CultureCount Cue - January 2013

CultureCount Cue January 2013

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June 6-7, 2013

Portland, ME

The CCX is a fast-paced event that gathers creative and cultural community leaders for networking and practical creative economy workshops prepared by their peers.

Americans for the Arts (AFTA) Webinars 2013

Two upcoming webinar series include: The Evolution of Local Arts Grantmaking and the pARTnership Movement's Business Speak - Can We Talk. More info here!

New England Creative Economy Network

We periodically facilitate networking among creative economy peers around the region. Contact us to be on the mailing list for this Creative Economy Network.

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NEFA's Community Initiatives Directory

NEFA's Community Initiatives page complements CultureCount's listings of creative economy organizations and individuals, and recently served as the platform to collect workshop applications for the 2013 Creative Communities Exchange (CCX). The call for presenters is over, but the page is an ongoing resource for you.

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Read how other community leaders identified goals, overcame obstacles, and targeted key stakeholders/partners in their creative economy projects.

Community Initiatives Spotlight on Brattleboro, VT

B.E.A.N (Brattleboro Essential Arts Network) aims to change the face of arts funding. Micro-grant dinners have supported 15 projects to date, and raised $4000 in a special "B.E.A.N vs. [Hurricane] Irene" event.
Brattleboro CoreArts Project is in the first phase of its NEA Our Town grant - cultural asset mapping.

What's Happening in the Region

Organizations and state partners in New England are busy bringing together diverse creative economy practitioners. Here are a few examples:

RISCA and the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism held the first-ever Rhode Island DataFest on October 26 to discuss the ways to collect and report the value of the arts sector in the state.Three talks occurred:

Pew Charitable Trusts led a workshop, How to Use Your Cultural Data Project Data.
Americans for the Arts presented the Arts and Economy Prosperity IV report. The arts created 4,669 full-time jobs in Providence and the city generates 4-5 times in industry expenditure and jobs than other cities its size.
AMS Planning & Research and AMS Analytics presented Understanding Change in Providence's Arts and Cultural Sector.

The New Hampshire Creative Communities Network meeting on November 13 included a presentation by NEFA's Dee Schneidman on CultureCount, the New England Creative Economy Network, and the 2013 CCX. An update of New Hampshire's Creative Economy Toolkit followed. Highlights from around the State include:
1. The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover received a Leaders in Innovation Award (first in New England) from the New England Museum Association for its Alzheimer's Cafe Program.
2. Creative Concord will participate in the downtown improvement project, for which the city received a $4.7 million Department of Transportation Tiger grant.
3. Portsmouth's third Arts and Economic Prosperity economic impact survey results showed that the area's creative economy impact increased to $41 million, even through the recession.
4. The NH Regional Planning Commissions will convene citizens, organizations and underrepresented sectors to create a three-year plan implementing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant.

Up next: Fostering Arts and Culture presents the Creative Economy Summit 4 in Turner Falls, MA on March 22 & 23. The topic is "Cultural Vitality: In person, around town and online."

Upcoming Creative Economy Grant Deadlines

The start to 2013 has exciting upcoming deadlines.

National Endowment for the Arts

ArtWorks: March 7 and August 8. Guideline Webinars will be held in January and February.
Challenge America Fast-Track: May 23. It supports organizations for projects that extend the arts to under-served populations.

Regional

Massachusetts' Cultural Facilities Fund: Intent to apply deadline is February 15.
Maine's Creative Communities Economic Development (CCED): Mandatory letter of interest is due February 22. Belfast Creative Coalition's Waterfall Arts is an example of a grant recipient.
New Hampshire's Cultural Facilities: Barrier Free Access for All deadline is April 27.

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