Quantifying the Impact of the Arts
Texas
2025 – State of the Arts – report
2023 – State of the Arts – report
2021- State of the Arts – key findings
2021 -State of the Arts- report
Economic Impact of Travel on the State – Interactive Dashboard
From Around the State
Art Can – The big picture of arts education in Texas (2017)
Art of Economic Development Full Report 2010
Creative Economy Houston Studies
Economic Impact of the Creative Sector in Austin
North Texas Economic Impact Study
Texas Cultural Districts Program: Indicators for Measuring Success
Creative Industry San Antonio 2015
The Economic Impact of Arts and Culture: El Paso Texas
Economic Impact of Music in Texas 2017
State of the Arts – report 2019
Tourism Economic Impact of Cultural District Grant Funding
Community Art Plans
City of Houston: Arts & Cultural Plan
Hotel Motel Tax
Hotel Occupancy Tax Toolkit
A toolkit from Texans for the Arts Foundation for using HOT taxes to fund the arts.
Texas Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Code
What Cities Need to Know to Administer the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax
A paper by Scott Joslove, President of the Texas Hotel/Motel Association
State Comptroller FAQ on Hotel/Motel Taxes
State Comptroller and Hotel/Motel Taxes
Texans for the Arts – HOT Funding
Texas Hotel and Lodging Association
National – COVID-19
National – General
Americans for the Arts – Arts & Economic Prosperity IV
Americans for the Arts – Arts & Economic Prosperity IV Calculator
Free tool that lets arts organization calculate their economic impact
Americans for the Arts Creative Industries Project
Free but requires registration; Reports on creative industries nationally by Congressional and Senate District or county
Americans for the Arts Publications
Americans for the Arts National Arts Policy Roundtable Reports
Boston Children’s Hospital study on impact of musical training and cognitive capacities
Creative Economy Studies – State Profiles
Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (interactive)
Culture Track – longitudinal study of attitudes and behaviors of cultural consumers
Engaging Audiences – The Wallace Foundation
Impact of Music Lessons on the Brain
Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (vol. 53, issue 11, pp 1153-1161)
Individual Artists – National Study by NEA
Local Arts Agencies in Major US Cities – Budget History
National Endowment for the Arts Publications
The Wallace Foundation Publications
U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey on Arts Attendance, Art-Making, and Social Connectedness