WE ARE AN ARTISTIC COMMUNITY!
 According to the Creative Industries report published by Americans
for the Arts:
 Tuscarawas County, OH is home to 154 arts-related businesses
that employ 494 people.
 According to their Dun & Bradstreet numbers, the creative
industries account for 2.9 percent of the total number of
businesses located in Tuscarawas County, OH and 1.3 percent of
the people they employ.
(http://aftadc.brinkster.net/Ohio/county/OH_Tuscarawas.pdf)
WHAT IS A CREATIVE BUSINESS?
 The creative industries are composed of arts businesses that
range from nonprofit museums, symphonies, and theaters to forprofit film, architecture, and design companies, and others.
(http://aftadc.brinkster.net/Ohio/county/OH_Tuscarawas.pdf)
WHY ARE THESE BUSINESSES
IMPORTANT TO OUR AREA?
THEY’RE CREATING JOBS,
EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AND
MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
THEY INCLUDE ARTS AND CULTURE
ORGANIZATIONS, FOR PROFIT
BUSINESSES, AND ARTS SCHOOLS
AMONG OTHERS
(At least 141 more!)
WHAT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS?
They are generally not represented as
they don’t have a Dun & Bradstreet
number.
VERY OFTEN EXCELLENT AT CREATING ART
Perhaps not
known for their
marketing and/or
business skills
May or may not be
known locally
WE HAVE LOCAL ARTISTS HERE WITH US TODAY
They practice a diversity of arts across a variety
mediums:
Visual – painting, drawing, sculpting
Graphic – design, layout, printing
Performing – acting, designing, directing
Music – composing, playing, singing
And many more
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY HAS MANY SUCCESSFUL
ARTISTS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS
 Pat Potter has collected some of those success stories
WHO ADVOCATES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST?
Each individual expends her/his own effort
Often without any support
This is often the case at many arts and
culture organizations that don’t have a
support “staff of thousands.”
So what can be done?
LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES
OR, HOW CAN WE ALL WIN?
WHAT IS A LOCAL ARTS AGENCY?
 A local arts agency (LAA) is a nonprofit organization or a local
government agency that presents programming to the public,
provides services to artists and arts organizations, manages
cultural facilities, awards grants, and/or participates in community
cultural planning. (Americans for the Arts)
ARTS AGENCIES ARE EVERYWHERE
According to the Americans for the Arts
website there are more than 5,000 Local
Arts Agencies nationwide
THEY ARE LISTED IN MANY WAYS
COMMUNITY DEFINED
In each case they are
created to be a Local Arts
Agency that suits the
community
WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS IN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY?
• Arts Identity?
• Unified Marketing?
• Renewable Funding Streams?
• Employment Opportunities?
• Individual recognition?
• Creative Collaboration?
• Grant Seeking?
LET’S TALK …
Why are we here today?
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A LOCAL ARTS AGENCY
 We are requesting the County Commissioners “Commission” a
group of 12 - 21 volunteers to determine the feasibility of a Local
Arts Agency in Tuscarawas County:
Artists
•Individual artists
•Educators
•Independent
specialists
•Arts organization.
executive
•Cultural organization
executive
Business Executives
•Small Business owner
•Legal professional
•Finance professional
•Nonprofit Executive
•Community
Improvement/developm
ent executive
Movers & Shakers
•Government employee
•Marketing professional
• Tourism organization
professional
•At large member(s)
LOA GROUP DOES 3 THINGS FOR OUR COUNTY
RESEARCH OTHER
ARTS AGENCIES
Examine Local Arts
Agencies in other
places:
•
Structure
•
Funding model
•
Operation
•
Economic impact
Tuscarawas County
Cultural inventory
Create a list of:
A N A LYS I S T H E
BENEFITS OF A LOA
Based on research of
Arts Agencies and
cultural Inventory:
•
Examine viability of
a LAO in Tuscarawas
County
•Individual artists
•
•Art schools
Suggest possible
structures if viable
•
Suggest possible
funding streams if
viable
•Arts and culture
organizations
TIMELINE FOR FEASIBILITY
STUDY
• 7/15 - 8/15: Collect possible names
for LOA group.
• 8/15 – 9/15: Invitation to join LOA
group extended by commissioners,
answers by 9/15.
• 10/1 – 3/31 LOA group meets to
perform research and analysis.
Presents findings.
• 4/1 LOA group disbands with many
thanks!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND
CONSIDERATION
Thank you to everyone here today