This document discusses cultural policy in an age of scarcity. It notes that past urban regeneration policies focused on property development rather than quality of life issues. It also discusses the rise of the "creative city" model and cultural quarters in cities. New types of cultural workers have emerged that fill multiple roles. The document examines initiatives like public art projects and community food production that aim to enhance civic participation and identity.

1. Beyond the Creative City
– Cultural Policy in an
age of scarcity
Jonathan Vickery
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies

2. El Raval, CiutatVellaBarcelona

3. Camden Lock market, London

7. City Brand/ Cultural
Creative Industry DM strategy Quarters
clusters
IP generators
Planning/
Bobo/ Urban design public spaces/
Bohemian Public art
residence
Globally networked
Education sector/
student life
Landmark/
Signature architecture

8. Coventry, Millennium Place

9. The Lowry Theatre, SalfordQuays

10. Flash@Hebburn, Charles Quick: Hebburn

13. Hoxten, London

16. Urban White Paper Our Towns and Cities (2000) delivering an
urban renaissance
‘How we live our lives is shaped
by where we live our lives’
John Prescott’s Foreword
Argument: the urban regeneration policy of past governments
was premised on property reconstruction, ignoring the more
fundamental issues of ‘quality of life’
The State of English Cities report attempted to create…
‘a connected rather than
reductionist view of the world’
•integrationism in urban development
• data on economics, social development, culture and
international links

17. The Urban Task Force (1998-)

18. New urban artists
• ‘Art’ maker
• Project manager
• Events entrepreneur
• Critic, public intellectual
• Cultural diplomat
• Technician, site manager, contracts director.
• Critic, writer, educator

19. LabourParty election
manifesto 1997
‘The arts, culture and sport are central to the
task of recreating the sense of
community, identity and civic pride that
should define our country. Yet we consistently
undervalue the role of the arts and culture in
helping to create a civic society’

20. The Jerde Partnership and Coventry City Council, December 2008.

21. Cf: DETR (1998a) Planning for Sustainable Development: Towards a Better Practice
London: Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.

24. NVA public arts
Glasgow May 2009 – ongoing
SAGE: PUTTING FOOD PRODUCTION INTO THE HEART OF URBAN LIFE
www.sowandgroweverywhere.org.uk

26. Cittadellarte– Foundation Pistoletto, Biella, Italy

28. MirjamStruppek’sEuropean
Urban Screens project

29. Agorascapeproject of the CM ArchitectenAmsterdam, 2010 – ongoing:

31. Art & Sacred Places [Portsmouth Cathedral - Nathan Coley’ ‘Black Tent’ (2003)