PUBLIC FORUM EXAMINES ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ARTS
Posted on March 12, 2013
How do arts and culture impact the economy of southwestern
Pennsylvania? The Greater Pittsburgh Arts
Council will provide answers when Cal U hosts a public forum from 9:30
a.m.-noon April 22 in the Kara Alumni House. The Arts Council will present
the findings of its “Arts, Culture and Economic Prosperity” study at this
community-wide event. Presented in conjunction with the Arts Education Collaborative,
the session will examine the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture sector,
which generates $136.2 billion nationwide and $2.6 billion in Pennsylvania. The forum at Cal U will focus
on the related themes of economic impacts of arts and culture, K-16 arts
education, and workforce development, and the effect of the arts on the
region’s residents and businesses, now and in the future. Administrators, artists, educators, funders and policymakers
will be on hand to discuss arts-based education, urban development and college
collaborations, as well as effective advocacy strategies on behalf of arts education. Speakers will include Acting University President Geraldine M.
Jones, Jim Denova, vice president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and Sarah Tambucci of the Arts Education Collaborative. Each
attendee will receive a complimentary copy of Arts, Culture, & Economic Prosperity (Allegheny County, Pa.), a summary of Pennsylvania’s statewide
economic impact study and additional materials. The free event is open to the public and includes a
light continental breakfast. Free parking is available on campus in the River
Lot (Lot 4), off Second Street. See a campus map or parking map. Registration
is requested. For more information, contact Jodie Rooney, Cal U academic events
coordinator, at 724-938-1584 or rooney@calu.edu; or Dr. David Pankratz, Greater
Pittsburgh Arts Council research and policy director, at 412-391-2060, Ext.
232, or dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org.
