This is the fifth publication of the National Arts Index, Americans for the Arts' annual report on the health and vitality of arts and culture in the United States. The 2014 National Arts Index is a highly distilled measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 81 equally weighted, national level indicators of arts and culture activity during the 12-year span of 2001 to 2012, set to a baseline of 2003=100.

This report takes a close look at the heart of Philadelphia’s cultural ecology—the region’s cultural nonprofits. It is our most comprehensive study to date, examining recent financial, programmatic, audience, and administrative data from 473 regional nonprofits. This edition also focuses on the sector’s activities since the Great Recession, looking at the activities of 298 nonprofits that had consistent data from 2009 to 2012.

This is a one pager of quick facts about the number of artists employed in the United States compiled from research by the Americans for the Arts Research and Policy Department.

This research project was designed to profile and analyze how the creative economy is currently being defined,  segmented and quantified throughout the United States of America. We assessed what we can learn from  aggregating creative economy profiles, and whether there is the possibility of producing a ‘core’ national profile definition and accompanying data descriptors [Executive Summmary]

This one pager provides an overview of the National Arts Index data from 2000-2011. Americans for the Arts 2013 Index report scores the health and vitality of the arts in the U.S. in 2011. The arts score remained effectively level in 2011 as the industry

This is the fourth publication of the National Arts Index, Americans for the Arts' annual report on the health and vitality of arts and culture in the United States. The 2013 National Arts Index is a highly-distilled measure or score of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 78 equal-weighted, national-level indicators of arts and culture activity during the 12-year span of 2000 to 2011, set to a baseline of 2003=100.0.

Issue briefing on sales tax for artists, sculptors and small businesses.

The nonprofits in the sector provide an array of services that improve the quality of life for all of the county's citizens, either directly or indirectly. Organizations that help the needy, improve education and nurture a vibrant arts community create lasting benefits that make Alachua County a more desirable place to live, work and raise families.

Public art in transit-oriented developments presents a valuable marketing opportunity, both for public agencies and private developers. Dollar for dollar, investments in public art may provide the highest financial returns of any funds committed to an aspect of a transit project. The intangible benefits of public art—aesthetic beauty, cultural interpretation, education, inspiration, and general improvement of the urban environment—are well-known. But because these are considered "soft" benefits, they are sometimes dismissed as a low priority, especially during

This report of the National Arts Index is the first to document the nation's arts sectors during the Great Recession. The National Arts Index, created by Americans for the Arts, is a highly-distilled measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 83 equal-weighted, national-level indicators of arts and culture activity that covers a 13-year period, from 1998 to 2010. Each indicator is updated annually and a new report is produced.