Arts Research Quarterly, Issue 1, March 29, 2021
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 1, March 29, 2021
Arts Research Quarterly is a sampler of research articles on the arts ecosystem and on the arts’ value and impact for individuals and communities, based on data housed at NADAC and elsewhere. New issues are released quarterly. Arts Research Quarterly and NADAC are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts

Featured Publications
Crowdfunding in a Not-So-Flat World
This article analyzes the geographic clustering of crowdfunding (CF) activity across two countries at the city level, and the ability of Kickstarter projects to attract funding or backers. The study shows that while the locations of Kickstarter projects are not as clustered, projects that are abl…
Predictors and Impact of Arts Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 heavily affected the arts and creative industries due to the instigation of lockdown measures in the UK and closure of venues. However, it also provided new opportunities for arts and cultural engagement through virtual activities and streamed performances. Ye…
- Iyengar, Sunil (2020) Taking Note: The Social Determinants of Arts Engagement March
- Noonan, Douglas S. (2020) The Arts and Culture Sector’s Contributions to Economic Recovery and Resiliency in the United States, Key Findings Indiana University Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation (AEI) Labs January
- Moldavanova, Alisa V., Lauren Meloche & T. Lyke Thompson (2020) Understanding the geography of access to cultural amenities: The case of Metropolitan Detroit Journal of Urban Affairs
- Elpus, Kenneth (2019) Access to arts education in America: The availability of visual art, music, dance, and theater courses in U.S. high schools Arts Education Policy Review
- Explore data related to this publication: High School Longitudinal Study, 2009-2013 [United States] (ICPSR 36423)
- Paulsen, R.J., Alper, N. & Wassall, G. (2019) Arts majors as entrepreneurs and innovators Small Business Economics
- Mauri, Caterina A., Wolf, Alexander F. (2019) Battle of the ballet household decisions on arts consumption Journal of Cultural Economics
- Explore data related to this publication: Current Population Survey, May 2008: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 29641), Current Population Survey: Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement Survey, 2008 (ICPSR 23440), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- National Endowment for the Arts (2019) Creating, Practicing, and Performing Art in the U.S.: Demographic and Rural/Urban Differences
- Breznitz, Shiri M. and Douglas S. Noonan (2019) Crowdfunding in a Not-So-Flat World Journal of Economic Geography July 20(4):1069-1092
- Mak, Hei W., Meg Fluharty, and Daisy Fancourt (2019) Predictors and Impact of Arts Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analyses of Data from 19,384 adults in the COVID-19 Social Study PsyArXiv November 4
- Jacobsmeier, Matthew L. (2019) Public opinion on government funding of the arts in the United States: Demographic and political factors International Journal of Cultural Policy 1-22
- Explore data related to this publication: State-Level Estimates of Arts Participation Patterns (2012-2015) [United States] (ICPSR 36464)
- Stempel, Carl (2019) Sport as high culture in the USA International Review for the Sociology of Sport 55, issue: 8 1167-1191
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Younkin, Peter, Kashkooli, Keyvan (2019) Stay true to your roots? Category distance, hierarchy, and the performance of new entrants in the music industry Organization Science 13(3)
- Explore data related to this publication: Current Population Survey, May 2008: Public Participationin the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 29641), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1982-2008 [United States] (ICPSR 35527), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Ma, Xiangyu (2019) What are the temporal dynamics of taste? Poetics
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1982: [United States] (ICPSR 6441), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1992: [United States] (ICPSR 6443), Current Population Survey, August 2002: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 3971), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Patterson, Nile DeGray (2019) Who goes to shows? Race-ethnicity and the visual and performing arts Cultural Sociology 14(1)
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596) and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168)
- National Endowment for the Arts (2019) Why We Engage: Attending, Creating, and Performing Art September
- Elpus, Kenneth (2019) Access to arts education in America: The availability of visual art, music, dance, and theater courses in U.S. high schools Arts Education Policy Review
- Explore data related to this publication: High School Longitudinal Study, 2009-2013 [United States] (ICPSR 36423)
- Mauri, Caterina A., Wolf, Alexander F. (2019) Battle of the ballet household decisions on arts consumption Journal of Cultural Economics
- Explore data related to this publication: Current Population Survey, May 2008: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 29641), Current Population Survey: Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement Survey, 2008 (ICPSR 23440), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Jacobsmeier, Matthew L. (2019) Public opinion on government funding of the arts in the United States: Demographic and political factors International Journal of Cultural Policy 1-22
- Explore data related to this publication: State-Level Estimates of Arts Participation Patterns (2012-2015) [United States] (ICPSR 36464)
- Stempel, Carl (2019) Sport as high culture in the USA International Review for the Sociology of Sport 55, issue: 8 1167-1191
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Younkin, Peter, Kashkooli, Keyvan (2019) Stay true to your roots? Category distance, hierarchy, and the performance of new entrants in the music industry Organization Science 13(3)
- Explore data related to this publication: Current Population Survey, May 2008: Public Participationin the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 29641), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1982-2008 [United States] (ICPSR 35527), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Ma, Xiangyu (2019) What are the temporal dynamics of taste? Poetics
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1982: [United States] (ICPSR 6441), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 1992: [United States] (ICPSR 6443), Current Population Survey, August 2002: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 3971), Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168), and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596)
- Patterson, Nile DeGray (2019) Who goes to shows? Race-ethnicity and the visual and performing arts Cultural Sociology 14(1)
- Explore data related to this publication: Survey of Public Participation in the Arts 1982-2012 Combined File [United States] (ICPSR 35596) and Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 2012 [United States] (ICPSR 35168)
- Noonan, Douglas S. (2020) The Arts and Culture Sector’s Contributions to Economic Recovery and Resiliency in the United States, Key Findings Indiana University Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation (AEI) Labs January
- Moldavanova, Alisa V., Lauren Meloche & T. Lyke Thompson (2020) Understanding the geography of access to cultural amenities: The case of Metropolitan Detroit Journal of Urban Affairs
- Paulsen, R.J., Alper, N. & Wassall, G. (2019) Arts majors as entrepreneurs and innovators Small Business Economics
- Breznitz, Shiri M. and Douglas S. Noonan (2019) Crowdfunding in a Not-So-Flat World Journal of Economic Geography July 20(4):1069-1092
- Mak, Hei W., Meg Fluharty, and Daisy Fancourt (2019) Predictors and Impact of Arts Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analyses of Data from 19,384 adults in the COVID-19 Social Study PsyArXiv November 4
- Iyengar, Sunil (2020) Taking Note: The Social Determinants of Arts Engagement March
- National Endowment for the Arts (2019) Creating, Practicing, and Performing Art in the U.S.: Demographic and Rural/Urban Differences
- National Endowment for the Arts (2019) Why We Engage: Attending, Creating, and Performing Art September