Sound Diplomacy
Lexington Arts and Cultural Economy Audit
To facilitate economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and invest in the wider creative economy, LexArts was provided with a one-off allocation of $300,000 from the Lexington-Fayette Urban Council Government to deliver a comprehensive, economic-focused creative arts masterplan.
This report presents an opportunity for Lexington to leverage its existing arts and culture economy and develop the sector so that it can better support artists, retain local talent and compete with cities, both regionally and nationally, in this rapidly growing sector of the economy.
The plan builds on existing mapping and policy work completed by LexArts over the past few years, focusing on equitable and inclusive development of Lexington’s wider creative economy, inclusive of all its artforms and disciplines.
Below is the summary presentation that LexArts and Sound Diplomacy presented to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.
