The impact of the arts and creative industries on local, regional, and state economies took center stage at a daylong summit in late September at the College for Creative Studies' Taubman Center.
The presentations and panel discussions were wide-ranging, but all centered on the state of Michigan's creative economy and where it is going. There was good news about directions that innovation and job creation were taking the economy; but also cautionary news about how the very definition of work, and what that means to individual creatives, has radically changed in just the past five years.
