Let’s start by asking ourselves, “What kind of Culture do we want?”
- Think about this and build on your answer to this question.
Next, “What is a sustainable culture?”
- Is it for instance:
- Creative
- Civil
- Inclusive
Next, “Who are the stakeholders in a sustainable culture?”
Are these stakeholders, for instance:
- Ordinary people like you and me
- Only creative people
- Our communities
- Our cities
- Our education institutions
Next, “Why have a sustainable culture?”
Does a sustainable culture for instance:
- INSPIRE – Innovation
- COMFORT – Humanity
- CONNECT – Communities
- SUSTAIN – Economies?
- CREATE – Partnerships that cultivate positive outcomes
Next, “How do we have a sustainable culture?”
Is it presenting new and imaginative culture and art that is:
- Entertaining
- Culturally diverse
- Wide-ranging
- Instantly accessible
- Forever – an historical record
- Presenting performing arts of all genres: Music, Opera, Dance, Theatre, Performance Art
- Presenting the visual arts to a broad community: Art Gallery Openings, Visual Arts Installations, Performance Art, Children’s Art, Local Community Arts Center Activities
- Presenting the written/spoken arts: Poetry readings, Book readings, Children’s literature, Indigenous literature
Next, “How do we have a sustainable culture new frontier?”
Is it committing to a financial investment?; that will for instance:
- Grow market share
- Create Partnership(s) with Small Business, Medium and Large Business, Industry
- Employ: wholesale solutions, strategic partnering, reach out to future consumers
Next, “The 100 mile cultural diet Challenge - achieving a sustainable culture the new frontier?”
Keeping one step ahead and creating the first ever sustainable culture in BC.
On my blog over the next weeks I shall delve deeper into this challenge.
ARE YOU UP FOR THIS CHALLENGE? Please join me in this challenge and I invite you to participate by sending me your comments, suggestions and answers to the question I pose in this post: “What kind of Culture do we want?”
PS: Sean Bickerton: You asked me on my Facebook page: Sustainable culture is the new frontier, isn’t it Susan? What does the 100 mile cultural diet look like? Now you have the first installment to ponder! I look forward to your input. Sean, thanking your for asking me the question!
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March 19, 2011 at 9:58 am
John McLachlan
Susan, I really like your strategic approach to all this. The baffling part and the challenge is the question of how to do we move the agenda forward. It feels like there is an organization needed that can maintain the push of ideas and actions needed.
I’m always frustrated that non-arts businesses have alliances and organizations in place that advocate for them but we have such a hard time with this in the arts. Paying for such an organization is very difficult in the arts world, but something we need to take the very sound ideas you’ve laid out and move them forward.
March 19, 2011 at 10:10 am
Susan Weiss
John,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and the observations you put forward.
And, it may just be a “baffling” conundrum to move this agenda forward.
I agree with you and think that it is indeed difficult in the arts world to pay for an organization to move this agenda forward.
But move this kind of agenda forward we must!
I am putting together a kind of “offering” to garner support to stimulate the push of these ideas and actions.
In the coming weeks I will keep you and others posted on how I am moving forward because this is an important topic for all of us to join in on and support arts and culture in all of our communities.