The National League of Cities (NLC) is publishing this yearly benchmarking report, State of the Cities, which provides an analysis of trends in cities and the response of local governments based on annual state of the city addresses from mayors across the country. With the growing centrality of cities, our mayoral voices provide a unique window into contemporary conditions and the future direction of our country.

"This paper details a pilot study that used a six-week visual journaling art therapy group with military veterans in recovery in order to reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Two participants completed the journaling group, pre- and posttest Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation—Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), and an individual interview. The data from the CORE-OM were analyzed to determine change in overall score as well as the domains of life functioning, risk/harm, problems/symptoms, and subjective well-being. The individual interviews were analyzed to

In 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts partnered with the General Social Survey to ask why people attend arts events (specifically music, dance, theater, and visual arts). This new report looks beyond demographics to discover the attitudes, motivations, and barriers for attending the arts at different life stages—the first time the NEA has published a report on this type of data.

The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the largest and most comprehensive survey of U.S. arts participation, with a total sample size exceeding 37,000 adults, ages 18 and over. The latest SPPA compares arts participation rates based on surveys from 2002, 2008, and 2012, as well as regional, state, and metro-area statistics.

The Why Do People Attend The Arts Infographic was created by the National Edowment fo rthe Arts from their report When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivatons Affecting Arts Attendance.

The How Do Americans Participate in the Arts Infographic was created by the National Edowment for the Arts from thier report A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 2002-2012.

The What is the Economic Value of the Arts Infographic was created by the National Endowment for the Arts from their report The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA).

Developed by CECP, in association with The Conference Board, Giving in Numbers: 2015 Edition is based on data from 271 companies, including 62 of the largest 100 companies in the Fortune 500. The sum of contributions across all respondents of the recent survey on 2014 contributions totaled more than $18.5 billion in cash and in-kind giving. This report not only presents a profile of corporate philanthropy and employee engagement in 2014, but also includes a Trends Summary that highlights the prominent features of corporate societal investment. This is the tenth annual report on

Americans for the Arts Action Fund created this infographic in support of its ArtsVote2016 programs. ArtsVote2016's mission is to advance the role the arts and arts education in the 2016 Presidential election. This infographic give both national and Iowa specific statistics to promote the value of arts and arts educaton.