For immediate release: June 15, 2009 Contact: Sally Gifford, 202-682-5606
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES HIGHLIGHTS FROM
2008 SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS
Long-term patterns of decline and new data on media use noted in national survey
Washington, D.C. — American audiences for the arts are getting older, and their numbers are declining, according to new research released today by the 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. Five times since 1982, the survey has asked U.S. adults 18 and older about their patterns of arts participation over a 12-month period. The 2008 survey reveals dwindling audiences for many art forms, but it also captures new data on Internet use and other forms of arts participation.
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