Since FY12, the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis has made annual awards under the Research: Art Works grant program to support research that investigates the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components within the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.
New Data Directions for the Cultural Landscape: Toward a Better-Informed, Stronger Sector
In the last 50 years, the cultural data landscape has grown to encompass a big and diverse group of information-gatherers, data users, and metrics of interest.
2013 Otis Report on the Creative Economy: State of California
The 2013 Otis Report on the Creative Economy, the seventh
edition of the annual report, marks an exciting and important
expansion beyond its regional study. With a grant from the
California Arts Council, Otis College of Art and Design commissioned
the Los Angeles County Economic Sevelopment Corporation to
broaden the report’s scope to measure, benchmark, and assess
trends of the creative economy across the state.
Why Should Government Support the Arts?
Fundamental to any democracy is ongoing dialogue about the role of government and the ways the public sector should best support the well-being of citizens and communities.
The Economic Impact of Arts-Based After-School Programs
Our research aims to explore the potential of arts-based and other after-school activities to positively impact youth by reducing juvenile crime in the state of Rhode Island.
2014 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey: Arts & Culture
A nationwide survey of nonprofit cultural leaders conducted by Nonprofit Finance Fund, January-February 2014.
