We are kicking off a four-city tour of town hall meetings meant to bring together arts communities and build support for arts advocacy at 11 a.m. Friday, April 26, at the ARTSpace on Main at the ARTx3 Campus, located at 701 S. Main St. in Pine Bluff. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the arts and creative industries, ask questions and learn how they can advocate for the arts with other artists, creatives and art workers, educators, and community and civic leaders. Each town hall will highlight creative work by local creatives and artists.
Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. Nationally, the sector generated $151.7 billion of economic activity in 2022—$73.3 billion in spending by arts and culture organizations and an additional $78.4 billion in event-related expenditures by their audiences. This report includes information about Arkansas.
Our work is important because the arts in Arkansas
represents over 8% of its workforce
and $3 Billion annually in GDP.
It is vital to tourism, revitalizes communities,
and is the primary pipeline for talent and our future workforce.
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