Arts: 92 September 2014

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September 2014

October 9 - 10, 2014
Creating Vibrant Communities Conference
Munster, IN

October 13, 2014
Columbus Day
IAC office closed

November 4, 2014
Election Day
IAC office closed

November 5, 2014
10:00 a.m.
Statewide Cultural Districts Panel Meeting
Indiana Government Center South, Conference Room 2

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Inside this issue:


Registration Now Open for Creating Vibrant Communities Conference

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Registration is now open for Creating Vibrant Communities Through the Arts, a two-day conference focusing on cultural districts, public art, and historic preservation.

The conference, produced by the Indiana Arts Commission and Ball State University's Building Better Communities, and sponsored in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and hosted by South Shore Arts, will take place October 9-10, 2014 at the Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, Munster, Indiana.

For online registration, please visit: https://payingov.com/iac.

This is the third iteration of this highly popular colloquium, and if past history is any indication, space for this conference will fill up fast.

For more information about the conference, click here.


National Research Highlights Indiana's Creative Industries

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Indiana is home to 10,769 arts-related businesses that employ 47,025 Hoosiers.

That data was reported in the latest Creative Industries survey released by Americans for the Arts (AFTA).

The Creative Industries account for 3.2 percent of the total number of businesses located in Indiana, and 1.5 percent of the employed population.

Nationally, there are 750,453 businesses involved in the creation or distribution of the arts, and they employ 3.1 million people. This represents 4.2 percent of all U.S. businesses and 2.1 percent of all U.S. employees.

The source of the data reported in the survey is Dun & Bradstreet, the most comprehensive and trusted source for business information in the United States.

Between 2012 and 2014, Dun & Bradstreet conducted a large-scale, post-recession database cleaning. Despite a reduction in the overall numbers of all U.S. businesses (arts and otherwise), the arts share of businesses and employment remained stable as a percentage of the national totals - demonstrating that the Creative Industries are as resilient and durable as other sectors of the economy. (source: AFTA press release)

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