This research brief examines data from the Arts Module of the 2022 General Social Survey, focusing on digital arts activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report presents key findings from the NEA’s flagship survey, which the Census Bureau administers every five years to track arts participation habits.
This report is the result of a two-year research initiative exploring the multifaceted creative practices of artists who engage with digital technologies.
This report summarizes proceedings from a June 2019 gathering of 12 NEA Research Labs at the National Endowment for the Arts. It identifies challenges and opportunities for collaborative, transdisciplinary research projects in the arts.
This research paper distills economics research, spanning nearly two decades, about the relationship between ticket pricing and public demand for visual and performing arts events.
This report analyzes data from the 2017 Survey of Public and Participation in the Arts and the 2016 General Social Survey to identify common motivations and barriers for adults in deciding whether to participate in arts activities.
This report presents findings from an evaluation of Poetry Out Loud, a national arts education program supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and state and jurisdictional arts agencies.
This report uses data from the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts to characterize and compare adults who read books in print only, who read books electronically, and who listen to audiobooks.
This first-ever analysis of the Arts Endowment’s Folk & Traditional Arts awards portfolio explores the program’s geographic reach, its capacity to address historically underserved populations, and the activities and achievements of its grantees and p...
This report analyzes six federal datasets—but predominantly the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey—to capture a statistical profile of 11 artist occupations and several types of cultural workers who are non-artists.
The report enumerates and describes adults who value living near arts/cultural venues. It also reports data on householders who cited greater access to arts venues as a reason for having moved to their present location, and who affirmed neighborhood ...
This booklet provides national statistics on visual and performing arts attendance and literary reading rates using the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and comparing the results with prior years (2002, 2008, and 2012).
This report stemmed from a research collaboration with the Economic Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It analyzes data from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey to quantify relationships among arts organizations, design-int...