Publications

This report profiles U.S. artist employment programs launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through case studies, it examines how these programs were designed, implemented, and sustained to provide paid creative work for artists while advanci...

This report provides detailed analysis of data from the 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA)—the nation’s most comprehensive measure of arts engagement among U.S. adults.

This historical guide analyzing three arts modules from the General Social Survey (GSS) over ten years to examine U.S. adults’ engagement with the arts—both in-person and online.

This infographic captures key insights from the 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS) on how U.S. firms integrate design into their products and services. The survey reveals that 16 percent of firms actively use design. Of this group, more than 40 percen...

This report analyzes data from three longitudinal datasets at the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. It shows how children's access to arts education differs as they grow older, how access differs across subgroup...

This report distills and analyzes key themes from 12 listening sessions led by the National Endowment for the Arts in the spring and summer of 2024. The sessions included a wide range of U.S. nonprofit theater field representatives and explored conte...

This brief examines recent patterns of arts engagement among U.S. adults, along with demographic breakouts, and the relationship between arts engagement and social connectedness.

This report reveals state-level findings from the NEA’s flagship survey SPPA, which the Census Bureau administers every five years to track arts participation habits.

This literature scan examines the current challenges facing U.S. theaters and identifies strategies and tactics that theaters adopted to survive the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout.

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.

Highlights of National Endowment for the Arts activities during Fiscal Year 2022.

This resource guide is a consolidation of opportunities offered by federal agencies for organizations looking for funding and other resources to support Native arts and culture activities.

This brochure provides a concise overview of the National Endowment for the Arts and its work and impact.

Highlights of National Endowment for the Arts activities during Fiscal Year 2021

To better understand current trends in the disability design field, the NEA commissioned a field scan, which included a review of recent research and news articles as well as interviews with key subject matter experts. This report provides a summary ...

Highlights of National Endowment for the Arts activities during Fiscal Year 2020

This report is the result of a two-year research initiative exploring the multifaceted creative practices of artists who engage with digital technologies.

Arts Endowment research staff surveyed national service organizations in the arts and interviewed arts organizations and consultants about reopening practices of organizations that have resumed in-person programming in 2020, during the pandemic. This...

Based on findings from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the brief discusses in particular the positive association between consuming the arts digitally and attending in-person arts events.

Prompted by the nation’s opioid crisis, this report reviews and analyzes 20 years of evidence about the arts’ use in pain management and in treatment of substance abuse disorders; it also highlights promising arts-based strategies in these practice a...

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.