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Behind the Numbers: The Origin and Impact of CVSuite

This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of CVSuite's parent organization WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation). To celebrate this milestone, WESTAF is sharing fun facts, historical insights, and a short video... read more →
  • September 3, 2024
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, General, Reporting
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CVS Data Update 2024.1

CVSuite recently synced our data with Lightcast’s data version 2024.1. Along with the standard data update, we also updated the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from the 2017 definition... read more →
  • June 20, 2024
  • aliah.chavez@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Sets
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Revealing Washington State’s Economic Landscape with CVSuite Insights

Washington state is known for its stunning landscapes, including the majestic Mount Rainier, their beloved Starbucks coffee, high-tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, and the arts. In fact, Washington state’s... read more →
  • May 15, 2024
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets, Regions
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CVSuite Data Dives: Exploring Alaska’s Creative Vitality

The CVSuite™ team is bringing back Data Dives, a series of blog posts that explores the different ways to use the Creative Vitality Suite tool and its data. CVSuite offers... read more →
  • August 24, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Dives, Data Education
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DataEd: A Fun, New Way to Become a Creative Economy Expert

Over the past year, the CVSuite team has conducted research on our client’s needs and challenges in working with creative economy data. We released a survey to identify what issues... read more →
  • June 22, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education
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WESTAF’s CVSuite™ and Public Art Archive™ Announce 6 Can’t-Miss Public Art Stops of the Southwest

Recently, CVSuite and its team of editors, designers, and data analysts paired up with WESTAF’s Public Art Archive to launch 6 Can’t-Miss Public Art Stops of the Southwest. The list... read more →
  • May 28, 2021
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Creative Vitality List, CVI

Top 30 Most Creative Small Cities in the United States

On April 29, 2020, the CVSuite and its team of editors, designers, and data analysts launched the Top 30 Most Creative Small Cities campaign to introduce The Creative Vitality List,... read more →
  • May 27, 2020
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Creative Vitality List, CVI
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Cultivate and Communicate Your Creative Economy Webinar

The CVSuite team and current users held a discussion around long-term uses of creative labor market data on November 13, 2018 at 12:00pm MST (2:00pm EST). Check out the webinar... read more →
  • November 21, 2018
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Sets, General
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Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & CVSuite™

The European Commission recently released the first edition of a new tool to monitor and assess the performance of Cultural and Creative Cities in Europe. According to the Cultural and... read more →
  • August 23, 2017
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Quality, Data Sets

Gülgün Kayim: Director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis has the sixth strongest creative economy in the country. We were fortunate enough to speak with Gülgün Kayim, director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for... read more →
  • August 11, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, CVI

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