http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/03/30/the-great-white-north-arts-culture-economic-impact-road-show/ Outside Ideas from Inside the Walker Art Center Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/03/30/the-great-white-north-arts-culture-economic-impact-road-show/#comment-195 Reggie Prim Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:18:36 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/03/30/the-great-white-north-arts-culture-economic-impact-road-show/#comment-195 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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