Eger keynote fresno arts summit 3 4 11

The Arts and the

Creative Economy

Arts Education SummitCalifornia County Superintendents Arts Initiative

Fresno County Office of EducationMarch 4, 2011

Workforce of the Future

Globalization 3.0

Interdependence of Nations

The New Economy

•Digital Economy

•Internet Age

•The Global Age

•Knowledge Economy

•The Creative Age

Major World Trends REALIGNMENT OF POWER

REDEFINITION OF WEALTH

OUTSOURCING/OFFSHORING

JOBLESS RECOVERY

Creative EconomyCreative Economy

Creative Economy

•Workforce of the Future

Jobs in greatest demand in the future don’t yet exist

They will require workers to use technologies that have not yet been

invented...

To solve problems that we don’t yet even know are problems.

Richard Riley,former Secretary of Education

"It isn't just about mathand science anymore. It’s

about creativity, imagination, and, above all,

innovation."

U.S. employers rate creativity and innovation among the top five skills

that will most neededin the new economy.

The Conference BoardTrusted Insights for Business Worldwide

America’s success will not be through“cheap labor, cheap raw materials, or

the free flow of capital or a streamlinedindustrial base,” but through “creativity,

ingenuity, innovation”.

Dana Gioia, former Chair, National Endowment for the Arts

Robert Root-Bernstein

•Arts are Engaging

•Arts Increase attendance

•Arts Connect the dots

•Arts are Engaging

•Arts Increase attendance

•Arts Connect the dots

•Arts Enhance math and science

•Arts are Engaging

•Arts Increase attendance

•Arts Connect the dots

•Arts Enhance math and science

•Arts are Transformative

•Arts are Engaging

•Arts Increase attendance

•Arts Connect the dots

•Arts Enhance math and science

•Arts are Transformative

•Arts Provide new “thinking skills”

•Arts are Engaging

•Arts Increase attendance

•Arts Connect the dots

•Arts Enhance math and science

•Arts are Transformative

•Arts Provide new “thinking skills”

•Arts are Essential to Creativity

Arts can no longer be treated as a frill... arts education is essential to

stimulating the creativity and innovation that will prove critical for

young Americans competing in a global economy.

Arne Duncan, Education Secretary, April 9, 2010.

Arts Arts Infusion

Essential to Creativityand Innovation

STEMScience, Technology Engineering and Math

STEAM

John M. EgerVan Deerlin Chair of

Communication and Public PolicySan Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California 92182

jeger@mail.sdsu.edu