| This Big City

Mar

Pop Urbanism: Using Music to Develop a Creative City Image

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, People

by Silvie Jacobi

Mannheim, Germany, has become an influential centre for music business in Germany. However, the city's 'image regeneration' was not the work of municipal government, it was led by a small network of local musicians opening up the potential for investment. Read more

Jan

Five London Projects Building Communities Through Arts Education

Categories: Community, People, UK

Tags: cc, London

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by Silvie Jacobi

Due to the financial inaccessibility of city center exhibition space, creative practitioners have had to find alternative strategies to sustain creative knowledge exchange. Here are 5 London-based projects that offer insights into alternative arts education and their positive effect on connecting the local community. Read more

Jan

Hamburg’s Creative Class and the Post-Creative City

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, People

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by Silvie Jacobi

Over the last 10 years Hamburg has become the setting for an intense debate around urban policy and creative cities, with some experts even suggesting that the case of Hamburg could constitute a new model for socially sustainable creative cities. Read more

Sep

How Investment in Cultural Infrastructure put Leipzig on the International Art World Map

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, People

Tags: cc, Leipzig, subsidies

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by Silvie Jacobi

If you think Berlin is the only place in Germany where alternative urban living meets contemporary arts, think again. In Leipzig, just a few km south of Berlin, you can find resourceful and authentic urban-cultural developments. Read more

Aug

Have Local Creative Businesses in London Benefited from the Olympics?

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, UK

Tags: art, cc, funding, olympics

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by Silvie Jacobi

This Big City recently got the opportunity to discuss whether local creative businesses have benefited from the build-up to the Olympics with David Tootill - director of a community art studio in London. Read more