Shields, Patricia M.Alvarado, Melissa2009-05-122012-02-242009-04Alvarado, M. (2009). Cultural arts: An ideal model of creative capital-based approaches to cultural arts planning. Masters of Public Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3702An Applied Research Project Submitted to the Department of Political Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration, Spring 2009.Purpose: The purpose of this research is three-fold. The first purpose is to develop a practical ideal model of creative capital-based approaches to cultural arts planning. The second purpose is to assess the perspectives of cultural administration and economic development experts on the model. Finally, this research will create a revised cultural arts planning model based on direct feedback from cultural administration experts. Methodology: The applied research project utilizes focused interviews to determine the soundness of the developed practical ideal model. Responses were quantified using frequency distribution. Results: The data resulting from the focused interviews in combination with the initial categories and elements of the original ideal model were reevaluated and incorporated into a revised model that consists of the following components: Attract Creative Capital, Promote Creative Capital through Economic Development, Grow Creative Capital, and Reprioritize Cultural Arts and Neighborhood Planning.Text71 pages1 file (.pdf)enartscultural arts planningcreative capital-based modelcultural administrationeconomic developmentPublic AdministrationApplied Research Project