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Topic: Leadership and Management: Cultural Planning
Cultural planning is a public process in which representatives of a community undertake a comprehensive community assessment and create a plan of implementation for future cultural programming. Successful cultural plans address the needs, opportunities, and cultural resources of the community. Cultural planning may be narrowly focused on the needs of artists, arts organizations, and audiences; however, cultural planners are increasingly considering the role of culture in resolving broader community issues.
Local arts agencies are pivotal players in the cultural planning process. Based on our 2003 Triennial Report on the Nation’s Local Arts Agencies, 22 percent of local arts agencies have community cultural plans. Our research shows that local arts agency budgets and local government revenue both increase at a higher rate for those communities with a cultural plan than for those without.
Resources:
Community Cultural Planning Guidebook (PDF, 1,634KB)
This guidebook was designed as tool to help navigate the cultural planning process. It outlines five steps to developing a cultural plan for your community, as well as profiles of seven communities and their plans and recommendations for effective planning which will help you ensure optimal benefits for arts and culture in your community.
Through partnerships with other organizations in New England and across the country, ArtistLink shares best practices and participates in the development and execution of new models of artist assistance. They also provide a list of resources on Cultural Planning.
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