Do You Know the Way to San Jose? It's Through the Arts...

In an article. "Arts and City Success: Remembering Leonardo," Kim Walesh tells us that San Jose sees the arts and creativity as essential to its future.

"Our city, the “capital of Silicon Valley,” is known chiefly as America’s continuing birthplace of high technology ideas and products. But we also care passionately about the arts and their creative power for our people and future. Our goal is nothing less than a continuing, growing tide of “artist-engineers” in the tradition of Leonardo da Vinci. This is why San Jose–and my job title is “chief strategist”–has integrated its office of cultural affairs into its office of economic development."

Curious? Read the report from the San Jose Department of Economic Development: "The New Global Fusion - Art, Technology and Community Development."

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