Arts Workers in California: Creating a More Inclusive Social Contract to Meet Arts Workers' and Other Independent Contractors' Needs
In January 2021, Center for Cultural Innovation, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commissioned a new report to help arts advocates, labor advocates, and policy makers create more fair conditions to include more types of workers. Researched and authored by the Urban Institute, the report outlines the working arrangements of the more than 600,000 arts workers in California and sheds new light on the challenges and issues they face, particularly when working as independent contractors. It also identifies policy shifts to update systems, for those in California or nationally, that could be more inclusive of artists and others who operate outside the traditional bounds of employment.
Business of Art: An Artist's Guide to Profitable Self-Employment - Third Edition
The 3rd edition of Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment provides you with key knowledge, tools and resources to help you advance your art practice. This workbook reflects CCI deep commitment to the artistic community and our belief that knowledge is power.
Grantmakers' Relief Funding of Individuals During a "Qualified Disaster"
Angie Kim shares CCI’s learning and recommendations regarding relief funding during the COVID crisis.
Ally Fund Summary Review
Read CCI’s learning and recommendations regarding individual donor behavior in relation to online giving and online crowdfunding platforms.
Equity in the Arts Toolkit
Produced by Kounkuey Design Initiative for CCI’s CAL-Now 2019 Convening, the Equity in the Arts toolkit leads the reader through a meaningful process for community-led design of a program, grant, or artwork.
Creativity Connects: Trends and Conditions Affecting U.S. Artists
CCI, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, is pleased to announce the launch of a new report on U.S. artists. The report describes significant changes that alter definitions of artists, how they sustain their practice, and yet-unrealized potential to contribute positively to social issues and apply creativity throughout all sectors. This research was supported by Surdna Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Impact Investing in the Arts
Produced by the California College of the Arts with support from CCI and the Surdna Foundation, this is a literature scan of published knowledge of intersections between the arts and impact investing. This scan was conducted at a moment when impact investing is still emerging, which led CCA and CCI to question how this kind of financial and social investing has involved and affected the arts. The scan revealed that there have been very few developments on this front, and so this scan provides a baseline of the little, thus far, that has been done to integrate and study arts with principle-based investing.
Moving Arts Leadership Forward
Authored by Emiko M. Ono and published by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Moving Arts Leadership Forward summarizes the findings of a 2014 reassessment, led by Open Mind Consulting’s Michael Courville, of the Next Generation Arts Leadership Initiative. A significant partner in the Initiative, CCI managed statewide re-granting programs to support professional development for individuals and innovative organizational practices aimed at strengthening skills of future field leaders.
The Evolving State of Dance in Los Angeles
Policy brief that is a scan and analysis of Los Angeles dance companies and venues. The task was motivated by the recognition that dance in Los Angeles is underserved in terms of performance opportunities and related funding to support creative growth and operations. Commissioned by the Center for Cultural Innovation with generous support from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.
Nurturing California's Next Generation Arts and Cultural Leaders
A benchmark study on the nonprofit careers of next generation arts and cultural leaders in California, conducted by research economist Ann Markusen, Markusen Economic Research Associates and commissioned by the Center for Cultural Innovation for The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
