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How Santa Fe Supports Its Cultural Industries by Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger , PhD Mayor Pro Tem City of Santa Fe Presented to UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries Milan, Italy September 2009. Santa Fe, New Mexico Located in the southwestern United States. Outline.
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How Santa Fe Supports Its Cultural Industries by Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger , PhD Mayor Pro Tem City of Santa Fe Presented to UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries Milan, Italy September 2009
Santa Fe, New MexicoLocated in the southwestern United States
Outline • Provide examples of Santa Fe’s New Strategies for Cultural Enterprises • Highlight Santa Fe’s role in Creative Tourism • Review UNESCO Creative Cities Network Opportunities
Creative Assets • 8 Museums • Over 200 Art Galleries • Santa Fe’s artists in 2000: 2,625 in labor force of 78,013 • Tied for highest concentration of architects, writers and fine artists in the U.S. • Art Sales total more than $200 million annually
1% Hotel tax used to support performances, exhibits and workshops Organizations funded include: • Museums of New Mexico • The Santa Fe Opera • Spanish Colonial Arts Society • The Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus • The Santa Fe Desert Chorale • Moving People Dance • Santa Fe Children’s Museum • Southwestern Association of Indian Arts
Community Galleryestablished by the city of Santa Fe in 2008
Since the year 2000, public policy planning in Santa Fe has included: • The Culture, Arts and Tourism Plan • The Santa Fe Arts Commission’s Long-Range Plan • The City of Santa Fe’s Economic Development Plan • A study of the economic impact of arts and culture on Santa Fe • Historic and Archaeological Overlay Zoning
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Designations Crafts and Folk Arts Literature Gastronomy Music Film Media Arts Design
Creative Tourism Tourism that is directed toward an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place.