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ARTS ATTENDANCE FALLING
LA Times - A new report released by the National Endowment for the Arts said that the number of American adults attending arts and cultural events has sunk to its lowest level since 1982, which was when the NEA began conducting the poll.
The report, which uses data collected in 2008, said that the share of adults who attended at least one arts event was 34.6%, down from 39.4% in 2002, which was the last time the survey was conducted.
Moreover, those who did attend arts events did so less frequently. The report found that the average number of attendances per individual was 5.2 in 2008, down from 6.1 in 2002...
Overall, the Pacific and New England regions ranked high in the attendance of performing arts and visual arts events, according to the report.
The regions with some of the lowest arts attendance are the East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi) and the West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas).
The report shows that since 1982, the number of 18-to-24-year-olds who said they had any music education in their lives has declined by more than a third. For visual arts education, the number has decreased by a half.
One of the most surprising findings in the report was that people ages 45 to 54 -- who have historically been a significant component of arts audiences -- showed the steepest declines in attendance for arts events. Only 36% of those in this age group attended an arts event in 2008, versus 46% in 2002.
The report, which uses data collected in 2008, said that the share of adults who attended at least one arts event was 34.6%, down from 39.4% in 2002, which was the last time the survey was conducted.
Moreover, those who did attend arts events did so less frequently. The report found that the average number of attendances per individual was 5.2 in 2008, down from 6.1 in 2002...
Overall, the Pacific and New England regions ranked high in the attendance of performing arts and visual arts events, according to the report.
The regions with some of the lowest arts attendance are the East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi) and the West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas).
The report shows that since 1982, the number of 18-to-24-year-olds who said they had any music education in their lives has declined by more than a third. For visual arts education, the number has decreased by a half.
One of the most surprising findings in the report was that people ages 45 to 54 -- who have historically been a significant component of arts audiences -- showed the steepest declines in attendance for arts events. Only 36% of those in this age group attended an arts event in 2008, versus 46% in 2002.
2 Comments:
Opera and ballet may be great stuff, but hardly as appealing as food and shelter.
Interesting that the states with the lowest arts attendance seem to be within a corridor of the fanatic home schooling Bible-belt.
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