Interactive arts index – local and national. Consumers spend nearly $150 Billion annually entertainment and the arts. How do we better understand the breadth, depth and character of this industry? Learn more through our national measures at the National Arts Index or visit the county where you live at the Local Arts Index.
Civic Engagement/Community Development
State of Create – global benchmark study
New research reveals a global creativity gap in five of the world’s largest economies, according to the Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) State of Create global benchmark study. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4 people – believe they are living up to their own creative potential.
Interviews of 5,000 adults across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan expose surprising attitudes and beliefs about creativity, providing new insights into the role of creativity in business, education and society overall.
The Arts & Economic Prosperity IV
Every day, more than 100,000 nonprofit arts and culture organizations act as economic drivers—creating an industry that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of our tourism industry. This study documents the key role played by the nonprofit arts and culture industry, and their audiences, in strengthening our nation’s economy.
Set in Stone: Building America’s New Generation of Arts Facilities
In 2007, just before the domestic economy experienced a major trauma, the Cultural Policy Center at the Harris School and NORC at the University of Chicago launched a national study of cultural building in the United States.
- There was a substantial increase in cultural facilities building, particularly between 1998 and 2001 (i.e., the building boom”).
- Building in the arts grew faster than or on par with building in other sectors, particularly health and education.
- The Southern region saw a huge increase in the total number of cultural facilities during the period studied—significantly greater than other parts of the country.
- Smaller cities with fewer than 500,000 people were building as well, and many of these cities were building for the first time.
An Average Day in the Arts: State Participation Patterns
This document reports the number and percentage of state residents attending the performing arts, visiting museums, and engaging in other arts and leisure activities on an average day in 2006-2010.
Arts Education Field Guide
The Ecosystem of Partners, Players, and Policymakers in the Field of Arts Education — it takes a village to provide a well-rounded education to every child. Use our new tool, The Arts Education Field Guide, to find the connections and partnerships that will strengthen arts education in your community.
