Taiko Drummers at the Arizona Arts Congress. Photo Courtesy of the Arizona Commission on the Arts

State arts agencies help to make arts participation affordable and accessible to every community in America. This site shares information on state arts agency programs and links to useful arts participation research, as well as resources that can help to widen access to the arts for all populations. For more information on arts participation and audience development programs in your area, contact your state arts agency.

• State Arts Agency Research and Resources
• State Arts Agency Programs
• Additional Participation Resources
• NASAA Resources
• Participation for All

State Arts Agency Research and Resources

• Cultural Participation Policy – Ohio Arts Council
• The Values Study – Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Arts Division
• Building Strong Communities Through the Arts – Washington State Arts Commission
• Take Part! – Mississippi Arts Commission
• Statewide Survey of the Arts – Maryland State Arts Council

State Arts Agency Programs

• Arts and Audiences – North Carolina Arts Council
• Arts Participation Initiative – Washington State Arts Commission
• Statewide Arts Participation Initiative – South Carolina Arts Commission
• Building Arts Participation – New Jersey State Council on the Arts
• ARTvantage – Maryland State Arts Council
• Partners in Arts Participation – Minnesota State Arts Board
• Community Arts Grants – Vermont Arts Council
• Creating Public Value – California Arts Council

Additional Participation Resources

• Engaging Art – The Curb Center at Vanderbilt University
• Engaging Audiences – The Wallace Foundation
• Engage 2020 / Cultural Engagement Index – Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
• 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts – National Endowment for the Arts
• Assessing the Intrinsic Impacts of a Live Performance – WolfBrown
• Turning First Timers Into Life-Timers: Understanding and Reducing Churn – Oliver Wyman Associates
• A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts – RAND Corporation
• Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts – RAND Corporation

NASAA Resources

• Arts Participation in America: Trends and Perspectives
• Engaging Art: What's the Public Sector Role?
• Strengthening Rural Arts Participation
• Ten Trends Shaping Arts Participation in America. This is a custom workshop, presented by NASAA and designed for delivery at local or statewide conferences, planning meetings or Web seminars. For more information, contact Kelly Barsdate
• Public Value Resources

Participation for All

• Accessibility Resources – National Endowment for the Arts
• Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook
• Creativity and Aging Resources – National Center for Creative Aging
• Arts in Healthcare Resources – Society for the Arts in Health Care