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This report examines the management of performing arts facilities in Canada, including a wide range of issues such as ownership, tenancy, operating costs and income, capital costs and funding, [...]

This discussion paper, prepared for a June conference in London (U.K.), argues that more attention must be paid to “the fundamental contribution that cultural institutions can make to our [...]

In economic impact analysis, the contribution of individual artists is rarely, if ever, taken into account. Exploratory research by Ann Markusen and David King aims to change this practice by [...]

Based on three sources – NEA applications, a Unified Database of Arts Organizations and the economic census – this report paints a statistical portrait of the changing situation of [...]

This report is based on surveys of 50 Aboriginal dance groups and 26 Aboriginal dance artists in Canada. Given the relative lack of research into Aboriginal arts activity, a large portion of the [...]

This report, prepared by Hill Strategies, uses 71 interviews with media artists, arts organizations and funders to examine the realities, functioning and importance of Canada’s media arts [...]

Released with much fanfare, The Value of the Performing Arts in Five Communities demonstrates that, in terms of public participation, the arts are alive and well in Alaska, Cincinnati, Denver, [...]

Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has conducted a benchmark survey of Americans’ involvement in arts activities. Two NEA Research Notes based on the 2002 Survey of Public [...]

Statistics Canada recently released the results of its 2001 survey of 583 performing arts organizations. The summary of this data, available in the September 9th Daily release, indicates that [...]

Given a weak American economy and reduced tourism, 2002 was not a great year for art museums in the US. In fact, a survey of 128 American art museums by the Association of Art Museum Directors [...]