ARTS PARTICIPATION:
STATE BY STATE

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U.S.

attend2 read2 create2 consume2
66.2%
43.1%
45.1%
61.4%

Attend Events

PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS WHO ATTEND VISUAL OR PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS, BY STATE: 2017

Includes: attending a fair or festival that featured crafts, visual arts, or performing artists such as musicians, singers, dancers, or actors; an art exhibit such as paintings, sculpture, pottery, photography, or digital art; a live music performance; a live play or musical; a live dance performance; an event featuring a poet or writer; other kind of live performance such as improv comedy or a circus performance.

Read Literature

PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS WHO READ LITERATURE (PLAYS, POETRY, SHORT STORIES, OR NOVELS), BY STATE: 2017

Includes reading novels, short stories, poems, or plays.

Personally Perform or Create Artworks

PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS WHO PERSONALLY PERFORM OR CREATE ARTWORKS, BY STATE: 2018

Includes: making pottery, ceramics or jewelry; making leatherwork, metalwork, or woodwork; making weaving, crocheting, or other textile art; playing a musical instrument; acting; performing or practicing dance; performing or practicing singing; creating films or videos; taking photographs for artistic purposes; creating other visual arts (e.g., paintings, sculpture, or graphic design; and doing creative writing.

Arts Consumption Via Electronic Media

PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS WHO USE TV, RADIO, AND/OR THE INTERNET TO CONSUME ART OR ARTS PROGRAMMING: 2017

Use TV, Radio, and/or the Internet to watch, listen to, and/or download any: jazz; Latin, Spanish, or salsa music; classical music; opera; rock, pop, country, folk, rap, or hip-hop; musicals or stage plays; performance or programs or information about dance; programs or information about visual arts; programs or information about books or writers.