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Census Reports 18% Increase in Nonprofit Dance Groups: 1982 - 1987
A comparison of revenues of nonprofit and taxable dance groups, using data from the 1982 and 1987 Censuses. In addition, a detailed breakdown (ballet, modern dance, folk ethnic, and other) of nonprofit dance groups by revenues and sources.  September 1993  #46N
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Census Reports 28% Increase in Number of nonprofit Theaters: 1982 - 1987
A comparison of revenues for nonprofit and taxable theaters, using the 1982 and 1987 Census results. Distribution of revenue by source (private, public, admission, etc.) for each type of theater is also provided.  September 1993  #45N
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Census Reports 30% Increase in Nonprofit Classical Music Groups: 1982 - 1987
A comparison of the revenues of taxable and nonprofit classical music organizations, using data from the 1982 and 1987 Censuses. Nonprofit organizations divided into opera, symphony, chamber music, and no designation.  September 1993  #47N
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Census Reports 6% Increase in Art Museums and Art Galleries: 1982 - 1987
A comparison of total revenues for taxable and tax-exempt museums and art galleries. In addition, museum revenues are shown by region and state.  September 1993  #48N
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Census Reports 91% Increase in Retail Art Dealers: 1982 - 1987
Includes national and state sales figures for retail sales of art. Also distribution of total art sales by metropolitan areas are shown for 1982 and 1987.  September 1993  #49N
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Census Reports Number of Performing Arts Organizations up by 11% From 1982 - 1987; Receipts/Revenues Top 6.68 Billion
A comparison of the taxable and nonprofit sectors of performing arts organizations (theater, music, dance) using data from the 1977, 1982, 1987 Censuses.  September 1993  #43N
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The Changing Faces of Tradition: A Report on the Folk and Traditional Arts in the United States.
This report combines information from two surveys of folk and traditional arts organizations with case studies to describe the breadth and depth of folk and traditional arts activity in the U.S. and how it is increasing in both the variety of cultural worlds involved and the level of activity.  October 1996  #38R
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Changing Proportions of Men and Women in the Artist Occupations 1970 - 1980
A special study by the Bureau of the Census revised estimates of the 1970 Census in the light of the 1980 Occupational Classification System. The results of this special study were used in the preparation of this Note to compare 1970 with 1980 for all artist occupations in terms of numbers of the labor forceand of men and women. Among other things, the adjustments increase the base of women in some of the artist occupations, particularly designers, as a result of in-transfers from occupational groups that were not previously considered in the artist cluster of occupations.  March 1985  #09N
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Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians.
This study examines the worklife of jazz musicians in New York, Detroit, San Francisco and New Orleans. Information from jazz artists using 2 different survey sampling methodologies - respondent-driven-sampling and a random sample of musician union members - are analyzed and discussed. The 3 volume study is available in PDF.  2003  #43R
Volume I: Executive Summary | Volume II: American Federation of Musicians Survey Results | Volume III: Respondent-Driven Sampling.
 

Classical Music Organizations Report 22% Growth in Economic Census: 1987-1992
A comparison of revenues for taxable and nonprofit classical music organizations based on data from the Economic Censuses of 1992, 1987, and 1982. Revenue information is provided for opera, symphony, and chamber music organizations.  May 1998  #68N
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College Course-Taking Patterns in the Arts
This note draws on a report issued by the Department of Education to track college arts courses taken by the high school graduating classes of 1972, 1982, and 1992, within 8.5 years of completing high school.  April 2005  #88N
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Come as You Are: Informal Arts Participation in Urban and Rural Communities
Attendance at performing arts events and art museums is greater in urbanized areas. However, urban and rural residents generally participate in the "informal arts" (activities often unaffiliated with for-profit and nonprofit arts organizations) at similar rates.  March 2010  #100N
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Conditions and Needs of the Professional American Theatre.
Data and analysis aimed at understanding the conditions of professional theatre in America and the evolving relationship between commercial and nonprofit theatre. Contains advisory panel's recommendations for changes in public policy.  May 1981  #11R
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Consumer Spending on Performing Arts: Outlays Flat for 2005; Non-Spectator Categories Show Growth
Consumer expenditures on arts performances reached $12.7 billion, but when adjusted for inflation, year-over-year spending held steady. For other spectator events, inflation-adjusted ("real") spending declined from 2004 levels.  August 2006  #91N
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Count of Performing Arts Organizations Up by Over 30%, 1987-1992
A comparison of the taxable and nonprofit sectors of performing arts organizations (theater, music, dance) using data from the Economic Censuses of 1992, 1987, 1982, and 1977.  May 1998  #62N
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Craft Artist Membership Organizations 1978.
Detailed survey of 1,218 craft artist organizations in all parts of the United States with data on size, location, media preferences, membership screening facilities, staffing, expenses, and funding.  January 1981  #13R
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