The arts encourage empathy.
Research has shown that exposure to stories of other cultural experiences, such as through literary fiction, significantly increases empathy and the ability to see another person's point of view.
Cultural participants are 2x as likely to volunteer.
Volunteerism within a community is a sure sign of civic pride and engagement, which are crucial to livability. Research shows that arts participants are more than twice as likely to volunteer as those who do not participate in the arts--a trend that holds across artforms and regardless of demographics.
Arts-rich communities have 18% less serious crime and 14% fewer reports of abuse and neglect.
A NY study shows that lower-income neighborhoods with higher cultural assets show less child abuse and neglect investigations (14%), obesity (5%), and serious crime (18%). Kids from those communities also scored 18% higher in English Language Arts and Math exams than their peers.
Cultural participants 50% more likely to be involved in other community activities.
Cultural participation leads to wider community participation. One study showed that participants most involved in cultural activities were 50% more likely to be involved in other (non-arts) community activities.
Neighborhoods with high arts participation are in the top 25% in terms of safety.
Arts participation correlates with lower rates of juvenile delinquency and truancy. Disadvantaged nieghborhoods that have the highest rates of arts participation consistently have among the lowest rates of juvenile delinquency incidents.
The arts instill community trust and cohesion.
Arts participation in neighborhood arts projects helps to build trust, a key measurement of social capital and civic engagement. A Philadelphia study of the Porchlight project shows a substantial increase in social cohesion and trust in neighborhoods where murals were installed.
Arts-rich neighborhoods are the top 25% in terms of safety.
Disadvantaged nieghborhoods with high rates of arts participation consistently have the lowest rates of juvenile delinquency.
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