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Webinar: Preview of Three New SPPA Reports
February 24, 2011
On February 24, 2011, Sunil Iyengar, Director of the NEA's Office of Research & Analysis, and the authors of three independent reports analyzing the data from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), presented their findings and answered questions in a public webinar. The reports explore how factors such as arts education, age and generational characteristics, and personal creativity have affected arts participation patterns in the U.S.
PDFs of the PowerPoints of the three report presentations and Mr. Iyengar's introduction are available for download. Video of the webinar segments includes the PowerPoint presentation and the question and answer period.
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Introduction [6:09]
Sunil Iyengar, NEA Director of Research & Analysis
PowerPoint | video
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Arts Education in America: What Declines Mean for Participation [22:55]
Nick Rabkin, NORC at the University of Chicago
Subject: Long-term declines in childhood arts education have serious implications for the future of arts participation in America.
PowerPoint | Video
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The Declining Significance of Age [22:10]
Mark J. Stern, University of Pennsylvania
Subject: Age is a poor predictor of arts participation habits.
PowerPoint | Video
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Beyond Attendance: A Multi-Modal Understanding of Arts Participation [24:55]
Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Alan S. Brown, WolfBrown
Subject: A more comprehensive picture of arts engagement--one not focused exclusively on live arts attendance rates--yields a narrative that is different from prior NEA reports about U.S. adult participation in the arts.
PowerPoint | Video
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Concluding Remarks and Open Q&A [32:22]
All presenters
video
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Download the Reports (pdf)
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