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Bay Area Near the Top
According to figures released June 28 by
Americans for the Arts in its first national Creative Industries Study,
the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose metropolitan area ranks third in the
nation in numbers of arts-related businesses, institutions, and
organizations (both for-profit and nonprofit), with a total figure of
21,232. Nationally, the number one metropolitan area is New York/Northern
New Jersey/Long Island, with 54,895. In the number two position is the Los
Angeles/Riverside/Orange County metropolitan area, with 48,862 arts
related businesses.
When ranked in terms of number of arts-related
businesses, institutions, and organizations per capita, the San
Francisco/Oakland/San Jose metropolitan area is second nationally, with
3.016 per thousand people. The top spot goes to Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton,
which has 3.415 per thousand.
The study included six creative industries:
museum/collections; performing arts; visual/photography; film, radio, TV;
design/publishing; and schools/services. The national total of creative
industry businesses is 548,000, or 4.3 percent of all U.S. businesses,
which employ 2.99 million people (2.2 percent of all employees). The
report notes that ãthe creative industries also provide the essential fuel
that drives the Îinformation economyâ÷the fastest growing segment of the
nationâs economy.ä Robert L. Lynch, President and CEO of Americans for the
Arts, said, ãWith the growth of the information age, the arts are now a
fundamental component of the U.S. economy, and one in which every state
and virtually every community has a stake.ä
Nonprofit Day
On July 23, Nonprofit Day will be held at the
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco. Hosted by CompassPoint, the
dayâs sessions include executive leadership, boards and planning,
fundraising, finance, public policy, and more.
Workshop fees range from $75 for nonprofit
organizations with an annual budget of $199K and under or for students, to
$105 for those with an annual budget between $200K and $999K, and $135 for
nonprofits with an annual budget over $1 million or for for-profit firms
and consultants. For more information, call (415) 541-9000. To register,
visit the website at
www.compasspoint.org
New Art Reference Library
The public now has a new resource for
information on art. Peninsula Museum of Art in Belmontâs Twin Pines Park
has more than 700 books and magazines available for use in the museum.
Professional librarians ö and four students -
from Notre Dame de Namur University catalogued the collection, which has
been donated by local artists. The holdings include special sections on
Asian art, women artists, the business of art, and instruction books for
studio artists.
Peninsula Museum of Art is at 1219 Ralston
Avenue in Belmont. Current library hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays and
Tuesdays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
Foundation Center Lending Service
Another new resource is the lending program
just launched by the Foundation Center in San Francisco. Bay Area
residents may borrow up to two items for one week. There are more than 60
items in the circulating collection.
Among the items you can check out are Bruce E.
Skinner and Vladimir Rukavinaâs 2003 publication Event Sponsorship,
Kay Sprinkel Grace and Alan L. Wendroffâs High Impact Philanthropy: How
Donors, Boards, and Nonprofit Organizations Can Transform Communities,
and editor Phyllis Edelsonâs Foundation Grants to Individuals, 13th
edition.
Reference librarians are on hand to offer
assistance during regular business hours. The Foundation Center is at 312
Sutter Street, Suite 606. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday, with evening hours until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. |
