Arts Research Quarterly

Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts

Issue 8, Febuary 9, 2023

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.

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Featured Publications

Live and digital engagement with the visual arts

Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria, Castiglione, Concetta (2022) Live and digital engagement with the visual arts Journal of Cultural Economics

 

From this article: The cluster of innovations brought about by information and communication technology (ICT) is dramatically changing the ways in which the visual arts can be produced and consumed. By using the USA 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, we explore visual arts consumpti…

Reluctantly independent: motivations for self-employed artistic work

 

From this article: Self-employment is much more frequent among artists and creative workers than other occupations. This has led to the emergence of the notion of the ‘artist-entrepreneur,’ which associates these workers with autonomy and independence and the ability to choose their own career pa…