Arts participants are 40% more likely to have friends from different racial groups.

Participation in arts activities increases inter-community friendship, which is crucial to community dialogue. Twelfth graders who participated in the arts are 40% more likely to have friends from different racial groups and 29% less likely to feel that it is ok to make a racist remark.

Catterall, J., Demais, S., Hampden-Thompson, G. (2012). The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies (Research Report #55) [Electronic version]. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 16 February 2018 from https://www.arts.gov/file/2684