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Seattle’s Creative Economy contributes $119.2 BILLION to the state’s GDP - 10.3% - THE largest in the nation.
The Creative Economy employs more than 180,000 workers.
The largest creative sectors are:
1) Creative technology
2) Architecture and living spaces
3) Fashion
4) Culinary arts/beverage and
5) Performing arts (music, theater, dance, visual)The video game industry is the second largest in the U.S with nearly 50,000 in the workforce.
Source - Wa State Dept. of Commerce
….so Why are artist wages not reflecting this MAJOR impact?
Our #1 creative sector, deemed “Creative Technology”, means jobs like software engineers and similar corporate sector jobs. This means artists working with technology, using the same types of software, get paid 5X less.
$11.87/hr
Seattle has the lowest earnings in arts, design, entertainment and media-related occupations.
$48.88/hr
Seattle has the highest earnings in computer-related occupations.
Source - 2019 Seattle Creative Economy Report
Seattle tech-workers & companies CAN close the existing wage gap by opening the doors for arts forward tech jobs, to make space for artist voices in leading technology development in our city & world.
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At Future Arts, we uphold an interconnected approach: technology innovators collaborating with emerging artists to anchor progress in an authentic relationship enriched by empathy, nature, and humanity. You can make a difference by redefining how technology is viewed in your city and in our world by supporting our mission. Adding Future Arts into your annual budget allows us to place creative thinking and leadership into your company’s core and shows your commitment to a more diverse, inclusive future for cultural development alongside tech. Our artists will present to your team, collaborate on problems, and commission specific approaches to innovative problems.
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Your monthly support allows stronger roots and more regular opportunities for our artist communities.
Engaging the Creative Economy
Future Arts Founder, Yuliya (Julia) Bruk discusses her art-based research focused on Seattle’s Creative Economy Reports. The roots of what Future Arts was build on was hundreds of pages of voices sharing creative community needs for building a more vibrant tech-arts cultural scene in Seattle and beyond.
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