Resources

Annually brings together cities, states and regions that are supportive of their creative economy/industries to bring attention to and advocate for the creative industries in the United States and globally. Participants share common issues, concerns and opportunities to better measure, grow, and support  the creative economy.

2014 Creative Economy Coalition Summit

The creative economy in DC includes six interlocking industry sectors that represent 75,000 workers who provide creative services or create and promote intellectual property products.

Programs include:

Brown Bag Lunch Events
Creative economy thought leaders present their ideas and vision monthly. Sponsored by the Center for the Creative Economy and hosted in the John A. Wilson District Building by Councilmember David Grosso.

Communal Table Discussions (Breakfast)

Breakfast discussions are open to all and feature current thought leaders hosted at Bus Boys and Poets, 14th and V Streets NW

Center for Creative Economy (DC)

Reports and studies from the United Nations and other international organizations such as the European Union and the Inter-American Development Bank.

International Creative Economy – Industries

Studies from individual cities, states, and regions, including “America’s Creative Economy: A Study of recent conceptions, definitions and approaches to measurement across the US.” This study was conducted by the Creative Economy Coalition, a working group of the National Creativity Network.  This study directly led to the creation of a project to profile and analyze how the creative economy is currently being defined, segmented, and quantified throughout the United States of America.

National Creative Economy Studies