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Here is one definition that comes from UNESCO

Definition of Cultural Industries

Cultural Industries are defined as those industries which produce tangible or intangible artistic and creative outputs, and which have a potential for wealth creation and income generation through the exploitation of cultural assets and production of knowledge-based goods and services (both traditional and contemporary).  What cultural industries have in common is that they all use creativity, cultural knowledge, and intellectual property to produce products and services with social and cultural meaning.

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Louisiana just gave its Culture Awards and the new Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, attended the gathering and presented the awards.  Landesman is truly a cultural entrepreneur and he recognized the power of culture in society both economically and socially.  He said in Louisiana, “Art jobs are real jobs”.  When have you heard that before from the NEA?  How refreshing.

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Last week I wrote about the Right Brain Business Plan as a resource for cultural entrepreneurs who want a fun, creative alternative to the traditional business planning process.  Today we’re going to explore another fun resource, The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real by Lisa Sonora Beam.

The Creative Entrepreneur is designed to meet, “the challenges creative people have with the business side of work. ” It is full of wonderful images and visuals.  You won’t get bored working through this book!

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My travels in Jemez Springs continue to provide fodder for my posts on cultural tourism. As I walked up to the Jemez Fine Art Gallery: An Artist Collective, a local artist, sitting outside selling his paintings, greeted me.  Inside I was immersed in a collection of paintings and sculptures, from traditional to eclectic –reflecting a mix Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures.  Here I met Troy Williams, a founder of the Gallery.  I found Troy to be just as passionate towards his community, as he is his sculpting.

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Many of us are cultural entrepreneurs with experience in building markets for our cultural enterprises.  I have been involved in building the largest maritime bookstore at Mystic Seaport, a new maritime gallery that created a market for living artists, a book and print publish enterprise at Mystic Seaport, a lobster clambake enterprise at Mystic Seaport Museum, an international folk art market, a statewide artist, artisan and author retail and internet site and the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship.

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The World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries, as it is now titled, opens on the 24th in Monza, Italy.  They changed the name to designate it as a World Forum and that it is given the agenda they sent out.  People are coming from all over the world.  There is to be a web site and when I find out the address I will send out to everyone.

In earlier posts I wrote abut the first three points of my five point presentation scheduled for the 25th, Friday.  The fourth area I will explore with the Forum participants will address creating markets and developing market links.  

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I don’t know about you, but when I think about writing a business plan I have a burning desire to clean out my closets, reorganize my garage, and sort through the fridge.  Luckily, Jennifer Lee of Artizen Coaching has taken the dread out of writing your business plan with her Right-Brain Business Plan.

This colorful e-book, which includes a 15-minute visualization MP3, takes you through a fun, visual, and creative  9-step process to create your business plan.  The best part is that the result isn’t it some boring, spiral bound document.  Your plan can be an accordion book, a collaged box, a deck of index cards, a mobile of paper plates, a bracelet—-whatever you can dream up.

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After a full day of mountain biking through a maze of single track and pinon trees on the La Tierra trails in Santa Fe and bouldering at the Santa Fe Climbing Center, I find myself venturing up to Jemez Springs to soak at the Giggling Springs.

The drive up the Jemez Valley was just as therapeutic as the hot springs themselves and is one of the most scenic drives in New Mexico. The deep red and orange sandstone cliffs that tower high above the valley floor stand out like giant sand castles against the bright blue sky.

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My name is Jessica Haynie and I’ll be blogging here about cultural entrepreneurs that I come across in my adventures and travels. Every weekend I’m on the road, mostly finding the next best places to hike and climb. But, you might also find me checking out jewelry at Zuni Pueblo or watching the Mountain Film Festival in Taos. In the following weeks, as I hop around to my favorite areas to explore, I will introduce you to cultural entrepreneurs-the visionary leaders who bring us great cultural experiences. Across New Mexico these cultural entrepreneurs offer us “cultural adventures” and open up new worlds for us to trek through.

Only ten days before the first UNESCO Forum on Cultural Industries opens in Monza, Italy.  It will be an exciting gathering of 250 people from all over the world.

In my presentation, following up on my last two blogs, the third area of “New Strategies for Cultural Enterprises” I will bring speak about on my panel will be investment in our cultural enterprises and entrepreneurs.  We need to find new sources of capital to invest in promising cultural enterprises.  We are beginning to see formation of capital for social enterprises witnessed at the Social Markets Network gathering this month that attracted over 1000 attendees.

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