The arts ecosystem is a stimulating intersection of opportunity and trepidation: Art and business

A vibrant arts sector impacts local business, citizens, youth, artists, governments — in short, everyone! Integrating unique, authentic, creative assets that flow from the arts across multiple sectors supports community prosperity. Through mutually-beneficial partnerships, local communities build a web of community resilience, one that is deep-rooted.

The book is written from the point of view to support all ecosystem contributors: artists, arts administrators, municipal staff/politicians, community leaders, business leaders, and more. Leverage the Arts Ecosystem to Influence Local Prosperity is a handbook that lifts the veil on subtle but highly influential impacts the arts bring to all communities. Insights support arts advocacy and highlight how the arts bind multiple, intersecting sectors and economies, such as:
 

• What attracts artists to your community in the first place?
• How to construct effective partnerships that holistically support artistic, community and business evolution.
• Identifying arts ecosystem stakeholders and how they intersect.
• Strategies that guide partnership and publicity efforts, leveraging universal success.
• Why shared values, advocacy, and communication are fundamental to the process.

A video of the book launch on October 8, 2020, is now available at the News & Resources page of this website. Host Bridget MacIntosh leads a discussion about the book's contents, and kicks off the conversation by asking Cate what promoted her to write this book and "Why now?".