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40% FEEL
MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AFTER TAKING PART IN THE ARTS Participatory arts projects celebrate local culture and heritage, making marginalized groups more visible and promoting positive community connections. In the UK, 40 percent of participants felt more positive about where they lived after participating in an arts activity.
Source: Stern, M. & Seifert, S. (2001). Culture Builds Communities Evaluation Summary Report. Philadelphia: Penn School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania. |
CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS CAN PRODUCE A 20% INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES Having a cultural organization in a community has been shown to increase the nearby residential property values by up to 20 percent.
Source: Markusen, A. and A. Gadwa. “Arts and Culture in Urban or Regional Planning: A Review and Research Agenda.” (2010). Journal of Planning Education and Research 29(3) 379–391. Retrieved 11 May 2018 from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0739456X09354380. |
ARTS
HELP DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE Creative placemaking projects have been making progress in tracking outcomes related to livability. One study found that a majority of residents and business owners felt that the programs positively changed their feelings about the neighborhood.
Source: National Endowment for the Arts. (n.d.). Baltimore, MD: Revitalizing Station North. Retrieved 19 February 2018 from https://www.arts.gov/exploring-our-town/revitalizing-station-north |
CULTURAL PARTICIPANTS ARE
50% MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Cultural participation leads to wider community participation. One study showed that participants most involved in cultural activities were 50 percent more likely to be involved in other (non-arts) community activities.
Source: Tebes, J., Matlin, S., Hunter, B., Thompson, A., Prince, D., & Mohatt, N. (2016). Porch Light Program: Final Evaluation Report [Electronic version]. New Haven, CT: Yale University School of Medicine. Retrieved 28 February 2018 from https://www.muralarts.org/program/porch-light/ |
ARTS-RICH COMMUNITIES
HAVE 18% LESS SERIOUS CRIME AND 14% FEWER REPORTS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT A New York study shows that lower-income neighborhoods with higher cultural assets show less child abuse and neglect investigations (14 percent), obesity (5 percent), and serious crime (18 percent). Kids from those communities also scored 18 percent higher in English Language Arts and Math exams than their peers.
Source: Social Impact of the Arts Project. (2017, February). Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City: Highlights of a two-year research project [Electronic version]. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 27 February 2018 from repository.upenn.edu/siap_culture_nyc |