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Winter public arts funding update
Continuing a recent trend, the news from abroad is much more interesting than what’s happening here at home. Below, the round-up: FEDERAL Beyond the official departure of Rocco, it’s been a slow news...
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March public arts funding update
FEDERAL The internet just got a little less friendly for pirates. A new “Copyright Alert” system, the product of a voluntary agreement between internet service providers such as Comcast and AT&T,...
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The Bottom Line on Film Tax Credits
Photo by vancouverfilmschool. Some rights reserved. About a year ago the New York Times ran a series of articles on corporate tax breaks, complete with a web-accessible database of state tax incentives...
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Early spring public arts funding update
FEDERAL In the recently released federal budget for fiscal year 2015, President Obama proposes a meager increase in allocations for the arts compared to last year. Federally-backed museums will enjoy...
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What’s Next for State-Designated Cultural Districts?
(Rebecca Chan is Director of Programs for Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc., which manages a cultural district in Baltimore. She holds a Master’s of Science in Historic Preservation from the...
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Labor disputes at the Metropolitan Opera resolved (and other August stories)
Metropolitan Opera House – Photo by Flickr user Zio Paolino, Creative Commons license Never fear, Wagner lovers: the largest opera company in the US will open its season on time. Faced with what it...
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Improving Access: New York’s Municipal ID Cards (and other September stories)
Brooklyn Museum – by Flickr user Wally Gobetz, Creative Commons license Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Haven, in 2015, New York City will begin issuing municipal...
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The Impact of Museum Field Trips on Students
Art Appreciation – by Flickr user Dusty J, Creative Commons license Large-scale, randomized-control studies – the gold standard of science, regarded as the best way to demonstrate that one thing...
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Join Our Team!
We are looking for a few sharp thinkers with the time, energy, and smarts to join our editorial team. You’ll become a (modestly) paid member of the Createquity brain trust, taking part in all of our...
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Introducing the New Createquity
Hello Createquity friends, colleagues, collaborators, loyal followers, casual readers, and curious onlookers… Fresh on the heels of a successful $11,000+ Indiegogo campaign, four months and ten days of...
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A Healthy Arts Ecosystem
Green Leaves – by Flickr user Thangaraj Kumaravel, Creative Commons license At its core, Createquity is a research-based investigation of the most important issues in the arts and what we can do about...
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Join our team! Applications due November 7
Arts nerds, Last week, we launched the new Createquity.com to rave reviews, with an article introducing the new site to longtime readers, our definition of a healthy arts ecosystem, four months’ worth...
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The Turtles Shake Up the Digital Music Industry (and other October stories)
Flo & Eddie of the Turtles – by ShellyS, Creative Commons license In what could be a landmark case in the annals of digital music, a federal judge recently ruled that SiriusXM is liable for...
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Is the Cultural Sector Ready to Move Beyond Data for Data’s Sake?
A graphic from the Cultural Data Project report, “New Data Directions for the Cultural Landscape.” As any internet geek or high-priced consultant will be happy to tell you, we find ourselves today in...
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Detroit Institute of Arts Collection Rescued by “Grand Bargain” (and other...
The Detroit Institute of Arts’s Woodward entrance. (Image courtesy the Detroit Institute of Arts) After a two-year battle, a federal ruling to approve Detroit’s bankruptcy plan brought to an end the...
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The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2014
The Diego Rivera Mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts – photo by Quick fix Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous...
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The Sony Hack: More Than Just The Interview (and other December stories)
Sony’s The Interview hits theaters – photo by Travis Wise The massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, purportedly by North Korean hackers, captured the popular imagination in December....
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One Size Fits All Does Not Fit “The Arts”
NEA Infographic: Why Do People Attend the Arts? If your events and exhibitions have seemed just a bit…emptier lately, you’re not alone. The National Endowment for the Arts’s Survey of Public...
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Est-ce Que Nous Sommes Tous Charlie? (and other January stories)
Marche Républicaine in Paris on January 11, 2015 – photo by flickr user Maya-Anaïs Yataghène On the morning of January 7, two masked gunmen – now known to be brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi – attacked...
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Update on Our Core Research Process (and How You Can Help)
Image by Nomadic Lass – Flickr Creative Commons license Since we launched the new Createquity at the end of October, the pace of new articles here has been a little…sporadic. In part that’s by design:...
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