From the Field
Using ARP and ESSER to Support Arts Education The Arts Education Partnership has published the first success story in a series intended to showcase how arts organizations, states and schools are using American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) funds to fund arts education. In 2022, the Houston Independent […]
From the Research Team
The Arts Strengthen Communities NASAA and the National League of Cities have partnered to present a four-part blog series on the power of arts and culture to strengthen communities and support public well-being. The arts, creativity and culture are increasingly recognized as necessary infrastructure for healthy and prosperous communities, regardless of community size, makeup or […]
From the Field
Death of Downtown? Has downtown America died? Researchers from the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley set out to answer this question. Using variables such as office vacancy rates, public transit ridership and retail spending combined with location information from cell phone data, the researchers compared prepandemic activity (2019) to […]
From the Research Team
Preview of State Arts Agency FY2023 Appropriations The FY2023 State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations Preview forecasts that the aggregated appropriations to state arts agencies (totaling $768.7 million) are projected to decline by 2.9% from fiscal year 2022. However, the projection for most states’ FY2023 budgets remains close to their all-time high of FY2022, driven by […]
From the Field
Designing Inclusive Virtual Events Folk Alliance International has published an e-book on Designing Inclusive Virtual Events. Though live performances are returning in person, there are still benefits to hosting them virtually. Virtual events come with lower costs, fewer safety risks and smaller structural barriers. This makes accessibility and inclusion more attainable for both the artists […]
American Rescue Plan Impact Survey
NASAA recently sent a note to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations to look for an American Rescue Plan (ARP) impact survey coming in January 2023 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The survey will help the NEA understand and communicate how ARP funds have been used to support jobs and keep […]
From the Field
Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & the Arts Culture Track, in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, has just published a new report, Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & the Arts. It provides data on people aged 55 and over, detailing their experiences with the arts. The report offers a national portrait of demographic data, comparing people aged […]
From the Research Team
You Ask, NASAA Answers NASAA receives and responds to many requests for information on a wide variety of arts, culture and economic topics. For the first half fiscal year 2022, NASAA staff fulfilled nearly 300 of these information requests from state and jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs), partners, and the public. Responses included providing data to […]
From the Field
Adding Arts to STEM for Young Students Policymakers have long been interested in the benefits of STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) in improving a state’s economic outlook. Yet even after the adoption of STEM programs, systematic youth engagement has not occurred in primary schools. Research and Policy Implications of STEAM Education for Young […]
From the Research Team
Updated Search Tool: State Creative Economy Studies NASAA has completed its annual survey of economic studies for the Interactive Database of State Creative Economy Studies. 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 economic […]