The State of the Arts in Atlanta
On December 5, 2023, approximately non-profit arts organizations and funders met to discuss the state of the arts in Atlanta.
How Can We Calculate the Economic Impact of an Arts Organization (or Ecosystem)?
How can we calculate the economic impact of an arts organization (or ecosystem)?
Atlanta Arts & Culture Benchmarking Survey, 2023
This survey was sent to arts and culture nonprofits headquartered in the City of Atlanta in order to gauge their current financial health.
Arts and culture organizations were devastated by the pandemic.
In year one of the COVID-19 pandemic, few areas of the U.S. economy were harder hit than the performing arts.
In 2023, the Americans for the Arts Study also examined the social impact of arts and culture in a community.
Investment in the nonprofit arts and culture industry builds the communities where people want to live and work.
Americans for the Arts finds that nationwide investments in arts and culture stimulate economic development.
Nationwide, the study found arts and culture organizations create jobs and generate economic activity.
Across the Atlanta region are over 1,700 arts and cultural nonprofit organizations.
The 1,700+ cultural nonprofits in Metro Atlanta generated had revenues of $632,676,988.
In 2023, Georgia is tied for last in the country in per capita spending on the arts.
Over the last decade, Georgia has consistently ranked last or near last in the nation in government arts funding.