Author: Cohen, Randy
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Local government funding to their Local Arts Agencies is expected to remain steady in 2019, with an estimated $860 million in funding. State legislative arts appropriations are expected to increase slightly, from $353.2 million in FY2018 to $360.5…
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The United States has exported more arts and cultural goods and services than it imported since 2006, including during the Great Recession. In 2015, the arts netted a $21-billion-dollar trade surplus.
Categories: International, Creative Industries, Advocacy
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The entire U.S. arts and culture sector (i.e., nonprofit, commercial, education) is a $764 billion industry. This represents 4.2 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—a larger share of the economy than transportation, agriculture, or…
Categories: Economic Impact, Creative Industries, Creative Economies, Advocacy
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts bring us joy, help us express our values, and build bridges between cultures. The arts are also a fundamental component of a…
Categories: Economic Impact, Creative Industries, Creative Economies, Arts Education, Advocacy
Author: Barr Foundation and Americans for the Arts
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As definitions of public art broaden to include social and civic practice, cultural agencies and funders are responding by supporting more place- and issue-specific work as well as cross-sector collaborations. The Scan offers snapshots of 28…
Categories: Public Art, Local Arts Agencies, Community Development, Civic Dialogue and Social Change
Author: Waller, Margy and Joe Grady
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This pilot communications research initiative begins to qualitatively explore Americans’ current thinking about the connection between arts and health, and their responses to communications about this topic. Conversations with a diverse cross-…
Categories: Participation, Marketing and Communications, Evaluation, Economic Impact, Community Development, Advocacy
Author: Davidson, Ben; Kahn, Graciela; and Stern, Jessica
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Americans for the Arts is pleased to present this report about the nation’s united arts fund annual campaigns, containing the most current information provided as of fall 2018.
Categories: United Arts Funds
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The United States has exported more arts and cultural goods and services than it imported since 2006, including during the Great Recession. In 2016, the arts netted a $25-billion-dollar international trade surplus.
Categories: Economic Impact, Creative Workforce, Creative Industries, Creative Economies, Advocacy
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that there were 2.55 million artists in the U.S. workforce in 2017—representing 1.6 percent of all workers 16 and older.
Categories: Creative Workforce, Creative Industries, Creative Economies
Author: Cohen, Randy
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The entire U.S. arts and culture sector (i.e., nonprofit, commercial, education) was a $804 billion industry in 2016. This represents 4.3 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—a larger share of the economy than transportation,…
Categories: Economic Impact, Creative Workforce, Creative Industries, Creative Economies, Advocacy