This policy briefing accompanies NESTA's report 'The art of innovation', which is an enquiry into how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation throughout their working lives.
'The art of innovation' surveyed over 500 fine arts graduates from the University of the Arts London since the 1950s. It showed for the first time the different ways in which fine arts graduates support and stimulate innovation.
This accompanying 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.
Published
September 2008
Author
NESTA
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