Vermont

In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $9,956,000 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Vermont.

In the most recent information (2023) from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department, Vermont...

• Added 2.9 percent or $1.2 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
• Employed 10,412 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling $0.7 billion

More than 54 percent of Vermont’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while more than 32 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

In addition to offering direct grants, the NEA supports national initiatives benefiting people across the country. Over the past five years:

The Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 59 participating museums in Vermont. 

More than 2,752 students from 98 high schools in Vermont participated in Poetry Out Loud.