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Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World

Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World. Cultural Economy. The Signifying System through which a social order is communicated, reproduced, experienced, & explored.

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Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World

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  1. Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World

  2. Cultural Economy • The Signifying System through which a social order is communicated, reproduced, experienced, & explored. • Cultural Industries are directly involved in the production of social meaning in the form of texts & symbols.

  3. Creative Economy Initiatives • Creative Cluster:Enterprises & individuals that directly & indirectly produce cultural products in commercial & non-profit industries • Creative Workforce: Thinkers & doers trained in specific cultural & artistic skills that the success of leading industries like arts & culture • Creative Community: Geographic area with a concentration of creative workers, creative businesses, & cultural organizations

  4. Montana’s creative-based industries are the only economic entity found in all 56 counties. • For example: T.V., Radio, Cinema, Newspapers, Publishing, Music Recording & Publishing, Advertising & Performing Arts

  5. Montana: 147,000 Square Miles • Population: 967,440 • 8,235 arts-related businesses employing 15,534 people in Montana in 2001 • Bigfork (population 3,500) has 11 artists’ studios & galleries, 7 art galleries, 2 theatres, & 2 bookstores.

  6. Distribution of Arts-Related Businesses in Montana Arts-Related Business Museum/Collections....................................... Performing Arts............................................. Visual/Photography........................................ Film, Radio, TV............................................... Design/Publishing.......................................... Arts Schools/Services..................................... Source: America for the Arts (2002)

  7. Arts Business Knowledge-Based Innovative Economy Economic Development Arts and Business Combine in an Innovative Knowledge-Based Economy

  8. Survey Results Non-Profit Arts Sector • Total economic impact: $85 million • Montana’s arts have a greater employment impact than one-quarter of the state’s top 100 industries. • Nearly 2,000 jobs are generated. • 1 in 80 people in Montana’s labor market is a working artist (1990 U.S. Census)

  9. Survey Results Individual Artists • Arts industries contribute approx. $700 million to Montana’s GDP • 70% of responding artists indicated they could use assistance marketing their art. • 700 ranch and farm families supplement their income with creative enterprises.

  10. Occupational & Vocational Development Programs • Unique Challenges for Rural, Montana Artists • Getting to Market • Lack of Rural Opportunities, Formal Training & Resources • Scarce Resources & Opportunities for Aspiring Artists • High School Students • Adult Education

  11. Joint Cooperative Program includes: • Artisan launch in 2003 • Montana Artrepreneurship Preparation (MAP) & MAC • Montana’s Circle of American Masters in Visual, Folk, and Traditional Arts • Graduates of TRACE/Creative Enterprise Program increased sales 152% within 1st year of completion of program. • Marketing Workshops • International Exhibits

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