(September 2009) Philadelphia has set a goal of boosting the arts in its city by moving people from mere attendance to deeper engagement. This report highlights the data being used to help achieve that goal.

Engaging Audiences

(August 2009) How can arts organizations build their audiences even in tough times? This report on a recent Wallace conference describes how some groups are persevering.

The Qualities of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education

(June 2009) What does “quality” look like in arts education? A new report by Harvard Project Zero researchers explores the challenges of achieving and sustaining quality arts learning.

Presentations: Access, Equity and Quality in Arts Learning: Conference Highlights

(June 2009) Slideshows from the AEQ: Access, Equity and Quality in Arts Learning conference

Increasing Arts Demand Through Better Arts Learning

(June 2009) A Wallace “Knowledge in Brief” summarizes new research on how some cities are working to reverse a decades-long decline in arts education in ways that could also lift demand for the arts overall.

State Arts Policy: Trends and Future Prospects

(November 2008) This study by RAND explores how state arts agencies, which play a central role in public support of the arts, are changing in response to demographic, political and economic realities.

Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy

(September 2008) This study by RAND offers a new way of thinking about the challenge of expanding arts participation by focusing more on the critical role of arts learning in cultivating demand for the arts.

Arts for All: Connecting to New Audiences

(August 2008) How can arts organizations use marketing, research and new technologies to expand their audiences? This report on a recent Wallace conference discusses how it’s being done.

From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People

(July 2008) This “Story from the Field” explores how Dallas’s Thriving Minds initiative is expanding and improving arts learning opportunities both inside and outside of school for that city’s children.

Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination

(June 2008) In a number of urban areas in recent years, arts learning advocates have sought to counter a generation-long decline in public school arts education by forming coordinated networks of schools, cultural organizations, funders, local government and other groups to work in common to revive arts learning.

The Arts and State Governments: At Arm's Length or Arm in Arm?

(August 2006) State arts agencies seeking increased state government support for the arts should strengthen their relationships with elected officials and raise their profile with the public.

Creating Public Value Through State Arts Agencies

(October 2005) How state arts agencies can build their public value by strengthening ties to people and to the arts community.

The Diversity of Cultural Participation: Findings from a National Survey

(November 2005) In-depth data and insights about what drives people to attend different types of arts events and what this means for increasing involvement.

Motivations Matter: Findings and Practical Implications of a National Survey of Cultural Participation

(November 2005) A groundbreaking national survey of the motivations of audiences at different kinds of arts events and the practical implications for participation-building.