Tuesday, January 24, 2012

We must properly define the Creative Industries

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

A very good article Carlton....like it has always been said one must begin somewhere and wishing to highlight the creative industries is a first and positive step by the government in responding to many who claim that the creative industries have been sidelined. I am sure that given the intelligent young man who we have as Minister he will seek the expertise of people like yourself and many others, through a committee to develop the industries further.
You have started well by making your interest in assisting known ...I hope others will follow in your foot step ...

January 24, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Better Days Ahead said...

i am hoping that in this first budget that the creative arts can be shown some attention ..afterall the SLP gov did indicate in building a creative arts centre perhaps be it the chinese or taiwanese with their grant as it was highlighted in the manifesto and hinted to the chinese last of 3 major projects that they had plans to achieving while holding diplomatic relations with SLU.. so lets hope that we can get a truly modern theatre that will certainly push creative arts aficionados to the sky and increase interests and revenue fot that sector..

January 24, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Anonymous said...

Does anyone in St Lucia know that there are great differences between (1) the arts, (2) the creative industries, and (3) the creative arts?

No one seems to know or care about these differences; and it's not merely a matter of word choice or petty definitions. It's about the actual MEANING of these words and their concomitant ideas.

January 25, 2012 at 10:39 AM
CT said...

Carlton's comments have brought a number of pertinent matters to the fore ... we would do well to consider them. It may also be of value to our administration to have conversations with various stakeholders, both the ones in the admin positions and the "lesser" ones, i.e. the "frontliners" actually involved .... very interesting observations

January 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM
Anonymous said...

Anonymous #3 "creative industries " is an umbrella term under which the commercialization of " the arts " and "creative arts" fall. CHECK IT OUT...

January 26, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Anonymous said...

Blogger 5, judging by his or her statement, it's obvious that blogger 3 knows precisely what these three terms mean; in fact, #3 must be an expert and seems to be the only contributor to these Voice blogs that knows anything truly important about this particular subject.
Evidently, blogger #5, you appear to be out of your element!! Stick to what you know.

January 26, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Armchair Anonymous said...

To blogger #6 ...
Blogger #5 should NOT "stick to what he knows" ... but should be ENCOURAGED to open his/her mind on what blogger #3 means, or what his comments convey. This is important too.

Anyway - Carlton, kudos on your article, well done.

January 27, 2012 at 6:47 AM
Anonymous said...

From Anonymous TOO
Carlton's article is very thoughtful, and does a good job of outlining the size and complexity of the "creative industries". As he points out in a subsequent post, this title generally means the commercial aspects of the talents of the arttists and craftsmen.
If I understand correctly the intent of the government, it is to encourage and aid the development of markets, both internal and external, to achieve income, and also recognition of the creative talent in St. Lucia.Success in these endeavors can create a snowball effect, and result in considerable income both for the artists and the society as a whole.
This definition, if accepted, does shrink the problen to be addressed a little bit, but it remains the "elephant in the room". The issue, then, is how do you eat an elephant? The answer, of course, is "One bite at a time".
The first item of business is to do a market survey to determine the size and scope of the internal and available external markets. What products and services do the markets desire, what is the ability to pay to satisfy those desires, and how does this match the available talent and capital in St Lucia to accomplish meeting these demands? Once this is known, one can prioritize the efforts based on effort required and income to be achieved.
Budgets and action plans follow. Hopefully, there won't be too much infighting over pieces of the pie, and attention can be focussed on increasing the size of the pie.
Success will produce employment and income for this sector of the population, as well as income to support the non revenue-generating elements of the arts that result in an enrichment of the population as a whole.

January 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM

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