This report was prepared for the National Endowment for the Arts under contract no. 93-42.

This research paper explores the compelling link between arts participation and broader civic and community involvement, as measured by the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. The report also reveals that young adults show declines in participation rates for most arts and civic categories.

Considers how broadcasting executives understand the phrase “arts and cultural programming” shows how audience, scheduling, and funding for such programs compare with those for other types of programs and indicates what kinds of arts programs would be welcomed by broadcasters if available.

The findings of a planning study of arts and cultural programing on commercial and public radio and television are summarized in this report. Focusing on the decision making process on arts and cultural subjects in the broadcast industry, the report presents information on the following topics: how the phrase “arts and cultural programing” is understood by key broadcast executives, the terminology used in the industry to describe significant arts and cultural programing, the kinds of programing designated by the industry as “arts and cultural,” how the amount of money and broadcast time for arts and cultural programs compare with those provided for other types of programs, the method used in the industry to determine audiences for arts and cultural programing, the means of support for such programing, and the kinds of programs that would be used if they were available

In March 2011, the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services hosted a first-of-its-kind event to showcase and discuss recent research on the arts and human development. The one-day forum examined the relationship between the arts and positive health and educational outcomes at various segments of the lifespan—from early childhood, to youth and adolescence, to older adult populations. This white paper summarizes major themes from the forum, and highlights related studies. It also makes recommendations toward establishing a long-term federal partnership to promote research and evidence-sharing nationwide.

Analysis of the 2002 SPPA shows that arts participants, adults who read literature, listened to classical or jazz radio, or attended a performing arts event, were more likely than non-arts participants to engage in other leisure activities such as attending sporting events and doing volunteer or charity work.

Note #104 uses data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to examine the value added by selected cultural industries to the U.S. economy.

This report is a literature review and gap-analysis of recent research about the arts’ relationship to social-emotional benefits in early childhood. Music-based activities, drama/theater, and visual arts and crafts were among the types of arts participation studied. The review covers the period of 2000 to 2015. 30 pp.

Based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, consumer expenditures for admissions to performing arts events in 1993 amount to $5.5 billion, 6% more than in 1992

This annual update of information from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicates consumer expenditures for admissions to performing arts events in 1991 amounted to $4.7 billion a .3% decline from 1990. This marked the first year-to-year decline in admission receipts for performing arts events in five years.