Public Funding for Art: Chicago Compared with 12 Peer Regions
This study compares the direct public dollars received by organizations and artists in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland (OR), San Diego, and San Francisco from 2002-2012. Often, studies of public funding for the arts look at appropriations made on the national and state levels and estimates of local expenditures, but this report delves more deeply using grant-level data to examine the dollars received by organizations and artists resident in each city or region.
The Retention of Chicago's Arts Students in Comparative Perspective
Is any city effective in retaining and employing its arts students, thus cultivating its future creative workforce? To inform this question, this brief examines the extent to which arts alumni remain in Chicago, whether attending school in Chicago helped keep them in the area, and where they live now. Additionally, we look at first work experiences, current employment, and the extent to which arts alumni feel their arts-training relates to both.
Measuring Chicago's (Artistically) Creative Economy
This study measures the creative industries and workers of Chicago and eight peer cities. It is meant to provide an objective benchmark for Chicago as it undertakes the goals articulated in the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 of attracting and retaining creative professionals and measuring the size and strength of the cultural sector.
Hot Button Topics in Cultural Policy (2014)
This course offers students the opportunity to engage in real-world cultural policy research focused on some of the most pressing issues affecting the cultural sector. In Winter 2014 the “hot button” topic is the rapidly changing landscape of arts participation and its relevance to communities defined by a shared ethnic or immigrant identity.
Arts Research & Data and its Chicago Connection: Insights from the National Endowment for the Arts
Sunil Iyengar, Research & Analysis Director at the National Endowment for the Arts; and Jennifer Novak-Leonard, NORC Research Associate & Cultural Policy Center Research Manager