Press Room
Americans for the Arts is a leader in arts policy research, conducting both quantitative and qualitative research studies on segments of America’s nonprofit and for-profit arts industries. Here you can find quick links to our major research studies and policy briefings, as well as facts and figures about the arts field at-large.
Please contact the press office for more information at press@artsusa.org or 202.371.2830. For photos, please visit our Flickr page.
Americans for the Arts Research
Arts & Economic Prosperity III
National economic impact study on the nation’s nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences
- Summary of Findings (PDF)
Uses Dun & Bradstreet data to map and report the number of arts-related businesses and employees in any geographic region or political jurisdiction in the country
- 2009 Overview (PDF)
- Please contact us for detailed reports and localized maps.
Conducted in partnership with The Conference Board and American Association of School Administrators
National Arts Policy Roundtable
Co-convened by Americans for the Arts and Sundance Preserve, this is an annual forum of national leaders who recommend policies critical to the advancement of American culture
- 2008 - The Arts and Civic Engagement: Strengthening the 21st Century Community
- 2007 - The Role of the Arts in Building the 21st American Workforce
- 2006 - The Future of Private Giving to the Arts in America
Americans for the Arts Policy Briefs
Arts and Economic Recovery
Our recommendations on how arts groups and artists can be supported through federal economic recovery efforts, issued in advance of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
ArtsVote2008 Pro-Arts Policy Brief
Our recommendations to candidates to secure bold, new policy proposals in support of the arts and arts education in America during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Arts Facts & Figures
- Arts Organization Revenues (PDF)
- Government Arts Funding (PDF)
- National Endowment for the Arts Appropriations History (PDF)
- Giving USA 2009 (PDF)
- Business Support of the Arts (PDF)
- Arts Education Quick Facts
- Arts Education and No Child Left Behind
- Harris Poll Arts Education Survey
- More Arts Education Resources (PDF)