The economic importance of the creative industries
What does the term 'creative industries' mean? How significant is the creative sector? What opportunities does the sector present?
In the past, consensus on defintions has not been easy to achieve. As a result the estimates of the size and importance of the creative sector vary.
This is straight from NESTA's website. [...]
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Just Out!
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The worst-case scenario is unacceptable
Posted in Consultation, Critical Debate on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The worst-case scenario is unacceptable. Instead Mirador aims to work with its present and future clients and partners to address the following:
Innovation and creativity. The markets for culture are changing and the challenge in the next ten years is to resist a culture of providing ‘more of the same’.
New entrepreneurialism. Local authorities and their partners [...]
The worst-case scenario
Posted in Consultation, Critical Debate on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The worst case scenarion presents major losses to the local cultural economies if cultural planning was to fail and local provision is not enhanced to meet the demands of new or expanding markets. A worst-case scenario prevails where:
arts and cultural producers, community groups, local authorities, arts funders and business sponsors fail to analyse and scrutinise their [...]
Addressing our key programmes for cultural diversity
Posted in Arts and Culture, Consultation, Critical Debate on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Mirador is interested in developing a series of productions to implement its own programmes for addressing cultural diversity in London. The main components of our projected programme for delivery are:
· Social inclusion
· Capacity building through partnerships
· Modernisation of delivery mechanisms to undertake large scale work
· Creating effective links with learning and skills development
· Investing in [...]
Cultural Diversity
Posted in Consultation on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
There are several practical approaches and ‘theories’ relating to the promotion of cultural diversity. The notion of ‘cultural relativism’ (Note 1) suggests that different people have their own frameworks for looking at the world. They try to explain what they see by resorting to a series of production values and judgements which can be very [...]
Making London’s Creative Capacity to work
Posted in Arts and Culture, Consultation, Critical Debate on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Cultural planners and providers, arts organisations, community groups and individuals working in this exciting area of London’s economy have the creative capacity to deliver a wide range of marketable outputs and services, all of which can add value. However they must engage with delivery organisations and invest in audience development more than ever before in [...]
A proposal for London Boroughs
Posted in Consultation on May 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The shock of winning the Olympics bid is greater thanthe shock we would have had of losing it. Mirador Culture Management. Mirador was launched in December 2005 as a new force in supporting culturally diverse planning and development programmes for celebrating the Olympics. It brings together well-known themes and innovative new projects to enhance the quality [...]
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Creative Diversity- The Economics of Creative Social EnterpriseWhat are the characteristics of creative social enterprises? How do they add value to the creative economy? How can they become successful in the real world? What are the achievements of the Dance Mapping Consultation and Report recently published by the Arts Council? We introduce RESIDUE and DEAD, two creative enterprises which offer important lessons in ma […]
- Some of the vocabulary of ‘race equality’ betrays yesterdays’ thinkingI have been away for far too long. My visitor statistics show that a good number of you have been reading this blog. I think I do owe you a regular service! Many years ago I used to run a course on time management for senior directors and chief executives. They hated me for bringing [...]
- DCMS Creative Economy Programme (CEP)Creative Economy and Diversity DCMS has been leading this major initiative which is aimed at identifying opportunities, proposing strategies and recommending actions for sustaining the role of the creative industries in economic development in the UK. The work of CEP has been progressed through specialist working groups which have been working on the foll […]
- The Economics of Creative Social Enterprise
- Diverse View
- Digital Inclusion for Cultural DevelopmentHow Mirador Culture has created an innovative programme of digital inclusion to invest in research and to service clients.
- DCMS Board VacanciesGetOnBoard ~ Current DCMS Board Vacancies Update DCMS currently have several board member vacancies, according to an announcement circulated by Heather Bachelor. Contact: HEATHER.BATCHELOR@Culture.gsi.gov.uk Please see below for the links to details of each of these roles plus their respective contact information. Channel 4 – Chairman (Closing date: 5 Octo […]
- Interim CEOs Appointed at Screen SouthScreen South, the regional film and screen agency for the South East appoints Chris Chandler and Sarah Dance as interim CEOs. We will also be featuring Sarah Dance's work on Accentuate, the new Legacy Trust Lottery project also to be managed by Sarah Dance at Screen South
- The Punditry of Cultural Economic PlanningWhat is the role of cultural forecasting experts? What are they doing to campaign for securing sustainable investment in the creative economy for national economic development? What planning models are they using? How ought they be making an impact on government? Doing nothing while the electorate sorts out the political process is not an option. The time to […]
- Cutbacks on Spending on Culture? What cutbacks?The scenarios of doom and gloom can only be justified if investment in culture is not linked to the economy, employment and opportunities in the future.
- Digital Inclusion for Cultural Development
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- Kalwant Ajimal added an eventKalwant Ajimal added an eventEPHEMERAL ARTS CONSULTATION DAY at Centre@270November 14, 2009 all dayWe are starting work to host The European Rangoli Festival for 2012, to be held at the heart of the Olympics, close to the sites of the 2012 Olympics Games
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