![Image of the fact sheet, Arts Facts: Local Arts Agencies (2017)](/sites/default/files/styles/napd_search/public/assets/2017laa_cvr.jpg?itok=l1S9vr4L)
Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2017
Media Type: Infographic
This 2017 fact sheet gives and overview of Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) program from 1965-2016. LAAs work to ensure a vital presence for the art in communities across the country. They provide services to sustain their local arts industries and…
Categories: Arts Education, Arts Facts, Cultural Planning, Funding, Local Arts Agencies, Partnerships
![Fact sheet, "Arts Facts: Uneven Arts Education Opportunities Nationwide (2017)" with black and white bar graphs](/sites/default/files/styles/napd_search/public/assets/artops_cvr.jpg?itok=7JFHkkcB)
Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2017
Media Type: Infographic
This 2017 Arts Facts prepared by Americans for the Arts highlights data from a U.S. Department of Education report showing that only 3% of elementary schools offer dance and only 4% offer theare programs.
Categories: Arts Education, Arts Facts
![Fact sheet, "Arts Facts: Early Childhood Arts Education Improves Cognitive Development (2017)" with black and white line graph.](/sites/default/files/styles/napd_search/public/assets/EarlyChild_cvr.jpg?itok=wI2nqemV)
Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2017
Media Type: Infographic
In 2017 Americans for the Arts prepared this fact sheet to show the value of an arts education for children.
Categories: Arts Education
![Rural Arts, Design, and Innovation in America cover](/sites/default/files/styles/napd_search/public/2022-05/Rural%20Arts%2011-17-1.jpg?itok=mKd3RByN)
Author: National Endowment for the Arts
Publication Year: 2017
Media Type: Report
This report stemmed from a research collaboration with the Economic Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It analyzes data from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey to quantify relationships among arts organizations, design-…
Categories: Technology and Innovation
![Arts, Culture and Transportation cover](/sites/default/files/styles/napd_search/public/assets/cover1_2.jpg?itok=v_7GirG6)
Author: Stone, Ben and Nezam, Mallory Rukhsana
Publication Year: 2017
Media Type: Report
This field scan is a summary of the ways in which artists are currently contributing to place-based transportation projects. Although it includes a discussion of art in transit and public art programs (both defined later in this document), the field…
Categories: Community Development, Public Art, Transportation & Infrastructure
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Author: Arts Education Partnership
Publication Year: 2016
Media Type: Infographic
The State of the States 2016 summarizes state policies for arts education identified in statute or administrative code for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information is based on a comprehensive search of state education statute and…
Categories: Arts Education
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Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2016
Media Type: Infographic
SP3 Gap Analysis project success overview.
Categories: Arts Education
Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2016
Media Type: Infographic
Americans for the Arts’ State Policy Pilot Program's gap analysis of Policy vs. Practice.
Categories: Arts Education
Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2016
Media Type: Infographic
State Leaders Find Factors as Barriers to Successful Policy Implementation
Categories: Arts Education
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Author: Americans for the Arts
Publication Year: 2016
Media Type: Report
An overview of Arizona's participation in the State Policy Pilot Program.
Categories: Arts Education