One way NASAA reports on state arts agency (SAA) grant-making trends is through a series of succinct fact sheets articulating the national impact of SAA grants in key areas. These fact sheets include topical overviews, historic trends, descriptive statistics on activities and disciplines, and national maps showing the reach of SAA grants. NASAA recently updated…
NASAA recently released State Arts Agency Staffing Trends: Fiscal Year 2013, which looks at trends in staff size, responses to staff cutbacks and how state arts agencies are preparing for the future. NASAA has collected staffing data since 1987. NASAA collects information on 14 common positions at state arts agencies. In the table below—one of…
State arts agencies play a vital role in providing arts opportunities in rural communities. NASAA research has shown that state arts agencies make significant investments in rural arts. The infographic here highlights some of these investments, and NASAA’s Support for Arts in Rural Communities fact sheet provides more detail on this work. Some exciting and…
State arts agencies continuously collect data describing their grant-making activities. These data can tell a powerful story about the public value of state investment in the arts. For example, we know from the national data set taken from state arts agency Final Descriptive Reports that the relatively small investments made by state and federal governments…
Updated annually, NASAA’s FY2013 Grant Making and Funding report concisely describes aggregated data from two of NASAA’s key data collection efforts: Final Descriptive Report grants data and state arts agency revenues. This report provides statistical summaries, tables and visualizations of grants data including total dollars awarded, number of communities reached, awards by discipline and awards…
State arts agencies continuously produce quality projects and programs aimed at developing the creative economy. NASAA maintains current resources on state arts agency creative economy initiatives, state creative economy research reports, and national reports and trends. A recent update and reorganization of these Creative Economic Development resources allows NASAA members to more easily access information…
The State Arts Agency FY2014 Legislative Appropriations Preview provides a succinct forecast of state government funding for the arts in the year ahead. It includes a summary of aggregate funding trends as well as state by state appropriations figures, percentage changes from fiscal years 2013 to 2014, and per capita rankings. The report offers a…
State arts agencies operate in a variety of locations in state government. While many agencies are independent and report directly to the executive office, state arts agencies also exist within departments of economic development, departments of cultural resources and other agencies. NASAA maintains up-to-date details of state arts agency placement, and has recently updated the…
To complement our suite of recently updated state arts agency (SAA) grant-making fact sheets, NASAA has released a new fact sheet highlighting SAA support for arts in rural communities. The arts help to address a variety of challenges faced by rural communities, including geographic isolation and infrastructure limitations. This fact sheet provides a narrative overview…
One way NASAA reports on state arts agency (SAA) grant-making trends is through a series of succinct fact sheets articulating the national impact of SAA grants in key areas. These fact sheets include topical overviews, historic trends, descriptive statistics on activities and disciplines, and national maps showing the reach of SAA grants. NASAA has recently…
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