ADVOCACY Tools

This compilation of local and national research highlights the impact of arts and culture on society, community, education, health, and the economy. We encourage all advocates to review the data and utilize it to make the case for the value of the arts.

WHY ART IS ESSENTIAL

10 Reasons to Support the Arts.

The Value of Arts & Culture to People and Society 

Table of Contents:

1. Economic Impact ​of Arts and Culture

2. Arts Build Community

3. Arts, Health, and Wellbeing

Economic Impact of Arts and Culture​

• The Santa Barbara Arts and Economic Prosperity Report, 2017

  • 1-page summary

• Otis Report on the Creative Economy- California.

• New Engines for Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture, & Design.

• The Creative Economy

• How Cities Can Nurture Cultural Entrepreneurs​

How the Arts Build Community

• Building Community: Making Space for Art. 2011. The Urban Institute.

• Arts and Intra-Community Strength. 2015. Americans for the Arts.

• Arts and Inter-Community Connection. 2015. Americans for the Arts.

• Civic Engagement and the Arts : Issues of Conceptualization and Measurement. 2009. Americans for the Arts.

• Building Worlds Together: The Many Functions and Forms of Arts and Community Development. 2011. Americans for the Arts.

• Arts & Kindness. 2012. People United, UK.

• Cultural Tourism. 2015. Americans for the Arts.

The Cultural Lives of Californians. 2015.

Arts, Health and Well-being

• Artful Living: Examining the Relationship between Artistic Practice and Subjective Wellbeing Across Three National Surveys. 2014

• Arts in Healthcare, State of the Field Report. 2014​​

• Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals. 2008.

• The Arts and Aging: Building the Science. 2013

Grant Writing Resources and Research

• Culture Track​ 

• When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance​

• Arts and Public Engagement: Patterns, Processes, and Levers for Change

• A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings From the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 2002–2012