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Fine arts graduates and innovation

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September 2008 

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The art of innovation is an enquiry into how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation throughout their working lives. Based on a survey of over 500 fine arts graduates from the University of the Arts London since the 1950s, plus a series of extensive one-to-one interviews, the report for the first time shows the different ways in which fine arts graduates support and stimulate innovation.

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Previous research by NESTA has explored the ways in which the creative industries can encourage innovation in the wider economy. This policy briefing argues that fine arts graduates are well adapted to the needs of the knowledge economy, but that there are barriers, including long-standing attitudes and biases, to the contributions they make to innovation. Public policy should act to lower these barriers without compromising the artistic integrity of artists’ work.

 

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