s (36 publications)

1997 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts: Summary Report

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1999
92p.

This report describes the results of the 1997 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). In addition to attendance at arts activities and participation through broadcast and recorded media, the report covers geographic and demographic differences in participation, arts socialization, music preferences and other leisure activities as well as background information on the history of the SPPA and changes introduced in 1997.

Subjects:
Artists--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Citizen participation
Arts audiences--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Statistics

2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2004
70p.

This report describes U.S. adult arts participation in 2002. It shows attendance at live arts events (such as concerts, plays, and dance performances), as well as the number and percentage of adults visiting art museums and reading literature. The survey also investigates arts participation through broadcast and recorded media, the Internet, and personal participation such as singing in choirs or making photographs. In addition, the report discusses demographic and geographic differences in arts participation, and compares 2002 rates to those found in 1982 and 1992.

Subjects:
Arts--United States--Citizen participation--Statistics
Arts audiences--United States--Statistics
Artists--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Statistics

2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, Highlights : Research Division Note no. 81

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2003
9p.

Presents highlights from a national survey of 17,135 adults that measures participation in arts activities through 1) attendance at live events; 2) watching or listening through broadcast and recorded media; and 3) personal performance or creation of art.

Subjects:
Artists--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Citizen participation
Arts audiences--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Statistics

2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2009
93p.

This report describes U.S. adult arts participation in 2008. It shows attendance at live arts events (such as concerts, plays, and dance performances), as well as the number and percentage of adults visiting art museums and reading literature. The survey also investigates arts participation through broadcast and recorded media, the Internet, and personal participation such as singing in choirs or making photographs. In addition, the report discusses demographic and geographic differences in arts participation, compares 2008 rates to those found in 1982, 1992, and 2002, and summarizes 2008 results by art form.

Subjects:
Artists--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Citizen participation
Arts audiences--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Statistics

2008 survey of public participation in the arts

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Authors:
Iyengar, Sunil, 1973-
Bradshaw, Tom
Nichols, Bonnie
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2009

Produced by the Office of Research & Analysis, Sunil Iyengar, Director,Tom Bradshaw, Senior Research Officer, Bonnie Nichols, Research Analyst.

Subjects:
Arts audiences--United States--Statistics
Art surveys

Save America’s treasures : examples of America's treasures at risk


Contributors:
United States. President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Publication:
Washington (D.C.) : President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2005-2012
9 p. ; 27 cm.
Subjects:
Cultural property--Protection--United States
Historic preservation--United States

Schools for Cities : Urban Strategies

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Authors:
Haar, Sharon
Contributors:
Robbins, Mark
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2002
104p.

In March of 2000, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design convened a special session at the University of Illinois to investigate how schools can operate as catalysts for community redevelopment. This book, an outgrowth of that session and the public forum that followed it, contains essays and design projects that demonstrate the value of school-building to neighborhoods and the value of design to school-building.

Subjects:
Urban schools--United States--Case studies
School buildings--United States--Designs and plans--Case studies

Selected Characteristics of Artists: 1970 : Self-employment, migration, household and family. Research Division Report #10

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1978
26p.
Subjects:
United States--Census--1970
Artists--United States--Statistics
Artists

Selected grants, urban conservation : architecture + environmental arts

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1976
70p.
Subjects:
Federal aid to historic sites
Historic sites
Urban renewal

Shakespeare in American communities : media tool kit


Contributors:
National Endowment for the Arts
Publication:
Washington (D.C.) : National Endowment for the Arts, 2003
1 portfolio ; 23 x 31 cm.

Consists of 14 loose sheets (28 x 22 cm.) between heavier dividing sheets (23 x 31 cm) in plastic envelope with label: National Endowment for the Arts presents Shakespeare in American communities.