Creative
industries are usually treated as the decoration on an economy.
We treat them
as infrastructure — and most of the work below was done with little funding or
none at all.
Making a sector visible to
itself
- First regional survey of
rural and regional creative industries, with an associated expansion
development plan. Undertaken with minimal funding. [Australia]
- Regional inventory of film infrastructure and
a location gallery with precise specifications, contacts and terms of use —
built with no funding, and taken up quickly by national and international film
companies. [Australia]
- A film location attraction package created
with regional stakeholders and no funding, which made the region the preferred
location after the state capital. [Australia]
- Collaboration between disconnected craft
makers, creating an export channel for high-quality artisan work and increased
market share. Again, with no funding. [Australia]
Turning strategy into planning
policy
- Created the Live–Work Space
definition and design guidance within planning policy for city expansion. [UK]
- Public Art Strategy for a UK city, including
developer guidelines for 10% for arts, an Artists in Schools programme, and
public art conservation guidelines. [UK]
- Cultural strategy, planning guidance and
specifications for a cultural centre, event development and a privately funded
exhibition space, with operating budget. [UK]
- Two-county heritage collaboration covering
storage, conservation and display, from Roman material through to modern
heritage. [UK]
- Board-level consultation on the development
of a national creative arts programme. [UK]
And occasionally something quite
different
- Market strategy for EMI
Music on building interest in Pink Floyd among teenagers and young adults who
knew the band only as a name. [UK]
Louisiana
The
music and film work in New Orleans is set out in full on the Work page. In
short: the sector was convened for the first time in its history, new city
bylaws for live music venues followed, and the film tax legislation was drafted,
approved and became law then taken to Treasury rulings in six weeks. One film
was shot in Louisiana in 2002. By 2010, 118.
Also
developed : the first phase of a historic music district Shreveport- . [USA]