Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey
National Endowment for the Arts
Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation’s largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. June 2009. 16 pp.
Download PDF: http://www.nea.gov/research/NEA-SPPA-brochure.pdf
Supplementary Materials Related to the NEA's 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
The NEA Office of Research & Analysis is pleased to make available a set of resources to guide scholars and researchers in understanding and interpreting results from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). The office is sharing these resources with the public in advance of the survey's full summary report, which will be released in the fall of 2009. This unprecedented step will allow academic, government, nonprofit, and commercial researchers to perform early, independent analyses with the data, thus widening public discourse about the survey results and their implications. Click on the highlighted text to view each of the resources below, available through the NEA website:
- Arts participation trend tables (1982-2008) reporting data for individual arts activities by demographic group, and tables showing adults' self-reported preferences for various reading and listening materials.
- The 2008 survey instrument
- A data user's guide, with information on the survey design and the procedures for properly using the raw data file (e.g., choosing weights, performing multi-variable analyses from different modules, computing standard errors, and comparing results with those of prior surveys).
- The raw data file, housed at Princeton University's Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive.
For further information, please contact the NEA Office of Research & Analysis at (202) 682-5424 or research@arts.gov
More National Endowment for the Arts Research Reports
http://www.arts.gov/research/ResearchReports_chrono.html
Ford Foundation's Study On Leadership Development for Native American Arts Organizations
"I found this study enlightening on the evolution of native american arts organizations and the recommendations for supporting them are important to consider in grantmaking."
Getting Beyond Breakeven: A Review of Capitalization Needs and Challenges of Philadelphia-Area Arts and Culture Organizations
This report is an excellent resource and exercise for understanding organizational strategic financial planning, especially for arts organizations, but the lessons are transferable to other types of nonprofit organizations. Includes five instructional case studies, where profit/loss statements and balance sheets are examined and assessed.
The report can be downloaded from the websites of William Penn Foundation (www.williampennfoundation.org) and The Pew Charitable Trusts (www.pewtrusts.org), or at www.tdcorp.org/capitalization.
The Obama Zeitgeist Six Lessons for the Cultural Sector
Published in Grantmakers in the Arts Reader Fall, 2008
Holly Sidford, President, Helicon Collaborative hsidford@heliconcollab.net
