Title: Fine arts and innovation. Working paper.

Author(s): Kate Oakley, Brooke Sperry

Organisation(s): National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)

Categories: Arts, culture and the economy
Objectives: To understand any changes in working practices of fine arts graduates since the 1930s and to ask what those changes tell us about the way fine artists and their skills are being absorbed into the wider economy and have impacted on innovation.
Methods: The study is based on a cohort study of fine art graduates from the University of the Arts in London (since the 1930s). An online survey was completed by over 500 members of the University of the Arts alumni association; 40 face-to-face life biography interviews were held. In addition, a literature review was carried out to provide a narrative context.
Link: http://www.nesta.org.uk/fine-artists-and-innovatio n-a-longitudinal-study-on-the-impact-of-fine-artis ts-on-the-uk-economy/
Published: 2008

Place of Publication: Online

Publisher: NESTA

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Further Information: This is the first interim report of a longitudinal study on the impact of fine artists on the UK economy. The working paper introduces the key research questions, outlines the methodology and surveys the relevant literature. The full findings will be published later in 2008.