2020 Creative Economy Week Theme - what ideas do you have?

Be Creative!

The annual Creative Economy Week is a partnership between the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Arts Wisconsin. We'll celebrate our fifth annual Creative Economy Week in May, 2020 and have so many rich, creative resources. Each year, the Creative Economy Week focuses on an artistic theme - in 2017 it was murals, in 2018 arts centers, and in 2019 museums.

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* 1. What are your ideas for a Creative Economy Week theme for May 2020?

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* 2. Your information - optional!

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Thank you for providing your idea for a theme for Creative Economy Week 2020.  Learn more about Creative Economy Week (on the Arts Wisconsin website.)

Did you know?

The Arts: A force for change in Wisconsin

·         The arts contribute more than $804 billion to the U.S. economy. Data released in March 2019 by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) offers an insightful picture of the impact the arts have on the nation’s economy. The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACSPA) tracks the annual economic impact of arts and cultural production from 35 industries, both commercial and nonprofit. The ACPSA reports on economic measures—value-added to GDP as well as employment and compensation, revealing that five million people are employed in the arts and cultural sector. Those five million wage-and-salary workers earned $386 billion in 2016. The sector has expanded faster than the total economy every year since 2012, and its contribution to GDP is greater than agriculture or transportation.

·         For Wisconsin, the ACSPA’s arts and cultural sector impact is $9,749,065,000 and 3.1% of the Wisconsin economy, contributing 94,167 jobs ((compared to 31,000 jobs in the papermaking industry and 35,000 jobs in the biotech industry). The arts are a vital contributor to our state’s financial strength through job creation, tax revenue, business development and tourism dollars, and to our renowned quality of life in all parts of the state. Go to www.arts.gov for more info.

·         Arts and Economic Prosperity V: The Wisconsin Arts Board and Americans for the Arts conducted a comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry in Wisconsin in 2016. The study found that local nonprofit arts organizations generate $657 million in economic activity annually, resulting in nearly $75 million in local and state tax revenues, 26,695 in full-time equivalent jobs and $555 million in resident income.