CREATIVELY SPEAKING, WE'RE NO. 3.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard If Eugene aspires to be the "World's Greatest City of the Arts and Outdoors," then a newly released report from the Oregon Arts Commission may serve as the latest reality check. The outdoors, as always, are just fine around here. But maybe our arts, specifically our creativity, need an oil change? Maybe our intellectual inventiveness Inventiveness Archimedes (287–212 B. C.) invented military engine which saved Syracuse. [Gk. Hist.: Hall, 31] Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922) inventor of telephone (1876). [Am. Hist. needs rehab? Not only is Lane County not No. 1 in the world for all things creative, it's only No. 3 in the state. And it's only marginally above the national average. That's if you believe in Oregon's first-ever Creative Vitality vi·tal·i·ty n. 1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop. 2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. Index. The what? "The CVI CVI C (Language) Virtual Instrument CVI Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (journal) CVI Chronic Venous Insufficiency CVI Coastal Vulnerability Index CVI Canaan Valley Institute measures the health of the creative economy in a city, county, state or other geographic area as it compares to the national index, and creates a benchmark for future measurement," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the commission. The index is a composite of statistical information about community participation in the arts - everything from attendance at movie theaters, museums and art galleries, to book and CD sales - and arts-related employment. Considering the $10,000 study looked at 15 county clusters, and Lane County is a cluster all by its lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. , No. 3 is "not bad at all," said Christine D'Arcy, executive director of the Oregon Arts Commission. Lane County finished behind Multnomah and Washington counties Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named for George Washington. It is the most common county name in the United States. (no surprise given Portland's dynamic music and cultural scene), and Jackson and Josephine counties, which host the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. in Ashland and the Britt britt n. Variant of brit. Noun 1. britt - the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish brit young fish - a fish that is young 2. Music Festival in Jacksonville. So maybe we're right where we should be. On the other hand, maybe we need to buy more oboes and clarinet clarinet, musical wind instrument of cylindrical bore employing a single reed. The clarinet family comprises all single-reed instruments, including the saxophone. The predecessor of the modern clarinet was the simpler chalumeau, which J. C. reeds and guitar picks than the folks in Medford and Ashland? Not to mention the folks in Portland, Beaverton and Salem. Those cities all lie within counties that scored ahead of Lane County for per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. music store sales. And Lane County finished dead last in the state in per capita movie theater attendance and 12th in per capita photography store sales with a dismal dis·mal adj. 1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. $2.98. What's that - a package of lens cleaning tissue? Then again, the "World's Greatest City for the Arts ..." slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. had nothing to do with buying musical instruments or going to movie theaters, and was "probably more of a goal," D'Arcy said. But why a Creative Vitality Index? Why now? The study, conducted by Hebert Research, an economic and market research firm in Bellevue, Wash., was modeled after the one done for 2004 by the Washington State Arts Commission, the only other state to ever produce a CVI. D'Arcy hopes the index, which crunched numbers for 2005, will be done annually and becomes a voice in Oregon's dialogue about the creative economy, and that it might be used to attract new business to the state and create new jobs in the creative sector. "It's not a comprehensive economic impact study. It's a new index that looks at how people participate in the arts," she said. The commission says the state's creative health is robust. Although most arts economic impact studies measure the impact of nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. arts organizations, the CVI study includes the thousands of people who make their living in the creative world: visual artists, graphic designers, writers, architects and so on. Lane County finished second highest in the state in the "arts occupational index" - a ratio of arts-related jobs to other jobs - behind Multnomah and Washington counties. Lane County's top-rated arts-related primary job? Graphic designers. We had 241 in 2005 whose primary job was graphic design, according to the study. The most scarce primary arts-related job in the county? A tie between actor and fashion designer. Two jobs each. Other interesting occupational numbers in Lane County's arts world? The top-rated secondary arts-related job was librarian - 154 of those; nine dancers in the primary job category; four sound engineering technicians Description An engineering technician is a person who has relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of the specific branch of engineering in which they work. Engineering technicians solve technical problems. as a secondary job; and 10 musical instrument repairers and tuners in that category, too. The only other category where Lane County finished No. 2 (we didn't claim victory in any) was in per capita bookstore sales at $68.62, coming in behind Benton/Lincoln/Linn at $81.35. CREATIVE VITALITY INDEX Based on a model developed by the state of Washington, the Oregon Arts Commission crunched the numbers in 15 county clusters using census data, public participation in the arts, and arts-related employment, producing the following per capita CVI numbers. The national benchmark is 1. The state's overall CVI is 1.05. A full report is available online at www.oregonartscommission.org or by calling (503) 986-0082. Multnomah/Washington: 2.16 Jackson/Josephine: 1.22 Lane: 1.11 Gilliam/Hood River/Sherman/Wheeler/Wasco: 1.07 Benton/Lincoln/Linn: 1.00 Baker/Union/Wallowa: 0.98 Grant/Harney/Malheur: 0.89 Crook/Deschutes/Jefferson: 0.83 Marion/Polk/Yamhill: 0.81 Clatsop/Columbia/Tillamook: 0.71 Clackamas: 0.69 Coos/Curry: 0.69 Klamath/Lake: 0.65 Douglas: .055 Morrow/Umatilla: 0.53 |
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