2020 Arts Basic Survey The National Endowment for the Arts has just released the results and analysis from its Arts Basic Survey, which is a short-form version of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and is conducted every five years. The accompanying reports find that in the 12 months before the beginning of…
The arts and creativity are increasingly recognized as necessary infrastructure for healthy and prosperous communities, regardless of community size or geography. The evidence backing the value of the arts continues to grow as more states and cities invest in arts based policies as a means to improve community health and well-being. As we presented in…
Chorus Operations Survey SMU DataArts, on behalf of Chorus America, has released its annual Chorus Operations Survey Report for 2022. It covers the staffing and financial health of choruses, with special attention paid to the impact of COVID-19 on choral budgets. This year’s report includes a new section on attendance levels, which consisted mostly of…
Ohio Equity GAP Project In 2022, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) and NASAA collaborated on the Equitable Grantmaking Assessment Pilot Project—known as the Equity GAP Project. The objective of this initiative was to examine arts funding patterns in Ohio and help OAC work toward its goal of making arts funding opportunities more accessible to all…
Using ARP and ESSER to Support Arts Education The Arts Education Partnership has published the first success story in a series intended to showcase how arts organizations, states and schools are using American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) funds to fund arts education. In 2022, the Houston Independent…
The Arts Strengthen Communities NASAA and the National League of Cities have partnered to present a four-part blog series on the power of arts and culture to strengthen communities and support public well-being. The arts, creativity and culture are increasingly recognized as necessary infrastructure for healthy and prosperous communities, regardless of community size, makeup or…
Death of Downtown? Has downtown America died? Researchers from the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley set out to answer this question. Using variables such as office vacancy rates, public transit ridership and retail spending combined with location information from cell phone data, the researchers compared prepandemic activity (2019) to…
Preview of State Arts Agency FY2023 Appropriations The FY2023 State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations Preview forecasts that the aggregated appropriations to state arts agencies (totaling $768.7 million) are projected to decline by 2.9% from fiscal year 2022. However, the projection for most states’ FY2023 budgets remains close to their all-time high of FY2022, driven by…
Designing Inclusive Virtual Events Folk Alliance International has published an e-book on Designing Inclusive Virtual Events. Though live performances are returning in person, there are still benefits to hosting them virtually. Virtual events come with lower costs, fewer safety risks and smaller structural barriers. This makes accessibility and inclusion more attainable for both the artists…
NASAA recently sent a note to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations to look for an American Rescue Plan (ARP) impact survey coming in January 2023 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The survey will help the NEA understand and communicate how ARP funds have been used to support jobs and keep…
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