Last week, the nonprofit organization Americans for the Arts ", the first National Arts Index. On the basis of 76 criteria, including, for example, income from licenses, Ticketverkaeufe Broadway, museum visits, donations and the number of art students, the situation of the culture industry was assessed. For the year 2008 the index fell by 4.2 percentage points, to to a lesser participation and the decline of donations. Here are some of the key points are:
- The number of nonprofit cultural institutions has increased from 73.000 in 1998 to 104 000 in 2008. Only one of three institutions was the possibility while economies of the best business location to cover costs.
- The culture industry follows the economic cycle and varies upon directly by consumer spending. A recovery is only for the year 2011 predicted.
- The cultural participation is rising over the Internet, in ethnically and culturally specific organizations, as well as a hobby (painting, pottery, music, etc.). Participation in programs of large cultural institutions is declining steadily.
- Have the Kulturinstituionen part of their market share in donations to other nonprofit purposes including international affairs, disaster relief and Umweltschuz lost.
- The rising demand for arts education for the ages high school and college students (14 - 22 years).
