"WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, proudly announces the findings from Arts & Economic Prosperity IV™, the fourth economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences..."
Download the Full Press Release [PDF, 632KB]
Download the Press Release for Business Leaders [PDF, 428KB]
Download the Press Release for Government Leaders [PDF, 441KB]
Download key charts, graphs, and tables from Arts & Economic Prosperity IV.
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Economic Impact Table [696KB]
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Great Recession Bar Chart [653KB]
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Impact Of Audiences Table [307KB]
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Impact Of
Organizations Table [299KB] |
Arts Jobs Bar Chart [1556KB]
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Nonlocal Audience Spending Table [668KB]
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Audience Spending Callout [141KB] |
Download the complete set of charts, graphs, and tables from the full Arts & Economic Prosperity IV report. [MS Word, 2.1 MB]
Want to know more about how the study was conducted? Questions about the methodology?
Download our Detailed Study Methodology for more information. [PDF, 252KB]
Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch recently sat down to briefly answer some key questions about AEP IV:
1. Why are the AEP IV findings significant? What do they mean for America and for its future prosperity?
[Watch Online] [Download MP4 File, 20 MB]
2. What do the AEP IV findings tell you about cultural tourism’s role in driving local economies?
[Watch Online] [Download MP4 File, 24 MB ]
3. What effect did the Great Recession have on the nonprofit arts industry, and what does that mean for the future of the sector?
[Watch Online] [Download MP4 File, 19 MB]
4. With AEP IV, we often talk about the national impact the arts have, but what do the findings tell you about the impact the arts industry has locally?
[Watch Online] [Download MP4 File, 23 MB]
Visit our AEP IV Channel on Vimeo for additional related videos.
Download a list of quotes from our national sponsors about Arts & Economic Prosperity IV. [MS Word, 162KB]
The Oregonian, June 8th
Portland cultural groups pump $253 million into local economy
Chattanooga Times Free Press, June 13th
Group unveils plan for shift in Chattanooga's approach to arts
Omaha World-Herald, June 13th
Arts groups create economic music together
Huffington Post, June 14th
Funding for the Arts sometimes benefits all of us
The Herald-Sun, June 18th
Report: Arts spending contributed $210.9M
Randy Cohen and Seema Sueko discuss the economic impact of the arts in San Diego, CA on KPBS:
Further Questions?
Please contact Press & Media Relations Manager Catherine Brandt at press@artsusa.org or 202.371.2830.