The Cultural Lives of Californians. 2015.

• "Reframes the conversation about arts participation and provides extraordinary insights on the critical role that arts nonprofits can play in communities."

• "This data challenges the notion that arts participation is in decline, instead suggesting that Californians are engaging in art in new ways and places — a reflection of emerging technologies, expectations, and cultural norms. Report findings point to questions and opportunities for nonprofit arts organizations, funders, and sector leaders to boost their relevance to the state’s increasingly diverse and changing population and to bring the benefit of the arts to all Californians."

Culture Track​. 2017.

• A U.S.-wide study cultural attendance and participation.

• "Cultural organizations are facing a paradigm shift.

• "For today’s audiences, the definition of culture has democratized, nearly to the point of extinction. It’s no longer about high versus low or culture versus entertainment; it’s about relevance or irrelevance. Activities that have traditionally been considered culture and those that haven’t are now on a level playing field.

• "With the traditional notion of 'culture' no longer being a distinguishing factor, it is up to cultural organizations to reassert culture’s purpose in an increasingly complex world, by powerfully articulating and delivering on their essential impact.

• "This report examines demographic and socio-economic characteristics of adults who attended visual and performing arts activities in 2012, and it offers fascinating insights into the attitudes, motivations, and barriers concerning arts attendance."

When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance​. 2015.

• This report examines demographic and socio-economic characteristics of adults who attended visual and performing arts activities in 2012, and it offers fascinating insights into the attitudes, motivations, and barriers concerning arts attendance. 

Arts and Public Engagement: Patterns, Processes and Levers for Change. 2008

• Arts and Public Engagement' was commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales in order to identify reasons for a general decline in the arts, and in particular lower levels of participation in deprived areas.

A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings From the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 2002–2012. 2015.

• This report synthesizes findings across several modes of arts participation to show how many American adults--and from which backgrounds--have engaged in art throughout the decade of 2002 to 2012.

• “Since 2002, adult attendance rates have declined for a core set of
  arts activities tracked consistently by the NEA. Thirty-three percent
  of adults attended one of those selected activities in 2012, compared
  with 39 percent a decade earlier. The declines were steepest for
  non-Hispanic whites, adults from 35 to 54 years of age, and higher
  educated adults (those with at least ‘some’ college education).”

• "The report also found that attendance at so-called 'benchmark' arts events and activities (e.g., musical and non-musical plays, visits to an art museum or gallery, opera or classical music concerts, etc.) was not 'a comprehensive indicator of arts participation.' In fact, the percentage of Americans involved in everyday activities that connect with arts and culture (e.g., using electronic media to watch or listen to art, or performing, editing, or remixing art) was generally much higher than the percentage of Americans engaged in 'benchmark' activities and events.​"