Georgia

Facts and Figures

In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $38,764,522 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Georgia.

In the most recent information (2023) from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department, Georgia...

  • Added 3.8 percent or $31.2 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
  • Employed 164,919 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling $13.5 billion

Nearly 35 percent of Georgia’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while nearly 17 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

In addition to offering direct grants, the NEA supports national initiatives benefiting people across the country. Over the last five years:

The Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 105 participating museums in Georgia.

More than 8,135 students from 255 high schools in Georgia participated in Poetry Out Loud.

The NEA Big Read program generated community events focused on reading outstanding American literature and involving more than 33,425 adults and students in Georgia.

The Shakespeare in American Communities program in Georgia enabled schools to offer 4,842 children the opportunity to see live professional performances of Shakespeare, or to engage in educational programs.


Georgia Fact Sheet

On this page, find information on the arts and culture for Georgia, and how the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the arts in communities throughout the state. 

To find a list of grants awarded by the agency to Georgia, go to our Recent Grant Search. 

State Highlights

Photo of a group of people holding their arms out in celebration and smiling in front of a projector that says “Atlanta Jewish Festival,” “Jury Award Competition,” and “Thank You!”
Grant Spotlight: Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
We spoke with Kenny Blank, executive and artistic director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, about the importance of film in bridging communities and the vision for the organization as they approach their 25th anniversary.
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Grant Spotlight: Deep Center
“When Savannah tells the story of young people, it tells the wrong story; it's almost always about crime and gun violence,” said Dare Dukes, executive director of Deep Center, a creative writing and arts center in Savannah, Georgia, and Arts Endowment grantee.
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Bessie Jones
1982
In 1960, 1982 National Heritage Fellow Bessie Jones was "called to teach" — to pass on to others what she knew about slavery through songs and stories that she learned as a child in Georgia.
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State & Regional Contacts

Georgia Council for the Arts 
75 Fifth Street, NW - Suite 1200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 
404/962-4000
gaarts@gaarts.org

South Arts (Regional Arts Organization)
1800 Peachtree Street, Suite 808
Atlanta, GA 30309
404/874-7244
southarts@southarts.org