2.upenn.edu/SIAP/), clearly argue the huge impact the arts have on economies and quality of life. It feels like way past time when political leaders would recognize the value of the arts but I guess we have to keep telling them. Thanks Sheila for taking the word to the people. Rock on!

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