The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the nation’s largest, most representative survey of adult patterns of arts participation in the United States. This report presents top?line statistics from the 2017 SPPA about U.S. adults’ participation in arts activities and examines patterns of participation in different art forms and genres. It considers the frequency of people’s arts involvement, the types of venues where such activities occurred, and why these Americans chose to participate.
Performing arts in times of the pandemic: status quo and the way forward
There is no sector in the global economic ecosystem which hasn’t been impacted by the current COVID-19 crisis. The performing arts sector, for many obvious reasons, has been hit hard: with an immediate and catastrophic impact on the most fragile part of the value chain – artists, and with significant snow-ball effects rolling out for the rest of the sector.
We have circulated a survey among our members, to get a grip on how the new reality has affected them so far. There is an abundance of surveys flying around in the cultural sector these days. The purposes of ours are to sense the spirit embracing the global performing arts community today, to detect the solidarity mechanisms and survival strategies, as well as to identify the most burning needs and transform them into sensible recommendations for policy-makers.
The Art of Life and Death: 14 year follow-up analyses of associations between arts engagement and mortality
Receptive arts engagement could have a protective association with longevity in older adults. This association might be partly explained by differences in cognition, mental health, and physical activity among those who do and do not engage in the arts, but remains even when the model is adjusted for these factors.
State-Level Estimates of the Arts’ Economic Value and Employment (2001-2017)
This profile features state-level estimates of arts and cultural value added, employment, and compensation derived from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department. State-level arts and cultural estimates are available for total arts and cultural production, and for the 34 ACPSA industries.
Careers in the Arts: Who Stays and Who Leaves?
This report focuses on the experiences of a subset of survey respondents who are 30 years of age and older, who ever worked in an arts-related occupation, and who are still active in the labor force. While some critics question the value of an arts school education, our findings reveal that certain activities undertaken during higher education (e.g. building social networks and undertaking arts-based internships) have long-lasting effects on careers.
Paying the Artist
The Arts Council has published Paying the Artist: An Arts Council policy on the fair and equitable remuneration and contracting of artists. As Ireland’s national arts agency, it is committed to the principle of fair remuneration to artists with a special emphasis on equitable remuneration for equality and diversity in the arts. The best-practice principles include transparency on policies, open communications with artists, continuing improvements in rates, clear and comprehensive contracts with artists, clear accounting of payments and fees to artists, and protection of artists’ copyrights. The publication also includes a time line for implementation, clearly stating actions, desired outcomes and deliverables.
