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The Creative Climate: August 2009

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, August 27, 2009. Challenge for Arts and Culture is a concept that needs to spread to helping emerging and smaller - struggling organizations.  While the participating organizations are all worthy of support, we need to take things to the next level to fund innovative ideas from creative minds on the visionary fringe. There is also the current:  ". The New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan,. The MacArthur Fellows Program...

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The Creative Climate: The Arts Need More Than Lip Service

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Saturday, October 10, 2009. The Arts Need More Than Lip Service. A couple of bits to share before the main portion of this weeks post which is another blast from the past that went out to those on the emails list for the former Michigan Association of Community Art Agencies. MACAA has since merged with ArtServe, which is now pushing for a dedicated revenue source for the arts in Michigan. ArtServe seeks sustainable state funding. NAHM) i...

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The Creative Climate: D is for Deviant

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, September 3, 2009. D is for Deviant. Things are getting pretty Desperate in the D and in the fight for survival, we better start getting Deviant (in the positive sense). While researching the nature of creativity in individuals, one book referenced a most inspiring and insightful, commentary - guide on "How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets.". The art and music worlds attract a fair share of deviants who are trying to survive on...

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The Creative Climate: October 2009

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Saturday, October 10, 2009. The Arts Need More Than Lip Service. A couple of bits to share before the main portion of this weeks post which is another blast from the past that went out to those on the emails list for the former Michigan Association of Community Art Agencies. MACAA has since merged with ArtServe, which is now pushing for a dedicated revenue source for the arts in Michigan. ArtServe seeks sustainable state funding. NAHM) i...

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The Creative Climate: December 2009

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, December 31, 2009. This Blog may return later in the year. Feel free to send a Facebook friend request. Our best hope for recovery in the D, lies in Creativity! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Detroit, MI, United States. Advocate for The Creative Community and Creative Industries. View my complete profile. Blog: O Street Detroit Staff Blogs Freep.com Detroit Free Press.

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The Creative Climate: Innovative Ways to Support the Arts

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, October 1, 2009. Innovative Ways to Support the Arts. So I would like to share an excerpt from an info-paper I put together several years ago and presented to the Detroit City Council for Arts Advocacy Day. To Hit the Bull’s-Eye. Other cities, states and countries utilize a variety of means to support the arts. In recent years some decisions were put before voters not only locally but around the country. Some measures w...The t...

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The Creative Climate: September 2009

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Make The D - The Art-Space Capital. Here is another relevant piece from the past the Free Press wasn't interested in. In 2004 Creativity Consultant, Richard Florida came to Detroit for a Regional Transformation Process that was to kick off the. Movement" (that never really took off). At one point during the RTP the question was asked: "What would be the best way to attract and retain talent? Having lived in ...

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The Creative Climate: Possibilities & The Grassroots

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, September 17, 2009. Possibilities and The Grassroots. There are some people in the Metro-Detroit Region and across the state who look at the state of the city and see it as hopeless and undeserving of any kind of support.  They go through life with narrow minds and a limited view of the world, not seeing the possibilities that lie in the D and are ignorant to what a thriving metropolis can mean to the state. The D's Next Decade.

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The Creative Climate: Make The D - The Art-Space Capital

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Reflections from a Social Entrepreneur - Championing Creative Ways. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Make The D - The Art-Space Capital. Here is another relevant piece from the past the Free Press wasn't interested in. In 2004 Creativity Consultant, Richard Florida came to Detroit for a Regional Transformation Process that was to kick off the. Movement" (that never really took off). At one point during the RTP the question was asked: "What would be the best way to attract and retain talent? Having lived in ...