Just sampling how the fact sheets work
IMPACT POINTS
9 out of 10 arts participants report meeting new people and making new friends through their arts experiences.
By 2020, creativity will be the third most desired skill by employers.
The arts are integral to career success. Nearly half of all executives say the arts significantly contributed to their career success.
Participatory arts projects celebrate local culture and heritage, making marginalized groups more visible and promoting positive community connections. In the UK, 40% of participants felt more positive about where they lived after participating in an arts activity.
By 2020, employers say they'll be seeking, as their top three desired skills, complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity. The arts drive all three when integrated into education.
Arts and cultural production in 2015 represented 4.3% of the US economy, produced $689.7 billion and created 4.7 million jobs.
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The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills, and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (2016) World Economic Forum. Retrieved 15 May 2018 from https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs.
Shugoll, M. (2015) Unmasking Business Success: Executive Perceptions of Arts Engagement and Workforce Skills. Retrieved 15 May 2018 from https://theatreforward.org/success/.
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Restrepo, F. (2015). Arts & the Workforce [Electronic version]. Excerpted from Arts and America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts. Retrieved 3 March 2018 from https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/Arts&America_Wo…
EXAMPLES OF PRACTICE
The Solstice Spectacle was a 10-day artistic residency that culminated in a series of outdoor theater performances, poetry readings, and farm-fresh meals for the local community as well as guests.
This project provides community members in the Mid-America region with opportunities to engage in hands-on research, design, and execution of public art for their communities.
Rise Wilson began The Laundromat Project in 1999 to bring art to her neighborhood laundromat in Harlem NY. She set up tables in front of the laundromat and invited people to create art. The project serves communities in NY and offers a chance for
READING LIST
Funder Companion - Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Folklife Center preserves and presents American folklife through research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibitions, publications, and training.
Artists from Abroad is an online resource for foreign guest artists and performing arts organization. It also provides information on immigration and tax law for immigrant artists.
The Arts Impact Explorer was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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