From the Field
When Will Arts Attendance Return? SMU DataArts’s new blog post, When Will Arts Attendance Return? uses historical ticket-sales data to model future ticket sales for performing arts organizations through the end of 2021. The scenarios, which compare ticket sales to the previous four-year high, all depend on varying levels of COVID-19 vaccination and changes in […]
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Information Services Requests for Fiscal Year 2021 As part of NASAA’s service to state arts agencies and the greater arts and cultural field, NASAA responds to requests for information on a wide variety of arts, culture and economic topics. In fiscal year 2021, NASAA staff fulfilled nearly 500 of these information requests from state and […]
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Cultural Districts: An Investment in Rich Urban Life The Global Cultural Districts Network has developed a new guide to support advocacy efforts for cultural districts. Cultural Districts: An Investment in Rich Urban Life helps cultural leaders communicate to policymakers, sponsors and patrons that investing in cultural districts nets high returns for their communities. Supporting cultural […]
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Three New Reports on Equity and State Arts Agencies In partnership with Arts Washington (ArtsWA), NASAA has produced three new reports exploring how state arts agencies (SAAs) are investing in more equitable practices across their agencies, in relationships with communities and in public art programs. While each agency approaches this goal within its own state’s […]
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Surveyed Attitudes toward Proof of Vaccine Impacts Experience has just published Should Cultural Entities Require Proof of Vaccinationn? a survey of arts patrons’ attitudes toward requiring proof of vaccination as a condition for attending arts events. It found that 48% of respondents want cultural institutions to require potential visitors to show proof of vaccination to […]
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Tracking Supplemental Funding for the Arts As the pandemic continues, states are pursuing a range of legislative and executive strategies to ensure that arts and culture can play a crucial role in recovery and resilience, recognizing that arts and culture promote beneficial health outcomes, drive economic growth and foster economic recovery. While state arts agencies […]
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Engaging the Arts to Build Vaccine Confidence The U.S. Center for Disease Control, in partnership with the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine, has just published a new guide to employing the arts in service of public health, How to Engage the Arts to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence. The web page includes examples […]
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Preview of State Arts Agency FY2022 Appropriations NASAA regularly publishes reports that contain projections of the subsequent fiscal year’s legislative appropriations, which for most states begins on July 1. They include aggregate funding trends, state-by-state appropriations figures, percentage changes from one year to another and per capita ranking. The FY2022 State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations […]
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The Saving Power of Community Creativity A new report from Center for Community Progress and Metris Arts Consulting, The Saving Power of Community Creativity, lifts up community based artists who worked to urgently respond to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from examples of creative work across the United States, this analysis highlights the common themes […]
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Updated Search Tool: State Creative Economy Studies NASAA’s Interactive Database of State Creative Economy Studies has just received an update to improve its form and functionality. This database, produced in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, is a curated collection of the creative economy studies that state arts agencies use to measure the […]