Bolz Center for Arts Administration

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Does arts education affect participation in the arts?

According to a report created by the National Endowment for the Arts, the amount of arts education individuals receive does indeed serve as an indicator for later participation in the arts. According to the report, individuals with the most arts...

How many people in the U.S. play musical instruments?

According to a 2003 survey conducted by The Gallup Organization and commissioned by the International Music Products Association, slightly more than half of all U.S. households surveyed (54 percent), had a member who played an instrument. The study also found...

How many Americans volunteer for arts organizations?

In a 2001 survey sponsored by the Independent Sector, 44.2 percent of Americans over the age of 21 (83.9 million people) volunteered for religious or secular organizations during the previous year. Of that figure, 4.8 percent reported to have volunteered...

How many arts and culture organizations are there?

The 1997 Census of Service Industries (Economic Census) counted over 26,000 arts and cultural organizations that were active at the end of 1997. These organizations fell into three major categories: Performing Arts (57.9%) Museums, Historical Sites, etc. (21.1%), and Retail...

Why do people attend orchestra concerts?

A large study of classical music audiences, published in October 2002, found that people attend live orchestral performances for many reasons beyond the music itself. In fact, the study identified seven distinct values that audiences place on the live orchestral...

How many jazz musicians are there?

According to a 2001 Jazz Artists Study conducted by the Research Center for Arts and Culture, there are an estimated 33,003 jazz musicians in New York, 18,733 in San Francisco, and 1,723 in New Orleans. The study collected data on...

What's the economic impact of the arts?

In a report called Arts & Economic Prosperity: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and Their Audiences, Americans for the Arts found that America's nonprofit arts industry generates $134 billion in economic activity every year, including $24.4 billion in...

How many people participate in arts and cultural activities?

The 1997 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) found that about half of the adult population of the United States attended at least one of seven "benchmark" arts activities (jazz, classical music, opera, musical plays, plays, ballet, or...

Where do nonprofit arts and cultural organizations receive financial support?

In fiscal year 1998, nonprofit arts and cultural organizations received 54% of their revenue from earned income, 25% from private sector income, 12% from investment income, and 9% of their income from public sources, according to data from the 2001...