Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008
NEA Research Note #97
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Situation of artistsArticle Link
http://www.arts.endow.gov/news/news09/artist-unemployment-rates.htmlUsing unpublished labour statistics, this report finds that artists have particularly “high unemployment rates and discouraging job prospects” in the U.S. during the current recession. Among the negative statistics:
The report notes that, in February, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which, among many other items, includes an additional $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts “to support the preservation of jobs in the nonprofit arts sector”.