As part of our on-going work in defining and exploring the dynamics of cultural production, connection, and support, the Bolz Center for Arts Administration worked in partnership with two other institutions and several advisers to create the Cultural Dynamics Map.

The Cultural Dynamics Map is an on-going attempt to apply the methods and modeling language of systems thinking to the world of arts and cultural production, consumption, support, and experience in the United States. Building on the first conversations of an October 2003 meeting on systems thinking and the arts, a smaller project team developed this map in close consultation with systems consultant Steve Peterson.

The first draft of the map was released in March 2005 to open a more public discussion of its ideas, assumptions, and connections. An updated and expanded poster version of the map was released in February 2007 at the national conference of Grantmakers in the Arts. Both versions are available for download. The poster version requires a large-format printer.

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