Delaware has a strong history of backing the arts and culture and on August 2nd, 2023, more than 60 stakeholders gathered in Milford, Delaware, along with the Delaware Arts Alliance to mark the start of community engagement efforts for the “Creative Economy and Cultural Tourism Recovery and Growth Plan” initiative.
Attendees, including several state and local policymakers, highlighted the arts significance in promoting tourism, economic growth, job creation, health, education, and community progress. They united to encourage artists, creative businesses, and art enthusiasts to participate in a comprehensive survey until October 15th. This survey will provide essential quantitative and qualitative data for the project. The ongoing press coverage and increasing media support for this statewide initiative are presented below.
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This plan taps artists, businesses to grow Delaware’s cultural and economic potential — By Anitra Johnson Published September 6, 2024 The Delaware Arts Alliance has unveiled a plan intended to boost the state’s creative economy and cultural tourism industry. The Creative Economy Advancement and Tourism Expansion Plan offers a strategy to strengthen the impact of Delaware’s creative sector…
The Delaware Arts Alliance Capitalizes on Creativity The Delaware Arts Alliance aims to expand tourism and grow the economy through cultural offerings. Published August 28, 2024 For more than two years, the Delaware Arts Alliance has worked on the CREATE Plan, exploring the state’s cultural landscape to determine how the arts can help grow the…
Arts group releases plan that aims to boost creative economy Published August 5, 2024 The Delaware Arts Alliance has released the Creative Economy Advancement and Tourism Expansion (CREATE) Plan. The plan released at the end of July and is believed to be first of its kind in the nation aims to advance Delaware’s creative economy …
How to boost Delaware’s creative economy: arts advocates roll out recommendations — By Mark Fowser Published July 31, 2024 State Senator Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman and Delaware Arts Alliance Executive Director Neil Kirschling spoke Tuesday at The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington Photo: WDEL News A statewide blueprint is out this week with the goal of supporting Delaware’s…
Creative economy makes $3.7B; group plans to raise that — Jarek Rutz Published July 30, 2024 The 213-page CREATE Plan includes an interactive map, policy recommendations, and more to show the importance of the creative economy and how to strengthen it. The Delaware Arts Alliance released a long-awaited, 213-page plan Tuesday that highlights the benefits of the…
Delaware study aims to revitalize state’s arts and culture with new online map to boost economy and tourism — By Johnny Perez-Gonzalez Published July 28, 2024 Joe Baker talks about his paintings, one of which depicts his grandmother performing the last Doll Dance in the early 1900s. Baker is one of four artists from the…
Delaware Arts Alliance releases CREATE plan to support arts and tourism in Delaware — By Rachel Sawicki Published July 23, 2024 The Delaware Arts Alliance releases a new plan to support arts and tourism as part of the state’s post-pandemic economic recovery. The Creative Economy Advancement and Tourism Expansion, or CREATE Plan, is the first…
What’s the ‘Creative Economy’ in Delaware? How the Arts Bring Benefits to All Sectors – From Tourism to Well-Being — Sponsored by Healthy Communities Delaware Published July 2, 2024 Smyrna-based artist Charlese Phillips displays her piece “Ode to the Red-winged Blackbird” at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. | PHOTO COURTESY OF NAIOMI PHILLIPS Never stop…
VIEWPOINT: Supporting the Creative Economy – Cultural Tourism Matters — By Executive Director Neil Kirschling of the Delaware Arts Alliance Published June 28, 2024 This summer, the Delaware Arts Alliance will reveal the details of the Creative Economy Advancement and Tourism Expansion (CREATE) Plan, a growth and recovery plan for the creative economy and cultural tourism sector…
California, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington: Planning for the Creative Economy — By Declan Wicks Published June 7, 2024 As state governments seek to leverage the economic power of the arts, multiple state arts agencies (SAAs) have been selected to assist in leading strategic plans for their states’ creative economies. State policymakers are seeking to capitalize…
