This report presents two sets of analyses of the effect of age on adult arts participation in seven benchmark or core art forms. The data which are analyzed herein are taken from the National Endowment for the Arts' Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) which were conducted in 1982 and 1992.

This study is the seventh survey of Americans and the Arts, the landmark series of studies under the auspices of the American Council for the Arts which have documented the levels of interest and involvement in the arts among the American people, as well as how they feel about key issues such as the arts and education and the pivotal issue of support and funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. This study has been prepared for ACA and NALAA (the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies). . . . (p. 3). Survey was conducted from December 1995 through April 1996. A nationwide cross

This annual survey of a representative group of nonprofit theatres was known as the TCG fiscal survey in 1974, 1975, 1976; the TCG survey in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980; and as Theatre facts since 1981. Theatre Facts also appears as a supplement to American Theatre magazine, usually in the April issue. [This edition published in April 1995]. Statistics and analysis are provided for the year as well as comparisons to previous years.

In 1982, 1985, and 1992 the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funded nationwide surveys conducted by the U. S. Bureau of the Census on arts participation among adults in the . The purpose of these Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPAs) was to track American participation in the arts and document other aspects of arts participation. Summary reports and secondary analyses for all three surveys are available from the NEA. This monograph analyzes participation in opera and musical theatre/operetta in 1992 and compares it with participation 10 years earlier.

In 1992, the National Endowment for the Arts funded a broad-based statistical investigation into the audiences for various art forms in the . The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) for 1992 was the third such survey over the past decade. As in the two earlier surveys (conducted in 1982 and 1985), the 1992 survey listed jazz as one of seven benchmark arts activities. It gathered detailed information on the size and demographic characteristics of the jazz audience: those adult Americans who attend jazz events, participate in jazz through the media, perform jazz, or simply

This monograph examines and interprets survey data pertaining to public participation in the arts via television, radio, and sound recordings. The data derive from 1982 and 1992 surveys of leisure activities and public participation in the arts conducted by the U. S. Bureau of the Census and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The seven core or benchmark arts, listed in their order on the survey instruments, are jazz, classical music, opera, musicals and operettas, plays, dance, and the visual arts.

This publication provides both a description of the development of arts participation research at the national and local level and an overview of how to conduct an arts participation study.

The National Endowment for the Arts sponsored comprehensive surveys of Americans' interest and participation in art-related activities in 1982, 1985, and 1992. Carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the studies contain a wealth of data on which numerous analyses of participation and the factors influencing it have been based. John Robinson's report presents the initial analysis of results from the 1992 nationwide Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). The 1992 version includes comparisons with previous studies and expands the coverage of arts participation. A

The American Orchestra Fact Book is a collection of information about orchestras in America. Its purpose is to help you become better acquainted with the cultural treasure that is the American orchestra. Not a day goes by when America's 1,800 orchestras do not share with the American public the beauty and wonder of their music-making; Whether through traditional performances in the concert hall, summer evenings under the stars, educational program and master classes in our schools, or tours to remote parts of our country, thousands of Americans enjoy live orchestral performances

Since 1973 the American Council for the Arts has commissioned nationwide public opinion surveys on the arts. The first five Americans and the Arts surveys were conducted by the National Research Center of the Arts, an affiliate of Louis Harris and Associates, and were published between 1974 and 1987. The sixth survey was directed by Louis Harris and completed by LH Research in 1992.