The Arts and Economic Development

Arts and Economic Prosperity III (PDF - 34 pages/1.25MB)

This study was conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. The study specifically addresses the Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry in Luzerne County.

“The Economic Impact of the Arts in Pennsylvania” (PDF 8 pages/29KB)
May 15, 2008

Written Testimony on behalf of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts submitted by Philip Horn, Executive Director to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee.

An Overlooked Economic Development Strategy (PDF - 2 pages/13KB)

An op/ed column appearing in the Wilkes-Barre, PA Times Leader by Cultural Council Executive Director, Mike Burnside.

National Endowment for the Arts Artists in the Workforce 1990 - 2005 study (Link to NEA press release, which contains links to the study)

“Artists now play a huge but mostly unrecognized role in the new American economy of the 21st century,” said NEA Chairman Dana Gioia. “This report shows how important American artists are to both our nation’s cultural vitality and economic prosperity of our communities.”