Resources

Select from the following links to learn about cultural development.

Tucson Citizen article 5/23/07: Arts for everyone's sake goal of Pima Cultural Plan

Americans for the Arts Monograph.pdf (1.2MB): Cultural Development in Creative Communities.

Bibliography of Pima Cultural Plan Websites.pdf (120kb)

Capturing Cultural Value.pdf (264kb): How culture has become a tool of government policy.

The Values Study.pdf (1.3MB): by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism: Rediscovering the Meaning and Value of Arts Participation.

City Vitals.pdf (442kb): A detailed set of statistical measures for urban leaders to understand their city's performance in four key areas, talent, innovation, connections, and distinctiveness, in comparison to the fifty largest metropolitan areas in the United States.

Cultural Plan for Pima County.pdf (28kb)

Cultural Vitality in Communities: Interpretation and Indicators.
1 Background.pdf (54kb)
2 Fourth Pillar Summary.pdf (46kb)
3 Full report.pdf (4.8MB)

Jon Hawkes' Conference Address.pdf (217kb): to the Community Development, Human Rights and the Grassroots Conference regarding the value of creative and imaginative works.

The Memphis Manifesto.pdf (39kb): Building a Community of Ideas.

Crossover Study.pdf (4.9MB): How Artists Build Careers across Commercial, Nonprofit and Community Work.

Michael Kane - The Creative Economy.pdf (93kb): A summary of overall key issues from a focus group on the Creative Economy segments.

RAND -- Gifts of the Muse: on the RAND Corporation website, Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts.

RAND -- A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts: on the RAND Corporation website