Grundy Area Arts Council is joining with Americans for the Arts in its national study of the economic impact of spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences.
“The Arts Mean Business” is the message being delivered by the Grundy Area Arts Council (GAAC). GAAC is part of “Arts and Economic Prosperity 5,” a national study measuring the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences. The research study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s nonprofit organization advancing the arts and arts education.
It is the fifth study over the past 20 years to measure the impact of arts spending on local jobs, income paid to local residents and revenue generated to local and state governments.
As one of nearly 300 study partners across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the GAAC will collect data about local nonprofit arts and culture organizations such as museums, festivals and arts education organizations. This data will be used to show the economic benefits of art and culture in a community.
“We believe this study will make clear that the arts are a formidable industry in our community—employing people locally, purchasing goods and services from local merchants and helping to drive tourism and economic development,” said Cameron Swallow, a GAAC board member.
GAAC members will be out with paper surveys at concerts, performances and arts festivals in Grundy County this spring. The surveys are anonymous, and the surveyors are volunteers with nothing to sell but this community effort. Please help them out by filling out a survey; you can fill out a new survey every time you attend an event.
Surveys will be collected throughout calendar year 2016. The results of the study will be released in June of 2017.
The Grundy Area Arts Council works to promote the arts on the South Cumberland Plateau, supporting school programming and community events.
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