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Local Area Arts Participation Study 1992

Collection Overview

Produced By: Abt Associates Inc., April 1993, Cambridge, MA

Funding Agencies/Sponsors:

National Endowment for the Arts
Arts Council Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Broward County Cultural Affairs Council
City of San Jose Department of Convention and Cultural Affairs
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Metropolitan Dade County Cultural Affairs Council
Nevada State Council on the Arts
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Santa Clara County Arts Commission
Seattle Arts Commission
The City of Sedona

Author: National Endowment for the Arts

Abstract (CPANDA): The Local Area Arts Participation Study 1992, sponsored by the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Arts, provides information about Americans' participation in the arts -- including ballet, opera, plays, museums, and concerts -- in 12 communities. A local sponsor in each community assisted in funding the research and helped to design sections of their local questionnaire. The study was intended to augment the 1992 national Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Each survey included three components: a "core questionnaire," common to all 12 sites, including arts participation and demographic information identical to the 1992 national SPPA; a set of questions, common to all sites but not included in the 1992 national SPPA, concerning facilities where arts participation occurred, reasons for not attending more often, and sources of information about arts events; and community-specific modules, developed by the local area partners to address specific information needs in each community. The 12 communities surveyed were Broward County, FL; Chicago, IL; Dade County, FL; Las Vegas, NV; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Reno, NV; rural Nevada; San Jose, CA; Seattle, WA; Sedona, AZ; and Winston-Salem, NC.

The data from the study are archived at: