Indiana

In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $10,978,938 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Indiana.

In the most recent information (2022) 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, Indiana...

• Added 2 percent or $9.3 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
• Employed 82,813 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling more than $5.2 billion

Almost 51 percent of Indiana’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while nearly 19 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:

Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 96 participating museums in Indiana.

An average of 1,388 students from 82 high schools in Indiana participated in Poetry Out Loud annually.

For the NEA Big Read initiative, 121 community events were held in the state involving more than 6,212 adults and students.