DELAWARE ARTS ALLIANCE ON TRACK TO ROLL OUT ITS CREATE PLAN — By Karl Lengel Published May 13th, 2024 at 5:02 PM EDT | Delaware Arts Alliance is preparing the launch of its CREATE plan this summer. The Arts Alliance advocates for artists across the First State and the CREATE plan seeks to monetize the…
DELAWARE RECEIVES AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR THE ARTS — By Roger Morris Published September 27th, 2023 Many Delaware artists struggled due to the pandemic. This new funding will help support the art community across the state. Like so many, Delaware artists and arts organizations suffered financially during the pandemic as lockdowns drastically slowed patron…
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEIL KIRSCHLING TALKS ABOUT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY ON GOOD MORNING WILMINGTON — Host Ivan Thomas interviews Neil Kirschling | Published October 4th, 2023
CREATIVE INPUT: ARTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY SAYS THE DELAWARE ARTS ALLIANCE. NOW, THE ORGANIZATION WANTS YOUR HELP IN MAKING THE CASE. — By Ken Mammarella | Published October 4, 2023 | Readable Issue is available on ISSU. For more information about the project, visit www.delawareartsalliance.org/creativeeconomy for more information. Inform the development of this plan…
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AIMS TO SUPPORT DELAWARE’S CREATIVE ECONOMY: OPEN CALL — By Neil Kirschling, Guest Columnist | Published October 1st, 2023 | WILMINGTON — What role did the arts play for you personally during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns? Did you turn to the work of individual writers, visual, or performing artists…
DELAWARE ARTS ALLIANCE CAPTURES DATA TO FUEL CREATIVE GROWTH AND POLICY THROUGH STATEWIDE INITIATIVE — By Johnny Perez-Gonzalez | Published August 25, 2023 | WILMINGTON — Delaware arts leaders introduced a groundbreaking creative growth plan to address challenges faced by artists across the state. As a small state, Delaware is a place where true statewide…
DELAWARE LAUNCHES ‘CREATIVE ECONOMY’ INITIATIVE — By Katie Tabeling | Published September 8, 2023 | WILMINGTON — The Delaware Arts Alliance and state leaders are hoping to launch a creative economy, focused on artists and the workforce that supports it, here in the First State. Earlier this summer, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall Long and Neil…
A PATH TO DELAWARE’S ECONOMIC GROWTH — By Neil Kirschling | Published July/August, 2023 | What role did the arts play for you personally during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns? For entertainment and wellbeing, did you turn to the work of individual writers, or visual and performing artists across television, movies, online,…
DELAWARE LOOKS TO GROW THEIR ‘CREATIVE ECONOMY’ THROUGH THE NATION’S FIRST-EVER ARTS STUDY — By Rob Petree | Published August 2, 2023 | MILFORD, Del. – Delaware officials want you to share your thoughts in a new survey aimed at advancing the First State’s creative economy, specifically when it comes to the arts. The Delaware…
ARTS LEADERS TO GATHER WEDNESDAY TO TALK ABOUT GROWING SECTOR — By Betsy Price | Published August 1, 2023 | Arts, business and political leaders will gather Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the Milford Public Library Amphitheater to talk about the creative economy. The meeting at 10 a.m. will focus on the “Creative Economy and Cultural…
INITIATIVE AIMS TO BOOST DELAWARE’S BURGEONING ARTS INDUSTRY — By Matt McDonald | Published August 2, 2023 9:44 PM | MILFORD — The Delaware Arts Alliance on Wednesday kicked off a part of a major initiative to boost Delaware’s creative economy as artists and businesses continue to recover from the financial blow inflicted by the…
DELAWARE ARTS ALLIANCE KICKS OFF STATEWIDE INITIATIVE — By Ryan Mavity | Published August 8, 2023 | Delaware Arts Alliance has unveiled a new initiative aimed at setting policy goals to benefit the state’s creative economy. At a kickoff event Aug. 2 at Milford library, the alliance announced the beginning of its creative economy…
DELAWARE LOOKS TO STRENGTHEN ITS “CREATIVE ECONOMY” — By Mark Fowser | Published Aug 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT | Just what is Delaware’s “creative economy?” If you think about a performance or a show you have attended, the “economy” may begin with the actors or musicians on the stage. But, it goes well…
ARTS PLAYLIST: DELAWARE ARTS ALLIANCE SET TO LAUNCH PLAN TO BOLSTER THE FIRST STATE’S CREATIVE ECONOMY — By Karl Lengel, and Kyle McKinnon | Published July 28, 2023 at 11:29 AM EDT | The organization received $1 million from the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) American Rescue Plan Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program to help…