On November 3, 2014, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), with support from ArtPlace America, convened 26 representatives from performing arts organizations, industry associations, and funders around the country. The convening focused on developing a better understanding of how performance-based organizations, and the artists they engage, transform places through their artistic practices.
Civic Engagement/Community Development
Minding the gap: Elucidating the disconnect between arts participation metrics and arts engagement within immigrant communities
A growing gap between national metrics of arts participation and the many, evolving ways in which people participate in artistic and aesthetic activities limits the degree to which such data can usefully inform policy decisions. The National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the primary source of arts participation data in the USA, but this instrument inadequately evaluates how members of minority and immigrant communities participate in the arts.
Arts Participation among People with Disabilities
Nearly 28 million U.S. adults have some type of disability related to hearing, sight, cognition, walking, and other activities of daily living. The latest NEA research offers the first, nationally representative analysis of arts-participation patterns among people with disabilities.
Arts & Culture Economy 2014: Measuring Successful Arts & Culture Strategies
An analysis of how the arts and culture can impact Rhode Island, with observations and suggestions that could be applied elsewhere.
Capacity building and resilience: What participants learned through ArtsLabs
Small and mid-sized arts organizations are key
contributors to community vitality and identity.
What are the best ways to help them thrive?
Causes Count: The Economic Power of California’s Nonprofit Sector
Causes Count is the first report of its kind to examine the nonprofit sector’s scope, activities and economic impact in the state of California. While some regional research about nonprofits has been conducted, the present state of knowledge about the California nonprofit sector as a whole is extremely limited at best. This report from CalNonprofits (California Association of Nonprofits) addressed this deficiency, and gives the nonprofit community the information in needs to advance its cause.
